LIS520 Janes
readings
Walker
& Janes, Online Retrieval: A
Dialogue of Theory and Practice, chapters 5,
6, (PDF) 1998; also available
from UW via netLibrary
WorldCat on the Web
(OCLC; see esp section on Open WorldCat)
Hane,
Paula, “OCLC to
Open WorldCat Searching to the World”, Information
Today, 7/17/06
OCLC 2003 Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition
questions
to prepare for class discussion
What
sorts of content would you think you’d be likely to find in books or
monographs?
In what
situations (types of questions) would you think of turning to a search for
books first?
How do
the various searching options presented below differ from each other?
How do
the various data structures presented below differ from each other?
Can you
think of 3 primary methods or schemes for searching for books?
What is
in the inverted file for the UW Libraries Catalog? For WorldCat?
Amazon? Google Book Search? NUC
Pre-1956 Imprints?
How
would you explain, to a lay person, what happens when you do a search in
WorldCat?
Is Open
WorldCat a good idea? For whom? Under what circumstances? Why is OCLC doing it?
What are
the advantages and disadvantages of pre-coordinate and post-coordinate methods
of subject description for books and monographs?
How is
searching for monographic materials changing, as the nature of the book
changes?
Searching Options
You may
find these of use in Searching Assignment 1.
UW Libraries Catalog, Seattle Public
Library Catalog, King County Library
System Catalog
OCLC
WorldCat (via FirstSearch, UW restricted), see also worldcat.org
Amazon.com, bn.com (see also Amazon’s page for libraries)
Books in print. (UW restricted)
National Union Catalog, National Union Catalog
Pre-1956 Imprints Suzz Ref Stacks
Verification Tools: In Print and Price Listing Resources
(AcqWeb)
other library catalogs (Libweb)
national libraries (Univ of
Queensland,
European
national libraries, with some links to bibliographies and union catalogs
(The European Library) and their digital
treasures
national bibliographies
of the World (listed, in print, British Library)
Data Structures
MARC Home Page,
including Understanding MARC
Bibliographic
(esp. Parts I, II, III, VII, XI)
MARC Tag Mapping for OPACs
(Special Libraries Cataloging)
Examples
Record for Online Retrieval from…
Searching Stuff
Outline of the Library
of Congress Classification
Other Sources About Books
Book Review Digest, Book Review
Index
Guide to Reference Books (11th
What Do I Read Next?