An Annotated Bibliography.

Currently, only material related to AACR2, MARC 21, and other accompanying standards has been included. Please add content for other cataloguing and classification standards.

This bibliography is not necessarily intended be comprehensive. It is intended to include a large set of introductory guides with comments about their practical utility for learning cataloguing and classification without studying the rules in complete standards manuals. Although, standards manuals are included themselves as necessary resources. Brief comments accompany each citation to help to distinguish which is more or less helpful as a learning tool. If you wish to make the bibliography actually comprehensive, please do.

Citations within each section have been arranged somewhat in order of their supposed utility for the purpose of learning by gradual steps or some other logical sequence, therefore, alphabetising main entries has been avoided. – thd.

Please do not take the distinction between introductory, intermediate, and advanced especially seriously. Time has not been taken to draw very careful distinctions with respect to such arbitrary divisions and some material obviously spans multiple levels.

It should be evident that works which are introductory but present material in a superficial manner are not really helpful for learning much. Even superficial texts have not been excluded. The preference has been to comment on what is more or less helpful instead.

If you are not in New York City then call numbers presently included for some printed material may not be particularly helpful to you but I have retained them because they were helpful to me in writing comments and may still be in checking the resources again for comment revision. – Thomas Dukleth (thd).

Chimiste dans son laboratoire [painting] / Jean-Siméon Chardin. 1734. - In Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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• Williams: Cataloging rules / Sandra Q. Williams. - http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume34/342swilliams.htm .
  • In Knowledge quest : Journal of the American Association of School Librarians. - American Library Association. - v. 34, no. 4 (Nov./Dec. 2006).
  • A page with the briefest glossary and some links which I have updated in this bibliography. – thd.

• Poppino: Introduction to the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) system [electronic resource] / Catherine Poppino. - http://www.lili.org/forlibs/ce/able/course8/01index.htm .
  • In Idaho's Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE) Program [electronic resource]. - http://libraries.idaho.gov/able .
  • In Training and Continuing Education (CE) [electronic resource] / Idaho Commission for Libraries. - Idaho Commission For Libraries, 2006. - http://libraries.idaho.gov/continuing-education .
  • The ABLE and SABLE programmes have guides to elementary cataloguing which have some dated usage conventions for physical description. The treatment given is very uneven but is the most elementary available online with the least prior assumptions. Surprisingly, standard treatment of series titles in multiple fields is actually introduced but misses most needed background to understand how they function for controlled and uncontrolled titles. – thd.

• Collins: Minerva & SOLAR Cataloging Manual [electronic resource] / prepared by Bonnie H. Collins, revised and edited by Lois Thompson. Maine Infonet, 2006. - http://www.maine.gov/infonet/minerva/cataloging/manual/index.htm .
  • A clear and modestly detailed guide to MARC 21 cataloguing which is unfortunately missing treatment of 6XX subject heading fields. Unlike most guides for cataloguing at particular libraries and using particular systems, this one follows Library of Congress practise instead of recommending its own local cataloguing conventions – thd.

• Gorman: The concise AACR2 : based on AACR2 2002 revision : 2004 update / prepared by Michael Gorman. - 4th updated ed. - American Library Association, 2004.
  • A sufficiently brief rewriting and simplification of AACR2. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 G671C

• Bowman: Essential cataloguing / J.H. Bowman. - Facet Publishing, 2003.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.3 B787 [unavailable: out on loan]

• Maxwell: Maxwell's handbook for AACR2R : explaining and illustrating the Anglo-American cataloguing rules and the 2003 update / Robert L. Maxwell. - American Library Association, 2004.
  • Very useful and informative. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 A111MA4 [reference use only]

• Mortimer: Learn descriptive cataloging / Mary Mortimer. - Scarecrow Press, 2000. - Library basics series ; no. 3.
  • Reasonable, general workbook. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 M888

• Miller: Commonsense cataloging : a cataloger's manual / Rosalind E. Miller & Jane C. Terwillegar. - 4th ed. rev. - H. W. Wilson, 1990.
  • Practical, well organised presentation but lacks MARC focus. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.3 M649C4

• Piepenburg: Easy MARC : a simplified guide to creating catalog records for library automation systems / Scott Piepenburg. - 4th ed. - F & W Associates : Distr. by LMC Source, 2002.
  • If I remember correctly, this is a much too superficial workbook but I should check again because the words in the title itself are intriguing if they were actually true. – thd.

• Kao: Cataloging and classification for library technicians / Mary Liu Kao. - 2nd rev. ed. - Haworth Press, 2001. - Haworth Cataloging & Classification.
  • Too aaaarg … It seems as if my notes are missing but by my memory it may have been too brief. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.02 K16 025.3097 K16

• Haynes: Unlocking the mysteries of cataloging : a workbook of examples / Elizabeth Haynes and Joanna F. Fountain ; foreword by Michael Gorman. - Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.
  • Pratt: barcode: acq214555 [unavailable: in processing]

• Kaplan: Catalog it! : a guide to cataloging school library materials / by Allison G. Kaplan and Ann Marlow Riedling. - Linworth, 2002.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• McCroskey: Cataloging nonbook materials with AACR2R and MARC : a Guide for the school library media specialist / by Marilyn McCroskey for the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association. - 2nd ed. - American Association of School Librarians, 1999.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Intner: Standard cataloging for school and public libraries / Sheila S. Intner and Jean Weihs. - 3rd ed. - Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
  • Lacks a MARC focus. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.3 I617S (1998)

• Intner: Cataloging correctly for kids : an introduction to the tools / edited by Sheila S. Intner, Joanna F. Fountain, Jane E. Gilchrist. - 4th ed. - American Library Association, 2006.
  • A brief superficial guide. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 C35621

• Furrie: Understanding MARC bibliographic : machine-readable cataloging / reviewed and edited by Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress ; written by Betty Furrie, in conjunction with the Data Base Development Department of the Follett Software Company. - 7th ed. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, in collaboration with Follett Software Company, 2003. - http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/ .
  • Not a cataloguing guide but helpful for understanding some of the elements of MARC records. – thd.

• Gildea: Cataloging concepts : descriptive cataloging / by Matthew E. Gildea ; Library of Congress, Technical Processing and Automation Instruction Office. - Completely rev. and updated ed. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2002.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Chan: Cataloging and classification : an introduction / Lois Mai Chan. - 2nd ed. - McGraw-Hill, 1994.
  • A standard library science text with Chan's very clear exposition. – thd.

• Taylor: Introduction to cataloging and classification. - 10th ed. / Arlene G. Taylor ; with the assistance of David P. Miller. - Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
  • More detail and range of coverage than Chan's text without the same clarity of exposition. Unlike Chan's text, this is a collaborative effort of a few hands including Wynar originally. – thd.

• Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR: Anglo-American cataloguing rules / prepared under the direction of the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, a committee of the American Library Association … [et al.]. - 2nd ed., 2002 revision, 2005 update. - American Library Association ; Canadian Library Association ; Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 2005- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • The main cataloguing standard for the Anglophone world and much of the rest of the world as well. – thd.

• Gildea: MARC content designation / prepared by Matthew E. Gildea (Technical Processing and Automation Instruction Office, Library Services). - 2nd ed., 2004 revision / rev. by Tim Carlton. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2004.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Library of Congress: MARC Standards [electronic resource] / Library of Congress ; Network Development and MARC Standards Office. - Library of Congress, 2006. - http://www.loc.gov/marc/ .
  • Access to concise MARC 21 documentation and other resources. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • Many important Library of Congress cataloguing references available by subscription . Accessibility is hindered by a frames based interface. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Cataloger's reference shelf (CRS) [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - The Library Corporation, 2001. - http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/ .
  • Free access to an outdated set of Library of Congress documents which are available by subscription in their current form in Cataloger's Desktop. Aside from being free, this set of documentation has no frames and can therefore be easier to navigate and is certainly much easier to share links into than Cataloger's Desktop. – thd.

• Fritz: Cataloging with AACR2 and MARC 21 : for books, electronic resources, sound recordings, videorecordings, and serials / Deborah A. Fritz. - 2nd ed. - American Library Association, 2004.
  • Fantastic but too detailed for elementary use. Heavily oriented toward rules for editing records on OCLC. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 A599F2 [reference use only]

• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Task Force on an Appendix of Major and Minor Changes Committee on Cataloging: Differences between, changes within : guidelines on when to create a new record / repared by the Task Force on an Appendix of Major and Minor Changes, Committee on Cataloging–Description and Access, Cataloging and Classification Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. - Association for Library Collections & Technical Services a division of the American Library Association, 2004.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Cataloging service bulletin / Processing Services. - Library of Congress, Processing Services, 1978- .
  • In LC rule interpretations of AACR2 … / compiled by Sally C. Tseng. - 2nd cumulated ed. - Scarecrow Press, 1985- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • Library of Congress clarification of cataloguing ambiguities. Everything you wanted to know and someone asked. – thd.

• Weber: Cataloging nonprint and internet resources : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Mary Beth Weber. - Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2002. - How-to-do-it manuals for librarians ; no. 113.
  • Exactly what you want, detailed, practical, and up to date. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.34 W375

• Olson: Cataloging of audiovisual materials and other special materials : a manual based on AACR 2 / by Nancy B. Olson. - 4th ed. / edited by Sheila S. Intner and Edward Swanson. - Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998.
  • Nancy Olson is always thorough. Includes coverage of 3D artifacts and kits which are absent from other non-print cataloguing treatments. – thd.

• Ferguson: Cataloging nonprint materials : blitz cataloging workbook / Bobby Ferguson. - Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
  • A somewhat intensive focus on cataloguing rules. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.34 F352

[Koha standards support note: For maximum ease of use in Koha, you may want to wait on fixed field examination until plugins are completed for the needed material types in the record editor. Linking between electronic and non-electronic versions in separate records is not explicitly supported yet in Koha.] – thd.

• Sandberg-Fox: The Microcomputer Revolution / Ann M. Sandberg-Fox.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly.- Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 2, 2001. p. 85-99.
  • Helpful but much too brief a treatment. – thd.

• Mrkich: Cataloging DVD-ROMs (electronic resources) [electronic resource] - AACR2r chapter 9 / by Francie Mrkich and Sueyoung Park-Primiano. - http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/dvd/dvdprimer3.html .
  • In Guide to cataloging DVDs using AACR2r chapters 7 and 9 [electronic resource] / created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force, Cataloging Policy Committee, Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. - Online Audiovisual Catalogers, 2002. - http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/dvd/dvdprimer0.html .
  • A helpful guide. – thd.

• Olson: Cataloging remote electronic resources / Nancy B. Olson.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 2, 2001. p. 101-137.
  • Much the same thorough content as her now hidden "Cataloging internet resources". – thd.

• Olson: Cataloging internet resources [electronic resource] : a manual and practical guide / Nancy B. Olson. - 2nd ed. - OCLC, 2002. - http://web.archive.org/web/20050209042207/www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/internetguide/ .
  • (OCLC has replaced this with a current brief and partly more technical guide for electronic resources in general. This new electronic resources guide is described in the following citation and derived from two different original documents. The internet archive still has a copy even if OCLC no longer provides it.) This manual describes usage for online resources for fields common to many different types of material and which are not treated in an especially distinctive manner for electronic resources generally. – thd.

• Weitz: Cataloging electronic resources [electronic resource] : OCLC-MARC coding guidelines / By Jay Weitz, Senior Consulting Database Specialist, OCLC WorldCat Quality Management Division. - revised 2006 July 11th. - OCLC, 2006. http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/electronicresources/default.htm .
  • A brief guide to OCLC recommended practise. – thd.

• Hsieh-Yee: Organizing audiovisual and electronic resources for access : a cataloging guide / Ingrid Hsieh-Yee.. - 2nd ed. - Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
  • Organised around many detailed examples with reproductions of pages from actual material. May tend to substitute examples for actual explication. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Rules and tools for cataloging internet resources / Technical Processing and Automation Instruction Office. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2004.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Map cataloging manual / prepared by Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1991- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • also available In Cataloger's reference shelf (CRS) [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - The Library Corporation, 2001. - http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/ .
  • You may find the guidance provided a little concise and lacking treatment of some questions about map cataloging. You should consult some other source such as the treatment of maps within other guides cited above for other questions. – thd.

• Parker, Elisabeth Betz: Graphic materials : rules for describing original items and historical collections / compiled by Elisabeth W. Betz. - Library of Congress, 1982- . http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/gm/graphmat.html .
  • Arranged by AACR2 rule numeration and a little lacking in MARC focus but this guide has no competition. – thd.

• Simpkins: Cataloging popular music recordings / Terry Simpkins.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 2, 2001. p. 1-35.
  • A helpful thorough treatment. – thd.

• Freeborn: Cataloging non-music sound recordings / Robert B. Freeborn.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 2, 2001. p. 37-51.
  • A helpful thorough treatment. – thd.

• Smiraglia: Music cataloging : the bibliographic control of printed and recorded music in libraries / Richard P. Smiraglia. - Libraries Unlimited, 1989.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Smiraglia: Taras Pavlovsky. Describing music materials : a manual for descriptive cataloging of printed and recorded music, music videos, and archival music collections : for use with AACR2 and APPM / Richard P. Smiraglia. - 3rd ed., rev. and enl. - Soldier Creek Press, 1997.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Weitz: Videorecording cataloging : problems and pointers / Jay Weitz.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 2, 2001. p. 53-83.
  • A thorough treatment. – thd.

• Olson, Nancy B. Cataloging DVD videos [electronic resource] - AACR2r chapter 7. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/dvd/dvdprimer2.html .
  • In Guide to cataloging DVDs using AACR2r chapters 7 and 9 [electronic resource] / created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force, Cataloging Policy Committee, Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. - Online Audiovisual Catalogers, 2002. - http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/dvd/dvdprimer0.html .
  • A fine guide from Nancy Olson. – thd.

• Olson: Cataloging three-dimensional artefacts and realia. / Nancy B. Olson.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 3-4, 2001. p. 139-149.
  • Helpful for clarifying definitions but a little too brief. See her book, "Cataloging of audiovisual materials and other special materials", for more complete information. – thd.

• Olson: Cataloging kits / Nancy B. Olson.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 3-4, 2001. p. 151-157.
  • Helpful for clarifying definitions but a little too brief. See her book, "Cataloging of audiovisual materials and other special materials", for more complete information. – thd.

• Miller: Integrating resources cataloging workshop / prepared by Steven J. Miller ; with additional loose-leaf material by Rhonda K. Lawrence. - rev. ed. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2005.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Campbell: Basic serials cataloging workshop / prepared by Cameron J. Campbell ; for the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program ; under the auspices of the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER). - 2005 revision. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2005.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Liheng: Serials cataloging handbook : an illustrative guide to the use of AACR2R and LC rule interpretations / by Carol Liheng, Winnie S. Chan. - 2nd ed. - American Library Association, 1998.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Rosenberg: Serial holdings workshop / prepared by Frieda B. Rosenberg and Thom Saudargas for the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program under the auspices of the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER). - 2nd ed. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2002.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Shadle: Electronic serials cataloging workshop / prepared by Steve Shadle and Les Hawkins for the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program under the auspices of the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER). - 2005 rev. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2005.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Library of Congress: CONSER editing guide / prepared by staff of the Serial Record Division under the direction of the CONSER operations coordinator. - 2003 Cumulation: 1994 "format integration" edition with Updates 1 - 15 interfiled. - Library of Congress, Serial Record Division : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service [distributor], 1994- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • The standard manual. – thd.

• Hirons: CONSER cataloging manual / Jean L. Hirons, editor (Serial Record Division). - 2004 cumulation of the 2002 Edition, with updates 1 & 2 interfiled. - Library of Congress, Serial Record Division : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service [distributor], 1994- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • The companion to the standard manual. – thd.

Lindlan: Advanced serials cataloging workshop / prepared by Kristin Lindlan and Margaret Mering ; Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program. - 2005 revision. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2005.

• Not yet seen. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Understanding MARC authority records : machine-readable cataloging / prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. - 2nd ed. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2004. - http://www.loc.gov/marc/uma/ .
  • Not a cataloguing guide but helpful for understanding some of the elements of MARC authority records. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Library of Congress authorities [electronic resource] / Library of Conrgess. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2002- . - http://authorities.loc.gov/ .
  • Contains various library of Congress authority files. A terrible left anchored search string is required but no subscription is required and it is better than nothing if that is the only access to authorities that you have. – thd.

• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Cataloging and Classification Section: Basic creation of name and title authorities / developed by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, Cataloging & Classification Section-Program for Cooperative Cataloging, Task Force to Develop Name and Title Authority Training. - 2006 rev. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2006.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Ferguson, Bobby. MARC/AACR2/authority control tagging : a blitz cataloging workbook / Bobby Ferguson. - 2nd ed. - Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
  • Contains helpful spot the errors in records sections. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.32 F352

• NACO (Program): NACO participants' manual [electronic resource] / edited by Patricia Van Ryn and William L. Starck. - 3rd ed. - Library of Congress, Cooperative Cataloging Team, [2005]. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/npm3rd.pdf .
  • The official manual for the creation and editing of name and title authorities. – thd.

• Foskett: The subject approach to information / A.C. Foskett. - 5th ed. - Library Association Pub., 1996.
  • Standard thorough text on library subject and classification schemes. – thd.

• Intner: Subject access to films and videos / by Sheila S. Intner and William E. Studwell ; with the assistance of Simone E. Blake and David P. Miller. - Soldier Creek Press, 1992.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Yee: Two genre and form lists for moving image and broadcast materials : a comparison / Martha M. Yee.
  • In Cataloging and classification quarterly. - Haworth Press. - v. 31, no. 3-4, 2001. p. 237-295.
  • Martha Yee presents thorough arguments for why Library of Congress Subject Headings should be preferred to the Library of Congress' Moving Image Genre-Form Guide terms. She provides a list of LCSH for the purpose and gives a suggestions for reform of LCSH to better fit the purpose. – thd.

• Robare: Basic subject cataloging using LCSH / [editor, Lori Robare].. - 2006 rev. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2006. - "Developed as a joint effort of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, Standing Committee on Training (PCC/SCT) and the Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)".
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Ferguson: Subject analysis : blitz cataloging workbook / Bobby Ferguson. - Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Chan: Library of Congress subject headings : principles and application / Lois Mai Chan. - 4th ed. - Libraries Unlimited, 2005. - Library and information science text series.
  • The standard library science text on Library of Congress subject headings with Chan's clear exposition. – thd.

• Ganendran, Jacki. Learn Library of Congress subject access. - Scarecrow Press, 2000. - Library basics ; no. 4.
  • A little too brief. Prior understanding of the rules is assumed. – thd.
  • Pratt: 025.49 G196

• Chan: Library of Congress subject headings : principles of structure and policies for application / prepared by Lois Mai Chan for the Library of Congress. - Annotated version. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1990. - Advances in library information technology ; issue no. 3.
  • also available In Cataloger's reference shelf (CRS) [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - The Library Corporation, 2001. - http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/shed0014.htm .
  • Elucidates the basis for the construction of Library of Congress Subject Headings. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Library of Congress subject headings / Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1968- .
  • also available In Classification web [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, 2002- . - http://classificationweb.net/ .
  • The standard set of LCSH with references from unauthorised forms. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Subject cataloging manual / prepared by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. - 5th ed. - 1996- .
  • also available In Cataloger's desktop [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- . - http://desktop.loc.gov .
  • The main reference manual for compiling Library of Congress Subject Headings. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Free-floating subdivisions : an alphabetical index / prepared by Subject Cataloging Division. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1989- .
  • One convenient index for material otherwise scattered through multiple sections of the Subject cataloging manual. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Library of Congress authorities [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2002- . - http://authorities.loc.gov/ .
  • Contains various library of Congress authority files. A terrible left anchored search string is required but no subscription is required and it is better than nothing if that is the only access to authorities that you have. – thd.

• SACO (Program): SACO participants' manual [electronic resource] / prepared by Adam L. Schiff for the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. - Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2001. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/sacomanual.pdf .
  • The official manual for the creation and editing of LC subject headings. – thd.

• Taves: The moving image genre-form guide [electronic resource] / Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress ; compiled by Brian Taves, Judi Hoffman, Karen Lund. - Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, 1998. - http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/migintro.html .
  • The Library of Congress standard for motion picture genre terms. – thd.

• Hunter: Classification made simple / Eric J. Hunter. - 2nd ed. - Ashgate, 2002.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Foskett: The subject approach to information / A.C. Foskett. - 5th ed. - Library Association Pub., 1996.
  • Standard thorough text on library subject and classification schemes. – thd.

• Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification (Edition 21). - Scarecrow Press ; DocMatrix Pty., 2000. - Library basics series ; no. 2.
  • Not yet seen. – thd.

• Chan: . Dewey decimal classification : principles and application / Lois Mai Chan, Joan S. Mitchell. - 3rd ed. - OCLC, 2003.
  • The standard DDC guide. – thd.

• Forest Press. WebDewey [electronic resource]. - OCLC Forest Press, 2002- . - Information available from: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey/ .
  • A subscription service aiding in the assignment of Dewey Decimal Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings. – thd.

• Chan: A guide to the Library of Congress classification / Lois Mai Chan. - 5th ed. - Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
  • Immroth's standard guide. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Subject cataloging manual. Classification / prepared by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992- .
  • The official manual for applying LCC. – thd.

• Library of Congress: Classification Web [electronic resource] / Library of Congress. - Cataloging Distribution Service, 2002- . - http://classificationweb.net/ .
  • A very helpful subscription service aiding in the assignment of Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings. – thd.