Cataloging Tools

General
Authority
Bibliographic
Classification
Subject Analysis
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Technical Services

General:

OCLC

• Home Page
• Documentation
• Librarian's Toolbox
• Forms: Report Duplicates and Request Changes
• Search for Participating Libraries
• Searching for Bibliographic Records
• Searching Worldcat Reference Card
• Searching Worldcat Indexes

Library of Congress

• Cataloger's Desktop Web-based Training
• Cataloging Contact List
• Library of Congress Home Page
• Library of Congress Online Catalog
• Cataloging Directorate
• Cataloging FAQ
• Cataloging Policy and Support Office

• ISBN Structure
• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians
• Toolbox for Processing and Cataloging International Government Docs
• Catalogablog
• Cataloger's Reference Shelf from The Library Corporation (TLC)
• Cataloger's Toolbox
• Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
• Cataloging Department Auburn University
• Cataloging Oasis Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Colby College Libraries Technical Services Department
• Georgia State University Library Cataloging Department
• Internet Library for Librarians
• Search for MARC code list for organizations (NUC codes)

Authority

• OCLC Authorities User Guide
• MARC 21 Authority (LC)
• NACO (LC)
• Name vs. Subject Files: Where to Establish What (LC)
• OCLC Authorities Quick Reference
• Search LC Authority File
• Web World of Authority Control
• Authority Tools for Audio-Visual and Music Catalogers
• Author Pseudonyms, Aliases, Nicknames.....

Bibliographic

• Bibliographic Formats and Standards Manual (OCLC)
• MARC 21 (LC)
• 856 Guide (LC)
• Cataloger's Desktop
• Cataloging and Indexing of Electronic Resources (IFLANet)
• Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide
• End of Field Punctuation
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
• Initial Articles (LC)
• Integrating Resources: A Cataloging Manual (Appendix A of the BIBCO Participants' Manual)
• Major Fields on Bib Record
• MARC Tag Outline
• Typographical Errors in Library Databases
• Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC)

Classification

• LC Classification web
• Composer cutter table
• Cutter tables
• Dewey to LC online conversion tool
• Cutter tables including Geographic
• LC Classification Outline

Subject Analysis

• Guide to the Usage of LCSH Free-Floating Form Subdivisions
• Name vs. Subject File: Where to Establish What (LC)
• Pattern headings
• SACO (LC)
• Subdivision Authority Records (18X) (LC)
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Topical Terms for Subject Access (LC)
• Use of #v Subfield for Form Subdivisions in Subject Headings

Rare Books and Manuscripts

• Internet Resources for Rare Materials Cataloger
• Library and Information Science Resources
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
• Rare Book Form & Genre Controlled Vocabularies

Technical Services

• QTech Web at Queen's University Libraries, Kingston, Ontario
• Technical Services Home Page Princeton University Libraries
• Technical Services Manual Cornell University Library
• Technical Services Northeastern State University
• Technical Services, University of Maryland Libraries
• Top 200 Technical Services Benefits of Home Page Development by Barbara Stewart, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• TPOT: Technical Processing Online Tools University of California, San Diego
• Marquette University Law Library Technical Services