Document (#20476)

Author

Bloomfield, M.

Title

¬A look at subject headings : a plea for standardization

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 16(1993) no.1, S.119-123

Year

1993

Abstract

In the preparation of a book on how to do a literature search, many inconsistencies were found in the assignment of subject terms. The Library of Congress Subject Headings is cited for not bringing computer languages into a consistent pattern. BASIC and FORTRAN are treated differently in their see also references and are without references to the words "computers" or "computer." Also index terms for the literature search on the "search for extraterrestrial life" showed inconsistent patterns in indexing. Catalogers and indexers need to review the work they are currently publishing and try to decide how to bring some standardization to the construction of subject terms. There is a need to provide a single thesaurus for all English index terms.

Theme

Verbale Doksprachen für präkombinierte Einträge

Object

LCSH

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