Cataloguer's Toolbox

Memorial University of Newfoundland
Queen Elizabeth II Library

Welcome to the Cataloguer's Toolbox, homepage for the Cataloguing Division of the Queen Elizabeth II Library at Memorial University of Newfoundland. From this homepage you can access local cataloguing tools, including departmental policies and procedures and the latest production statistics, as well as resources from other Internet hosts around the world, including the Library of Congress, National Library of Canada, OCLC, and more.

Quick reference

View Memorial's SIRSI Unicorn catalogue via telnet | WebCat
View cataloguing tools by format: Archival materials | Computer files | Electronic journals | Maps | Music | Serials | Visual materials
View cataloguing tools by subject: Law | Medicine
Reference resources for cataloguers
LC Z39.50 Gateway | Quarterly cumulations of LCSH weekly lists

Local tools

  1. Bibliographical Translation Tables -- Listing of English Equivalents for Common Bibliographical Terms
  2. Cutter-Sanborn e-tables -- Cutter-Sanborn three-figure author tables
  3. FF Classification -- Newfoundland History Classification
  4. LC cutter tables
  5. Policies and procedures by subject
  6. Policies and procedures by MARC field tag
  7. Recent tools -- Receipt dates of most recently received cataloguing tools
  8. Regions and countries Cutter table
  9. Special Projects: GovDoc Integration | Recon
  10. Unicorn toolkit -- Verify lists, tables, & guides to using SIRSI's Unicorn at MUN

USMARC documentation

  1. USMARC format for authority data: here | at LC
  2. USMARC format for bibliographic data: at LC
  3. USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Field listing, 001-9xx
  4. USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Leader & Fixed Fields
  5. USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Variable Fields
  6. USMARC format for holdings here | at LC
  7. USMARC code lists at OCLC
  8. USMARC country codes here | at LC
  9. USMARC geographic codes here | at LC
  10. USMARC language codes at LC
  11. USMARC language codes here, by code
  12. USMARC language codes here, by language

Library of Congress cataloguing tools

  1. Core bibliographic standard for Books | Scores | Sound recordings
  2. LC Marvel -- Library of Congress Gopher Server
  3. LC Web Home Page -- Library of Congress WWW Server
  4. Library of Congress classification system -- in condensed form
  5. LC Z39.50 Gateway
  6. LCSH Weekly Lists -- Library of Congress Weekly Subject Heading Lists (at LC)
  7. LCSH standard subdivisions -- At Princeton
  8. USMARC Format -- USMARC Format Documentation (at LC)

National Library of Canada cataloguing tools

  1. NLC Catalogue on the Internet
  2. National Library of Canada WWW Server
  3. Virtual Canadian Union Catalogue Project

ISM Library Information Services cataloguing tools

  1. ISM LIS Home Page
  2. LHF4 -- ISM MARC format documentation

OCLC cataloguing tools

  1. OCLC Home Page
  2. OCLC bibliographic formats
  3. OCLC forms server -- bibliographic change and dup reports
  4. OCLC holdings symbol listing
  5. Enhance libraries master list
  6. InterCat Project
  7. Passport for Windows -- an archives of scripts and email
  8. Technical Bulletins

Other remote tools of interest to cataloguers

  1. American Library Association
  2. AUTOCAT FAQ
  3. British Library National Bibliographic Service
  4. Canadian Library Association
  5. CONSER
  6. LIST (Library and Information Science Toolbox
  7. Library homepages
  8. Library Support Staff Resource Center
  9. National Library of Medicine gopher server
  10. NISO (National Information Standards Organization)
  11. Program for Cooperative Cataloguing (PCC)
  12. Research Libraries Group (RLG)
  13. Top 200 technical services benefits of home page development
  14. UKMARC Bibliographic News
  15. WWW Library Guide
  16. Other Technical Service-related library and commercial homepages

Cataloguing-related electronic serials

  1. ALCTS Network News
  2. CCQ -- Cataloguing and classification quarterly
  3. CONSERLine
  4. ITAL -- Information technology & libraries
  5. Journal of Internet cataloging
  6. LC Cataloging News
  7. LIBRES -- Library and information science research journal
  8. LITA newsletter
  9. OCLC Technical Bulletins
  10. UBIS news

Remote Library Catalogues

  1. OPAC finding tools
  2. World Wide Web-based library catalogues
  3. Telnet based library catalogues
Maintained by: Charley Pennell, Head, Cataloguing Division, QEII Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Comments and corrections may be sent to: Last revised: 30 October 1996