See also:
Additional Guidelines: Beinecke [1]
Cataloging
(* = on the Cataloger's Desktop. For a password, contact the Chief Catalog Librarian.)
General Standards
*RDA Toolkit.
*Betz, Elisabeth W. Graphic Materials: rules for describing original items and historical collections. (1982). Cataloger's Desktop version includes 1996 update.
*Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS). Society of American Archivists (2004).
*Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. (DCRB) (1991).
Library of Congress: general standards
*Chronological Headings and Subdivisions.
Classification Web [2]. Includes Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). For a password, contact the Chief Catalog Librarian.
*Free-Floating Subdivisions.
*Rule Interpretations.
*Subject Cataloging Manual.
Library of Congress: MARC standards [3]
*Code List for Geographic Areas [4].
*Code List for Languages [5].
*Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions [6].
Links for concise formats (see Cataloger's Desktop for full information):
*Format for Authority Data [7].
*Format for Bibliographic Data [8].
*Format for Holdings Data [9].
Thesauri
Art and Architecture Thesaurus. [10] (AAT)
Association of College and Research Libraries Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging (additions and changes may be found on the RBMS website [11]):
Binding Terms. (1988).
Genre Terms. (1991).
Paper Terms. (1990).
Printing and Publishing Evidence. (1986).
Type Evidence. (1990).
*Thesaurus for Graphic Materials. Section II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms [12]
*Standard Citation Forms for Published Bibliographies and Catalogs Used in Rare Book Cataloging. (1982).
Yale Websites
Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) [13]
Authority Control at Yale [14]
Cataloging in Orbis [15]
Databases
Orbis authority file (Local Database). Access through Voyager cataloging module.
Library of Congress Authorities [16].
Old Yale card catalog. In Sterling Library. Useful for verifying names that do not require authority records.
The National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints. Useful for verifying names that do not require authority records.
Authority Control at Yale. Biographical Resources [17] and Geographical Resources [18].
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Music Cataloging at Yale [19].
Research Tools on the Yale University Library website [20].
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Appendix F: Reference Sources top
Manuscript [21] Cataloging Guidelines [21]
Appendix A: Single Manuscript Instructions [22]
Beinecke Manuscript Cataloging Manual [23]
Links
[1] https://msu-cataloging-manual.beinecke.library.yale.edu/appendices#Appendix%20F
[2] http://classweb.loc.gov/
[3] http://www.loc.gov/marc/
[4] http://www.loc.gov/marc/geoareas/gacshome.html
[5] http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/langhome.html
[6] http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcelist/
[7] http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html
[8] http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html
[9] http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdhome.html
[10] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/index.html
[11] http://www.rbms.info/committees/bibliographic_standards/controlled_vocabularies/index.shtml
[12] http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/
[13] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/teams/cms
[14] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities
[15] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/Orbis2TOC.htm
[16] http://authorities.loc.gov/
[17] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/biography.html
[18] http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/geography.html
[19] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music
[20] http://library.yale.edu/
[21] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/manuscript
[22] http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/manuscript/appendix-single-manuscript-instructions
[23] https://msu-cataloging-manual.beinecke.library.yale.edu/