Difference between revisions of "Subject and genre headings"
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Every fully cataloged record in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading, or at least one 655 heading if no 600-651 headings apply. | |||
Every record for a single work of prose fiction in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading AND any 655 headings that are appropriate; every record for a textual collection in the CCS database must have at least one 655 heading. | |||
Always add a 655 field for concepts that are expressed in 6XX $v, when one is authorized. Continue using 6XX $v. | |||
<!-- | Be as specific as possible (e.g. $v Fiction --> 655 Science fiction; use of specific 655 Pop-up books & 655 Textured books instead of general 655 Toy and movable books) | ||
Always code "[Language] language materials" as, e.g. "655 _7 French language materials.|2local", never as, e.g. "650 _1 French language materials." or "655 _1 French language materials." | |||
Use $v Specimens only for realia. | |||
<!-- Always code genre headings in 655, regardless of thesaurus of origin (e.g. "655 Large type books" not "650 Large type books") --> | |||
<!-- Do not include age, audience, gender, geographic, or national origin elements in 655 fields (e.g. "655 Short stories" instead of "Short stories, American" or "Short stories, African (French)"; "655 Graphic novels" instead of "Graphic novels|zJapan"; "655 Science fiction" instead of "Science fiction|xWomen authors"; "Songs" instead of "Children’s songs"; "655 Fiction" instead of "Youth’s writings")--> | |||
Revision as of 16:56, 3 February 2016
For the CCS database, the only acceptable thesauri for English language subject headings are LCSH and LCAC, and the only acceptable thesauri for genre headings are LCGFT and the Local genre headings list.
For more information and for information on fields not covered here, see OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards, the MARC21 documentation, and the Library of Congress' Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings.
Every fully cataloged record in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading, or at least one 655 heading if no 600-651 headings apply.
Every record for a single work of prose fiction in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading AND any 655 headings that are appropriate; every record for a textual collection in the CCS database must have at least one 655 heading.
Always add a 655 field for concepts that are expressed in 6XX $v, when one is authorized. Continue using 6XX $v.
Be as specific as possible (e.g. $v Fiction --> 655 Science fiction; use of specific 655 Pop-up books & 655 Textured books instead of general 655 Toy and movable books)
Always code "[Language] language materials" as, e.g. "655 _7 French language materials.|2local", never as, e.g. "650 _1 French language materials." or "655 _1 French language materials."
Use $v Specimens only for realia.