Authority
Work
Authority Control (General)
AMICUS
Authority File (NLC) -
Now
free to access without registration. Use when establishing Canadian
NACO
headings. Search AMICUS
Web without a password.
Authority
File Comparison Rules (NACO Normalization) -
Revised 2/9/01
- LC
Usage of New MARC21 Characters Plus LC Processing Implications (rev.
1/08/01)
MARC21
Concise Format for Authority Data - Updated 10/02
TPOT
Cataloging - Authority Work
UMass
Cataloging Manual Online
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Biographical Information
A
& E Biography - Search over 25,000 names, past and
present.
African
American Links
Australians
and New Zealanders Links
Author
Pseudonyms - 11,465
entries
as of 6/7/03
Biographical
Dictionary - 28,000+ names includes birth and death years,
professional
awards, literary and artistic works, and more.
Biography
Resources: Finding Information on the Famous, Infamous, and
Obscure
- By Susan A. Schreiner and Michael A. Somers
Canadian
Lives (links)
Declarations
of Pseudonyms and their Resolutions in the US Catalog of Copyright
Entries
(Renewals)
Freeality.com
Biographies: Important People
Latin
Americans, Hispanics, and Latinos (Posthumous) -
Includes links to Busca
Biografias
(includes living persons), and the Genealogy
of Mexico
Lives,
the Biography Resource - "The largest guide to posthumous biography
sites on the Web"
Union
List of Artist Names
World
Biographical Index
Yahoo!
People
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Etymology
Genealogy
(Michigan Electronic Library) -
Includes links to Canadian genealogy, Family Search from the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and much more
Genealogy
of Ethnic Groups -
Choose
from Acadian, German, Irish, Italian, or Puerto Rican. New is
Researching
Dutch Ancestors in the US.
Surnames
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Geographic Names
Annotated
Subject Authority Proposal Form for Geographics
Canada's
Geographical Names - Search by current or historical names -
over
350,000 names available.
Coping
with Geographic Names Changes in an Authority File -
By Hester Marais, Univ. of South Africa
County
Location of New England Place Names
Country
Name Changes (Earlier / Later See References)
Dictionary
of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems,
Cartography,
and Remote Sensing -
Updated 1/28/02
FIPS55
Searchable Database -
"Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS), which contains codes for named
populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational
entities
of the United States and areas under the jurisdiction of the United
States"
Geographic
Name Diacritic Usage
Geographic
Names Sources (Approved Sites)
Geographic
Names Used as Qualifiers for Corporate Headings
GEONET
Name Server (NIMA) - Foreign geographic feature names.
See
also their FAQ
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
GNIS
(Geographic Names Information System) - 2 million
federally
recognized names of physical and cultural geographic features in the
US.
Historical
Country Names
Maps
Cataloging - UMass
Amherst
Places
in Massachusetts
TopoZone.com
- Interactive topographical map of the entire US
US
Board on Geographic Names (BGN) -
See their Principals,
Policies, and Procedures: Geographic Names
US
Gazetteer
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Library of Congress
Library
of Congress Integrated Library System and NACO Requirements for
Reporting
of Bibliographic File Maintenance
Library
of Congress Authority Files - New
(released July 2002 for public use) and wonderfully easy to use. Check
out their Authority
Help FAQ
Library
of Congress Online Catalog - Search Subject, Name, Title, or
Call
number here.
Program
for Cooperative Cataloging Home Page - Learn about NACO,
SACO, BIBCO, and CONSER.
Z39.50
Gateway to Library Catalogs - Use Advanced Search
for
name and subject authority records. Records can be viewed in tagged
form,
as well.
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Miscellaneous
Art
& Architecture Thesaurus Browser
National
Library Catalogues Worldwide - From Argentina to
Yugoslavia,
this site is extremely helpful for resolving authority conflicts.
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NACO
670
and 675 Source Citations
670
Sources Found Field: Things to Remember
670
Field Elements (required)
670
Macros Generated by OCLC
675
and 667 Field Attributes and Functions
Additions
to Distinguish Identical Personal Names
Additions
to Personal Names: General
Art
NACO - Procedures for creating Series Authority
records.
AskART.com
- 30,000+ American artists listed. Also called the Artists' Bluebook.
Authorities
Reference Card - Here's where you'll find those commands such as
WFAN
and SCA PN and FIN AN 1559187
BFM
BFM
[old catalog] Reporting FAQ -
(OCLC no longer needs to be notified on updating BFMs)
Birth
and Death Dates in NARs
Canadian
Headings (PowerPoint Presentation for NACO Trainers)
Canadian
NARs
Chapter
25: Uniform Titles (LCRI for NACO Training)
Classification
Regarding Spacing After an Open Date in Personal Names Used as Subject
Headings
Columbia
Gazetteer of North America
Conference
Headings
Conference
Headings Date Use
Corporate
Name FAQ
CPSO
Page: Cataloging Policy and Support Office - Report changes to
authority records, and much more.
Cross-References
for Personal Names
Cross-References
for Subordinate Bodies in the Language Form of the Parent Body?
DCM
71 (Descriptive Cataloging Manual) -
Updated to Nov. 2002 (130 pages)
Determining
the Language of an Author
Draft
LCRI 24.7B: Conferences, Congresses, Meetings, etc. - Additions
Duplicate
Heading Deletion
FAQ
on Creating Name Authority Records (NARs) for NACO
FAQ
on Reporting BFM (Including headings labelled [from old catalog])
FAQ
on the 670 (Sources Found) in Name Authority Records (NARs) for NACO
Fixed
Field Code Conversion Chart
Frequently
Asked Questions on Creating Name Authority Records (NARs) for NACO
Gloss
on Undifferentiated Personal Names
Guidelines
for National Level Enhance Participants
In-Process
LC Records
Jerry
Hill Presents Names -
Recommended for SACO proposals. Links to Muslim
Names, Asian
Names, Central
European
Names, Surnames
Origin List, and Nicknames
and Naming Traditions
"LC
in OCLC" Citation
Literary
Author Number Request Form
NACO
Hebraica Funnel
NACO
Home Page - Everything NACO.
NACO
Continuing Education Index Standing Committee on Training
NACO
Normalization
NACO
Requirements for Reporting BFM
NACO
Training - Includes
checklist
of responsibilities for NACO Contact, NACO Coordinator, Trainer,
Reviewer,
LC Liason, and Funnel Coordinator
Name/Title
Authority Records
NAR
Creation FAQ
Non-Unique
Names (Ana Cristan)
Normalization
NUC
(National Union Catalog) in Case of Conflicting Dates
Numeric
Searching - fin an
1559187
(OCLC assigned authority record no.) or fin ln 88002555 (LC-assigned
authorty
record control no.)
PCC
Liaisons' List -
Includes
Ana Cristan's phone no. and e-mail
address
PCC Standard
Committee on Training (Minutes 6/21/03) - Includes ALCTS/SCT
Subject Analysis Training Task Group
Subfield
k Versus Subfield t in Uniform Titles
Task
Group on NACO Continuing Education - Maintained
by Daniel CannCasciato
Undifferentiated
Personal Name Authority Records
Uniform
Titles - Chapter 25 (LCRIs for NACO Training)
Uniform
Titles FAQ
Uniform
Titles with Corporate Religious Bodies
Usage
Determination in a Personal Name Heading -
The 80% rule
XML
Name Access Control Repository
WFAN
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OBITUARIES
Cemetery
Records Online (Interment.net)
Goodbye!
Journal of Contemporary Obituaries
National Obituary Archive
Newspaper
Obituaries
Obituary
Links Page
Social
Security Death Index - All surnames searchable.
64,551,696
records - and counting ;-)
US
Catalog of Copyright Entries (Renewals) -
Very interesting site. Also links to Declarations
of Pseudonyms and Their Resolutions in the US Catalog of Copyright
Entries
(Renewals).
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OCLC
OCLC
Enhance Participants List
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Series Authorities
Series
Authority Workflow (UMass)
Series
Tracing, Analysis, and Classification (PCC FAQ)
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Subject Authorities
600
Tags for Collective Biographies
AmosWeb
Economic Glossarama -
Recommended for SACO proposals
Annotated
Subject Authority Proposal Form
Canadian
Subject Headings on the Web -
Approximately 6000 records. Also available - the CSH
List of Subdivisions in PDF format. The Monthly
List of Modified Headings can also be helpful.
Cities
and Buildings Database -
Large digitized image database created by the Univ. of Washington
Libraries,
and recommended for use by SACO
eHRAF
Collection of Archaeology - 60,000+ pages. Recommended for SACO
proposals
FAQ
on SACO Subject Heading Proposals
Geographic
Name Sources Useful for SACO Proposals
Glossary
of Linguistic Terms -
Recommended for SACO proposals
Jerry
Hill Presents Names -
Recommended
to create personal names by SACO. What an eye-opener! Under Heritage,
there
are links to such items as "All
About Russian Names", "Asian
Names", "Central
European
Names", "Latin
American Surnames", "Portuguese
Names" and so much more
Last
Names (Surnames) useful for SACO
LC/Class
Subject Correlations Search -
Find the subject headings most frequently used with a specific LC
Classification
Number (in Classweb)
LC
Subject Search (in ClassWeb)
Rootsweb.com
(Useful for SACO Proposals)
SACO
Home Page - Subject authority component of the PCC
program
description and guidelines.
SACO
Participant's Manual
Spanish
Language Subject Headings
Subfield
v
Subject
Authority Records (UMass)
Subject
Authority Proposal Form - Complete this form and submit
it online to
saco@loc.gov
See Guidelines
Subject
Heading Changes in Fine Arts and Architecture
Table
of Contents: Subject Analysis
US.
GenWeb Project (Useful for SACO Proposals)
Use
of |v Subfield for Form Subdivisions in Subject Headings
Web
Resources for SACO Proposals
Yahoo!
Subject Dictionaries
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