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===1.1 Title=== | ===1.1 Title=== | ||
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- | This is the only entry that needs to be looked at. | ||
*Leave articles (the, a, an) at the front of the title. | *Leave articles (the, a, an) at the front of the title. | ||
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*If the item is a collection of short stories, it is sufficient to put in the editor' | *If the item is a collection of short stories, it is sufficient to put in the editor' | ||
*Some items are created by non-human entities, like corporations. | *Some items are created by non-human entities, like corporations. | ||
- | *The OCLC website | + | *[[https:// |
===2.2 DC Contributor=== | ===2.2 DC Contributor=== | ||
- | This is a contributor who is not the author. | + | This is a contributor who is not the author. |
*The same rules that applied to Creator apply here. | *The same rules that applied to Creator apply here. | ||
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===3.1 Subject=== | ===3.1 Subject=== | ||
- | These are subject headings that will be applied to the item. Currently we use FAST subject headings and copy catalogue them from OCLC. | + | These are subject headings that will be applied to the item. Currently we use FAST subject headings and copy catalogue them from MarcEdit via the Z39.50 module or from [[https:// |
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+ | < | ||
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+ | This is an important field that can be difficult at times. | ||
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+ | We use FAST Subject Headings (and remove the rest). | ||
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+ | FAST Subject Headings are usually comprised of a single term, whereas LoC Subject Headings tend towards multiple terms. | ||
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+ | An LoC term may look like this:\\ | ||
+ | **Refugees%%--%%Cambodia** | ||
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+ | FAST would handle it this way:\\ | ||
+ | **Refugees**\\ | ||
+ | **Cambodia**\\ | ||
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+ | Essentially splitting the Subject Heading into 2 terms. | ||
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+ | There are also instances where FAST can have multiple terms as well. | ||
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+ | LoC term:\\ | ||
+ | **Women%%--%%Social conditions** | ||
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+ | FAST term:\\ | ||
+ | **Women%%--%%Social conditions** | ||
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+ | This is generally rare as most FAST headings are just a single term (as in the Cambodia example above, so you can't just do this all the time), but you will see certain terms again and again (for example, **Murder%%--%%Investigation** is common for mystery novels). | ||
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+ | You can check [[https:// | ||
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+ | Also be aware that some FAST syntaxes are different than LoC. For example, place names. | ||
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+ | LoC: **Georgia (Atla.)**\\ | ||
+ | FAST: **Atlanta%%--%%Georgia** | ||
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+ | LoC is City first with State/ | ||
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+ | The majority of FAST terms can simply be derived from LoC terms by just taking the first part of the LoC subject term. This is most apparent when it comes to fiction.\\ | ||
+ | LoC adds the term %%--%%Fiction at the end of subject terms for works of fiction. For example: | ||
+ | **Missing persons%%--%%Fiction**\\ | ||
+ | The FAST term would just be:\\ | ||
+ | **Missing persons** | ||
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+ | **Where to find FAST subject terms** | ||
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+ | OCLC Classify was the best place to get these terms, however it has shut down. These are generally the easiest alternatives, | ||
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+ | 1. Z39.50. | ||
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+ | 2. [[https:// | ||
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+ | After searching, click on the result and in the result page click on "Show more information" | ||
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+ | Subject headings will be a mix of LoC, FAST, French, BISAC, and more. FAST will become recognizable with experience. | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | FAST subject headings are marked with a Green Star. Notice that LoC terms are similar - in this case they just have the term Fiction at the end. | ||
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+ | The terms that WorldCat provides do not have subfields or double dashes (%%--%%), however when there is a capitalized word (ie: " | ||
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+ | Note: Wives Crimes against. | ||
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+ | You may also see terms that identify the genre of the item. This is what the Genre field is for, and so can be omitted in the Subject field. | ||
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+ | For example you may omit this term from the Subject field: | ||
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+ | **Detective and mystery fiction**\\ | ||
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+ | There are also deprecated LoC terms to keep an eye out for - some of the old Genre terms for fiction ended in " | ||
- | < | + | **Detective and mystery stories**\\ |
+ | **Romance stories**\\ | ||
+ | **Love stories**\\ | ||
- | *Search by title. | + | These can be omitted |
- | *When searching OCLC, the item may not appear if the title we have includes series information. | + | |
- | *Sometimes the subtitle won't be in OCLC, so you won't get any results. | + | |
- | *Some special characters will interfere with your OCLC search. | + | |
- | *After you find the title, click on it and scroll down to FAST Subject Headings. | + | |
- | *Copy and paste each Heading into the Subject field - separate each one with a comma. | + | |
- | *If the Heading contains a comma, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks. | + | |
- | *The Usage Count tells you how many libraries use each particular heading. | + | |
- | *If you can't find any Subject headings to copy and paste, try to find something similar and take one or two that fit. If the item is part of a series, you can probably take one from one of the other books. | + | |
- | *If a record set comes with BISAC terms those should be kept. You can find a full list of terms on the BISAC website at [[https:// | + | |
- | *LCSH terms can be used if FAST terms are difficult to find, or at cataloguer' | + | |
=== Indigenous Subject Headings === | === Indigenous Subject Headings === |