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AACR/RDA/Metadata Authority Control Bib Utilities Cat Tools Gen. Ref. Macro Express NonBook Train/ProfDev Tools Pages

LC Cataloging Tools

1. Cataloger's Desktop (Web version)
2. Cataloger's Desktop FAQ (incl. Quick Tips)
3. Cataloger's Desktop 3.0: Search at a Glance
4. Cataloger's Desktop 3.0--New Login Instructions
5. Cataloger's Desktop (Web Version): a Basic Introduction
6. Classification Web
7. LC Online Catalog
8. LC Authorities

Abbreviations

1. AACR2 Abbreviations (Roman Alphabet) (Yale)
2. Abbreviations of the Names of Months (Yale)
3. Abbreviations for Captions: AACR2/ISO (Cornell)
4. Abbreviations of places (PSU)

Description & Access

1. Days of the week/Months of the year [use with caution]
2. Descriptive Cataloging of East Asian Material (LC)
3. End punctuation for variable fields (Yale)
4. Entry element for surnames with separately written prefixes (Yale)
5. Fraktur chart (Yale)
6. Glossary of Western European bibliographic terms [including ordinal & cardinal numbers] (Cataloger's Toolbox)
7. Greek Usage in Cataloging (Princeton)
8. Notes (Order of, Examples) (PSU)
9. Roman numeral conversion & Gregorian/Julian conversion (Gibbs/Insulae)
10. Romanization tables (ALA/LC)
11. Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Subject & Form/Genre

1. Biblical materials (Princeton)
2. LCSH Mini-Review #1: Dictionaries and Terminology (Yale)
3. LCSH for Folklore: H 1627 (Yale)
4. LCSH Topical Headings Theoretically Usable as Genre Headings (OLAC)
5. Russia/Soviet Union/Former Soviet Republics (Princeton Slavic Team)
6. Subject Headings for Theological Resources (ATLA)

Call Numbers & Shelflisting

1. Belletristic Call Numbers (SML) 2005 version
2. Belletristic Call Numbers: P-PZ40 Table
3. Belletristic Call Numbers: P-PZ40 Examples
4. Biography Table
5. Cataloging Calculator (Oregon)
6. Classify (OCLC)
7. Dewey to LC map
8. LC Classification Outline (LC)
9. LC Classification Outline (Library Corporation)
10. LC Cutter Table  (Yale)
11. LC Translation Table (Yale)
12. Library of Congress Classification Call Numbers (Overview) (Yale)
13. Old Yale Classification Outline
14. Orbis2 Location Codes (Excel)
15. Regions and Countries Table
16. Shelflisting Introduction (Yale)
17. Shelflisting Quick Reference Table (Yale)
18. Subclass G (Cartographic Materials)-Special instructions and tables of subdivisions
19. Orbis MFHD Examples

MARC

1. Counting non-filing indicators in MARC 21 bibliographic records (PCC)
2. Fixed Fields Checklist for Voyager (Yale)
3. Format Integration Cheat Sheet (Yale)
4. Initial definite and indefinite articles (LC)
5. MARC Standards (LC)
6. Understanding MARC (LC)

Orbis

1. WebVoyage searching guide
2. Cataloger's Toolkit