Cataloging Sheet Maps

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Section I: In the Beginning Chapter 1. Background What Is a Map? Why Bother to Catalog Sheet Maps? Chapter 2. Introduction to Map Cataloging A Good Way to Begin The Concept of "Main Map" Chapter 3. Necessary Tools of the Trade Basic Cataloging Tools Essential Tools Helpful Tools Chapter 4. Sources of Information Chief Source of Information Prescribed Sources of Information Section II: Coded Fields Chapter 5. Cartographic-Specific Fixed Fields Chapter 6. General Fixed Fields Chapter 7. Coded Variable Fields Mandatory Coded Fields for Cartographic Materials Coded Variable Fields That Are Required When Applicable Optional Coded Fields for Cartographic Materials Section III: Description of the Map Chapter 8. Main Entry and Statement of Responsibility Main Entry Under Personal Author Main Entry Under Corporate Body Main Entry Under Title "Emanating from" and Its Relationship to the Statement of Responsibility Copyright Holders As Responsible Parties Terms That Indicate Responsibility for a Map "Prominence" and Its Relation to Statement of Responsibility Summary Chapter 9. Providing a Title for the Record When Only One Title Exists Choosing a Title When There Is More Than One Providing for Additional Titles and/or Different Ways to Read the Chosen Title The "Scattered Title" Phenomenon and How to Handle It When to Use a Collective Title As Primary Title What to Do with an Untitled Map Other Title Circumstances Providing a "Source of Title" Note Chapter 10. Edition Editions to Individual Sheets in a Map Series Uncertainty Regarding an Edition Statement Chapter 11. Mathematical Data Area Scale Information Projection Information Statement of Coordinates Chapter 12. Publication Information