Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples

Ideal for students and both beginning and practicing catalogers in public, school, and academic libraries, this updated workbook offers targeted, hands-on exercises that enhance understanding of description, classification, subject analysis, subject heading application, and MARC 21 subject analysis.

• Provides more than 100 examples that together encompass virtually all types of materials libraries collect and catalog, with MARC "answer" records

• Offers exercises that allow practice in AACR2r and RDA, description, subject classification, subject heading application, classification, subject analysis, and MARC 21

• Covers both RDA and AACR2r answer records for selected exercises

• Includes non-English materials

• Links to a website that provides for multiple approaches and answer records and enables you to view all the graphics in color and enlarge them as needed

• Links instruction to an additional website that provides answer records for all exercises