Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies

1 - Preface [Seite 8]
2 - 1. Introduction [Seite 10]
2.1 - 1.1 Subject access in national bibliographies [Seite 10]
2.2 - 1.2 IFLA's Working Group on Guidelines for Subject Access by National Bibliographic Agencies [Seite 11]
2.3 - 1.3 Outline of the Guidelines [Seite 15]
3 - 2. Users of national bibliographies and subject access [Seite 18]
3.1 - 2.1 Users of national bibliographies [Seite 18]
3.2 - 2.2 Use of subject access in national bibliographies [Seite 19]
3.3 - 2.3 Outcome of this review [Seite 22]
4 - 3. Subject access standards and tools [Seite 24]
4.1 - 3.1 Natural and controlled language indexing [Seite 24]
4.2 - 3.2 Features of controlled indexing languages [Seite 25]
4.3 - 3.3 Importance of standard indexing tools [Seite 26]
4.4 - 3.4 Verbal indexing schemes [Seite 27]
4.4.1 - 3.4.1 Subject heading lists [Seite 28]
4.4.2 - 3.4.2 Thesauri [Seite 29]
4.4.3 - 3.4.3 Pre-coordination and post-coordination [Seite 30]
4.5 - 3.5 Classification schemes [Seite 31]
4.5.1 - 3.5.1 Dewey Decimal Classification [Seite 33]
4.5.2 - 3.5.2 Universal Decimal Classification [Seite 34]
4.5.3 - 3.5.3 Library of Congress Classification [Seite 35]
4.6 - 3.6 Automatic indexing [Seite 35]
4.7 - 3.7 Other subject access tools [Seite 37]
5 - 4. Functionality and interface of national bibliographies [Seite 40]
5.1 - 4.1 Presentation of national bibliographies [Seite 40]
5.2 - 4.2 General recommendations [Seite 41]
5.3 - 4.3 Online catalogue functionalities [Seite 42]
5.4 - 4.4 Online catalogue interfaces [Seite 43]
5.5 - 4.5 Online catalogue queries [Seite 44]
5.6 - 4.6 Other catalogue features [Seite 44]
6 - 5. Application scenarios (indexing / access levels) [Seite 46]
6.1 - 5.1 Different levels of subject access [Seite 46]
6.2 - 5.2 Selection criteria for subject access levels [Seite 47]
6.2.1 - 5.2.1 Characteristics of materials [Seite 48]
6.2.2 - 5.2.2 Users [Seite 49]
6.2.3 - 5.2.3 Other considerations [Seite 49]
6.3 - 5.3 Decision matrix [Seite 50]
7 - 6. Indexing policies of National Bibliographic Agencies [Seite 52]
7.1 - 6.1 Communicating the indexing policy [Seite 52]
7.2 - 6.2 Content of the indexing policy [Seite 52]
8 - 7. Examples of subject access provided by National Bibliographic Agencies [Seite 54]
8.1 - 7.1 Subject access rules and standards used by National Bibliographic Agencies [Seite 54]
8.1.1 - 7.1.1 Classification schemes [Seite 54]
8.1.1.1 - 7.1.1.1 Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and adaptations [Seite 55]
8.1.1.2 - 7.1.1.2 Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) [Seite 61]
8.1.1.3 - 7.1.1.3 Library of Congress Classification (LCC) [Seite 65]
8.1.1.4 - 7.1.1.4 National classification schemes [Seite 65]
8.1.1.5 - 7.1.1.5 Broad subject categorisation schemes [Seite 72]
8.1.2 - 7.1.2 Verbal indexing schemes [Seite 74]
8.1.2.1 - 7.1.2.1 Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and adaptations [Seite 74]
8.1.2.2 - 7.1.2.2 Other subject heading lists or thesauri [Seite 80]
8.2 - 7.2 National examples of indexing level policies [Seite 91]
8.3 - 7.3 National examples of published indexing policies [Seite 93]
9 - 8. List of recommendations [Seite 94]
10 - Glossary [Seite 96]
11 - Bibliography [Seite 110]
12 - Annex 1: Working Group history [Seite 114]
13 - Annex 2: Members of the IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for Subject Access by National Bibliographic Agencies [Seite 118]