Library of Congress Subject Headings: Philosophy, Practice, and Prospects

by Ruth C. Carter and William E. Studwell

The first comprehensive theoretical treatise on Library of Congress subject headings, this important book provides an analysis of the Library of Congress subject heading system and its application. Library of Congress Subject Headings aims to help improve the clarity of the system, increase consistency and arrangement, increase the number of effective access points, facilitate the interaction of the system with the computer, and generally to make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560240032
• ISBN13: 9781560240037
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"