Sears List of Subject Headings: An introduction to the Nineteenth Edition (2007)
The paper discusses the importance of Vocabulary Control in Subject cataloguing. It gives a brief history of the Sears list from 1923 to 2007, highlights the major changes in all its 19 editions and makes a critical study of the 19th (2007) edition of the Sears List. It warns that it is not very sui...
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University of the Punjab, Department of Information Management
2016-05-01
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| description | The paper discusses the importance of Vocabulary Control in Subject cataloguing. It gives a brief history of the Sears list from 1923 to 2007, highlights the major changes in all its 19 editions and makes a critical study of the 19th (2007) edition of the Sears List. It warns that it is not very suitable for Pakistani and other Asians' subjects and suggests some measures for adapting it to Pakistani and Indian subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf289b081cc34ae380270adcb55cd4a32023-02-14T10:11:21ZengUniversity of the Punjab, Department of Information ManagementPakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries2409-74622016-05-019110.47657/pjim&l.v9i1.809399Sears List of Subject Headings: An introduction to the Nineteenth Edition (2007)M. P. Satija0Professor & Head, Department of Library & Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, AmritsarThe paper discusses the importance of Vocabulary Control in Subject cataloguing. It gives a brief history of the Sears list from 1923 to 2007, highlights the major changes in all its 19 editions and makes a critical study of the 19th (2007) edition of the Sears List. It warns that it is not very suitable for Pakistani and other Asians' subjects and suggests some measures for adapting it to Pakistani and Indian subjects.http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/pjiml/article/view/809sears list of subject headingsvocabulary controlsubject cataloguingindexing languages |
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| title | Sears List of Subject Headings: An introduction to the Nineteenth Edition (2007) |
| title_full | Sears List of Subject Headings: An introduction to the Nineteenth Edition (2007) |
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| title_short | Sears List of Subject Headings: An introduction to the Nineteenth Edition (2007) |
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