Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings /

Broughton, Vanda.

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings / Essential LCSH Vanda Broughton. - U.S. ed. - New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2012. - ix, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"First published in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishing, 2012"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- History and principles of LCSH -- Subject heading lists and the problems of language -- Format and display of LCSH -- The choice and form of headings -- Content analysis -- Assigning main headings -- Structured headings -- Topical subdivisions -- Geographic subdivisions -- Free-floating subdivisions -- More complex headings: combining the different types of subdivisions -- Chronological headings and subdivisions -- Name headings -- Literature and the arts -- Headings for music -- Classification Web -- LCSH in the online world -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

9781856046183


Subject headings, Library of Congress--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject cataloging--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

025.47 / BRO