Appendix F: Reference Sources

Cataloging
Topical Research

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]

Manuscript Cataloging Committee [16]

Databases

Orbis authority file (Local Database). Access through Voyager cataloging module.

Library of Congress Authorities [17].

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.

Topical Research

Authority Control at Yale. Biographical Resources [18] and Geographical Resources [19].

Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. Music Cataloging at Yale [20].

Research Tools on the Yale University Library website [21].

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Manuscript [22] Cataloging Guidelines [22]
Appendix A: Single Manuscript Instructions [23]
Beinecke Manuscript Cataloging Manual [24]