Authority files (Information retrieval)
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Authority files (Information retrieval)
- Here are entered authority files that include both name and subject authority records, as well as works about such files.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009792
- info:lc/authorities/sh85009792
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85009792#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Authority control (Information retrieval)
- Authority files (Cataloging)
- Authority records (Information retrieval)
- Authority work (Information retrieval)
- Library authority files
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Authority files (Cataloging)
Sources
- found: LC database, Sept. 6, 1995 (Indexing BT Information retrieval; Cataloging BT Information retrieval)
- found: LC database, Sept. 8, 1995 (Authority files (Cataloging) not formerly used for actual authority files, but only for discussions. Recently has been used for actual name authority files and for mixed name-and-subject files)
- found: Kuhagen, J.A. Series training for NACO participants, 2000: t.p. (authority records)
- found: Burger, R.H. Authority work : the creation, use, maintenance, and evaluation of authority records and files, 1985.
- found: Clack, D.H. Authority control, 1990.
LC Classification
- Z693.3.A88
General Notes
- Here are entered authority files that include both name and subject authority records, as well as works about such files.
Change Notes
- 2003-12-08: new
- 2010-06-03: revised
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