Week 5: Subject Cataloging

What is Subject cataloging?
Process of determining the Subject Heading of an item that best represent the subject of the material.

Why Subject cataloging?
To provide vocabulary control: to control the terms used in a catalog, bibliography or indexes.
  • Records the hierarchical and relative concept
  • The size of the scope of the topic
  • Synonyms
  • Homonyms
How to do Subject Cataloging? 
Step 1: Do the Subject Analysis first 
            (the content of the book, preface etc)

Step 2: Decide the keywords to represent the subject using this reference:


Library of Congress Subject Headings

Note: This reference sure is thick and being produced in volumes. Click HERE for quick tutorial on an example of how to read the reference.

Example of Practical Hour:

BOOK 1

 


How did I determine the subject heading for Subject Cataloging using the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)?


Step 1
Find the keyword "System Simulation"
Step 2:  
UF means "Used For": need to refer to previous heading
Step 3:  
The Subject Heading for this book according to Library of Congress is "Simulation Methods"

Hence, the cataloging with Subject Heading for this book is as follows:
  

Banks, Jerry
    Discrete-event system simulation / Jerry Banks; John 
    S. Carson II.- New Jersey: Prentice-Hall International,  
    c1984
         - xiv, 514 p; ill; 24 cm
         - Prentice-hall international series in industrial and
             systems engineering
         - Includes bibliographies and indexes
         - ISBN 0-13-215582-6 

         1. Simulation Methods                                    
         I.Carson, John S.                  II. Title                    III. Series



BOOK 2




How did I determine the subject heading for Subject Cataloging using the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)?
Based on its title, preface and by scanning the content of the book, it's apparent that the book is generally about "sistem kejuruteraan" and specifically about "kejuruteraan kawalan". So, this book should be catalogued under these two terms.

Acoording to LCSH, the Broader term (BT) is "System Engineering" and the Narrower term (NT) is "Automatic control"

The Subject cataloging should keep a record of its narrower term(NT) followed by its Broader Term (BT) such as follows:
   

Herlina Abdul Rahim.
   Pengenalan sistem kejuruteraan kawalan / Herlina Abdul 
   Rahim; Ruzairi Abdul Rahim.- Skudai: Universiti               
   Teknologi Malaysia, 2004
          - x; 128; ill;  26 cm
          - Includes bibliographies and indexes
          - ISBN 983-52-0349-0

          1. Automatic control                 2. Systems engineering
          I. Ruzairi Abdul Rahim            II. Title

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