A guide to the Library of Congress classification / Lois Mai Chan.

Main entry:

Chan, Lois Mai.

Title & Author:

A guide to the Library of Congress classification / Lois Mai Chan.

Edition:

5th ed.

Publication:

Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Description:

xviii, 551 pages ; 25 cm

Series:

Library and information science text series

Notes:
"Based on the fourth edition of Immroth's Guide to the Library of Congress classification."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-537) and index.
Introduction -- Principles, structure, and format -- Notation -- Tables -- Assigning class numbers -- Individual classes -- Classification of special types of library materials -- Appendix A : general tables -- Appendix B : models for subarrangement within disciplines.

Summary:

The latest edition of this classic work [formerly Immroth's Guide to the Library of Congress Classification (Libraries Unlimited, 1990)] provides you with a basic understanding of the ever-evolving Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. After introducing the classification and giving a brief history of its development, the author presents readers with the general principles, structure, and format of the scheme. She then discusses and illustrates the use of tables. In a chapter new to this edition, Chan provides a general discourse on assigning LC call numbers.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

1563084996
9781563084997
1563085003 (pbk.)
9781563085000 (pbk.)

Subject:

Library of Congress classification
Classification, Library of Congress.
Classification de la Bibliothèque du Congrès.
Library of Congress Classification.

Form/genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)

Added entries:

Chan, Lois Mai. Immroth's Guide to the Library of Congress classification.
Library and information science text series.

Holdings:

Location: Library cataloguing office 206751
Call No.: Z696.U4 C4 1999
Status: Available

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