Cataloging Resources: Selected List
Last Modified: 10 March 2013

Languages	571J	702	BISON (UB Catalog)	OCLC	ISBN Calculator	Other Resources	Government Documents	Reference Tools
Things to Read (Librarians, not just catalogers): ACRLog (blog for Academic/Research Librarians). Short, thought-provoking pieces relating to current or hot topics.								RDA

Cat Tools

Cataloger's Desktop

Classification Web

Map Cataloging

Library of Congress Cataloging Division
LC Cataloging Tools		Cataloger's Desktop				Classification Web
Subject Headings		General, Descriptive Cataloging				Classification (LC)
LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office		Cataloger's Desktop Training (includes powerpoints)				What Is FRBR?
Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS)						Program for Cooperative Cataloging (LC-PCC)
Cataloging: General Resources Good starting point: Toolboxes, Online Resources, etc.						Internet Cataloging, Library Documentation & Search Engines (Diane M. Ward)
Cataloger's Reference Shelf. Many LC and other references; not complete but useful.						TPOT (Technical Processing Online Tools)- University of California San Diego
Cataloging Documentation (Princeton) all topics.						Using the Internet In Technical Services
Cataloging Oasis (MIT) documentation, all topics.						Internet Library for Librarians
Cataloging Resources (UMASS-Amherst)						LC Cutter Table
Technical Services Unlimited						LC Cutter Tables P Class Cutters Translation Cutters Individual Biography Cutters
Library of Congress Classification System Search call nos. online.
Program for Cooperative Cataloging (LC-PCC)
Cataloging, Classification, and Authority Work links
010 Library of Congress Control Number -- (description of LCCN: Structure of the LC Control Number)
Free-Floating Form Subdivisions		MARC Codelist for Geographic Areas				ELECTECH Central Technical Services
MARC 21 Bib Records: Concise Format		MARC Country Codes
		MARC Language Codes				Gazetteers and Geographical Name Authorities
		Place Names with Codes
BIBCO		CONSER		NACO	SACO	Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)
			NACO Participants' Manual			Geographic Learning Site (GLS) U.S. Dept. of State
OCLC
	Connexion	Librarian's Toolbox				OCLC Institution Search
Cataloging Documentation		Editing Bibliographic Records (Help)				Searching for Bibliographic Records
Support		Adding Diacritics & Keyboard short-cuts includes control-keys for basic editing				Card Formatted to AACR2
Cataloging Quick Reference						Dewey Decimal System
Bibliographic Formats & Standards MARC Field Guide						DDC FAQ (OCLC)
Searching WorldCat Quick Reference					Electronic Bibliographic Change Report. Use to report errors in records (e.g., typos, field mislabeled, wrong format)
More on Searching
BISON (UB Catalog)
BISON Database Management BISON System Error Reports
Other Resources
Internet Library for Librarians		DMA Geographic Name Server				Library of Congress Online Catalog
How to Acquire Cataloging Tools. Fact sheet #18 from the American Library Association.
Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC).
Metadata
Metadata Resources (IFLA)		Dublin Core Site				Mapping between metadata formats
Web Standards for Describing Data Includes XML, RDF
Ergonomics
ErgoLib: for Safer Library Computing Extensive links						Indiana University: Ergonomics Team
Nuance Speech & Voice Recognition Software, including DragonDictate / Naturally Speaking
Languages
Starting Links: the first 2 rows of links contain good multi-language dictionaries, word finders, and other items.
Dictionaries (Many languages)		Word Look-Up (Dicts.info). Type word, select language; get meanings. Also has thesaurus.				The Human-Languages Page
Languages for Travelers		Jennifer's Language Page Large selection of resources				Alpha Dictionary (lots of languages)
		WordReference.com English to: French, German, Italian, Spanish and back again				German--English Online Dictionary
ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form		Spanish-to-English Dictionaries				LEO German--English Dictionary
Dansk for turister scroll down page		Elektroniske ordbøker (Norse)				Englisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch
Icelandic Grammar		Language Resources (D. Bertuca page)			Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 5000 Languages
Language Tools
ALA-LC Romanization Tables		Glossary of Bibliographic Information by Language (publication terms)				Diacritics by Language
Pinyin guide to writing Mandarin Chinese in romanization
Translation page (Google).						Babelfish Translation (Yahoo).
Reference, etc.
Reference Resources		Rulers of World Nations				Information Professional's Glossary. Library and Information sciences glossary of terms. From School of Information Resources and Library Science University of Arizona.
		Necrology (music only)
Obituary Index		Events for Today Includes dates by various reckonings (Mayan, Jewish, etc.)
Glossary of Library and Research Terms
Ingenta		Amazon.com Search by Keyword				Ready Reference

 

David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian, University at Buffalo. Created: 26 October 2000. Last Modified: 10 March 2013 URL: http://www.DavidBertuca.net/maps/cat/cataloging.html Back to: Map Cataloger's Tool Box The materials selected above do not necessarily reflect the policies and procedures of the State University of New York at Buffalo.