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Cataloguing Department Information
Cataloguing Tools
FRBR & RDA
Interim TUG policy on editing RDA Records - what to do if you are using an RDA record for derived/copy cataloguing but we haven't yet had RDA training!
Access the RDA Toolkit
LC Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA (new) -
links to training documents, presentations, exercises, and examples of records as well as to other RDA related sites
Other resources:
Local policies (UW/TUG Cataloguing Manuals)
Draft local policies manual (staff only)
Comprehensive Tools
- Cataloger's Desktop
a
subscription-based product that contains most of the
cataloguing tools you will need to do your
job. Tools can be searched
through keyword and structured searches.
The product is maintained
by LC and is updated frequently.
- Cataloger's
Reference Shelf
a collection of 21 MARC manuals and other reference
works frequently accessed by technical services staff.
CAUTION: information may be out of date.
For up-to-date
rules and codes use Cataloger’s
Desktop.
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Descriptive Cataloguing (including Serials Cataloguing)
- Cataloger's Desktop
a subscription-based
product that contains most of the cataloguing tools you will need to
do your job. It provides access to AACR2, LCRI, the CONSER manuals
and other descriptive cataloguing tools.
- CONSER Web site
site of the
Cooperative Online Serials group. It includes information on workshops,
serials issues, and up-to-date documentation.
- Tools
for Serials Catalogers
collection of useful Internet sites and
sources for serial cataloguers including cataloguing documentation,
reference sources, library catalogues, serials organizations, SCCTP,
etc.
MARC Coding
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Voyager Documentation
Official documentation:
Documentation from other Universities
Classification & Subject
Headings
- Classification Web
- a subscription-based product that provides the entire LC classification
schedule and LC subject headings
- UW Classification Web Training Presentation
(PowerPoint)
- Official Classification Web Tutorial
- Class FC :
a Classification for Canadian History
- PS8000: a Classification
for Canadian literature
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Cataloguing Electronic Resources (including Serials)
- Local Policies
- General Works
- Direct-access resources
- Remote-access resources
- Electronic Serials
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Tools for Authority work
- Cataloger's
Desktop
- subscription-based product that contains most of
the cataloguing tools you will need to do your job, including links
to authority-related tools.
- Library & Archives Canada Online
Catalogue (AMICUS)
- use the registered service to access authority records
- Library
of Congress Authorities
- Library
of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging including BIBCO, NACO, and SACO
- information on North American cataloguing policies and practices for bibliographic records, name authority records and subject authority records.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Geonames Query (NGA Raster Roam)
- "contains information for almost 2 million physical
and cultural geographic features in the United
States and its territories. The Federally recognized name of
each feature described in the data base is identified, and
references are made to a feature's location by State, county,
and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official
repository of domestic geographic names information”
- Canadian Geographical Names (from
Natural Resources Canada)
- used to query the Canadian Geographical Names Database.
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General Reference Tools
- Cataloger's Desktop
- a subscription-based product that contains most of the cataloguing tools you will need to do your job
- Cataloguing Services Bulletin (CSB)
- publication of the Library of Congress Library Services. Includes updates to descriptive and subject cataloguing at LC
- Bibliography Terms Translation Table
- lists English equivalents for common bibliographic terms including numbers (via Memorial University)
- Internet Quick Reference (from Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
- category based ready-reference.
- Internet Library for Librarians
- a comprehensive Web database designed to provide a one-stop shopping center for library staff to locate Internet resources related to their profession. It provides links to hundreds of Internet sites ranging from general to specific, from technical services to public services, from administration to library job opportunities, from publishers to library system vendors, from library e-mail lists to library grants and projects, etc.
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Resources for Government Publications Cataloguing
- Internet Resources for Government Publications Cataloguing
- prepared for cataloguers at the University of Waterloo Library. Last updated in October, 2010.
- US Government Manual
- the official handbook of the U.S. Federal Government. It provides information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees
- Depository Services
- Library Catalogues
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National Agency Web sites
- Library & Archives Canada
- Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
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Cataloguing Management Group
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Library Online Catalogues
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Other Up-to-Date Technical Services Web Sites
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Keeping Up-to-Date
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Association Web Sites
- OCULA
is the division of the OLA that represents college and university libraries.
- ALCTS is the division of ALA that deals with
acquisition, cataloging, collection development, preservation, and serials.
For catalogue maintenance and requests, contact:
