CATALOGING RESOURCES ON THE WEB

ONLINE CATALOGS

Besides utilizing Dominican University’s online catalog, I-Share and WORLDCAT, the following are examples of the many union catalogs that are available on the internet.

Library of Congress online catalog

The Library of Congress Online Catalog contains approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials.

WISCAT

A statewide union catalog of library holdings for Wisconsin libraries. The current edition of WISCAT, one of the largest physical statewide union catalogs in the country, contains 7 million titles and more than 32 million holdings from over 1200 contributing libraries. The catalog contains material in all formats, including books, serials, videorecordings, sound recordings and other audiovisual formats.

OhioLINK

The OhioLINK library catalog contains more than 8.7 million unique master records from its 84 institutions, encompassing a spectrum of library material including law, medical and special collections. The Ohio Library and Information Network, OhioLINK, is a consortium of Ohio’s college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK’s membership includes 17 public universities, 23 community/technical colleges, 43 private colleges and the State Library of OhioOhioLINK offers access to more than 38.9 million library items statewide.

STANDARDS AND SOURCES

ILCSO (Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization) now CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) Cooperative Cataloging Guidelines

MARC Standards

Dewey Decimal Classification System

Includes links to an outline of DDC and several links on how to use the sytem

(The complete classification system is only available at cost)

Library of Congress Classification Schedules

Lists the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification only. (The complete classification schedule is only available at cost)

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Principles of the Library of Congress subject headings

Sears List of Subject Headings - Preface

Preface to the Principles of the Sears List

LC Cutter Table

LC cataloging calculator

Handy site that automatically generates the LC cutter number when main entry is entered

GENERAL CATALOGING SITES

Internet library for librarians

A portal designed for librarians to locate internet resources related to their profession. The cataloging section includes comprehensive cataloging and catalog management resources

Librarian’s toolbox

The most frequently used resources at OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)

Cataloger’s Reference Shelf

Provides links to many useful cataloging sites

Library of Congress cataloging homepage

Includes cataloging policies and how to contact the library regarding cataloging questions.

CATALOGING RESOURCES AVAILABLE BY REMOTE ACCESS (Students Only – Password required)

Cataloger’s desktop

AACR2, LC rule interpretations, subject cataloging manuals, MARC 21 formats,  World Fact Book, etc.  For a complete list of what is available through Cataloger's desktop, please click on http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/resourcelist.html

Classification Web

Users may access LC Classification & Subject Headings, LC Subject Heading & LC Classification Correlations, LC Subject Heading & Dewey Correlations & LC Classification & Dewey Correlations.

Heather Parisi

Technical Services Librarian

hparisi@dom.edu

11/2006