Introduction to Bibliography : Information Access Through The Subject

Introduction to Bibliography

1.     AIMS  AND SCOPE

          The present study in the form of annotated bibliography comprises of all the significant literature dealing with “Information Access  Through the Subject”. Although the bibliography is selective in nature, an attempt has been made to cover all aspects of the topic. I hope this bibliography would be helpful to those who wish to know about the subject.

2.           METHODOLOGY

          The bibliography consists of 322 entries on the topic. LISA was consulted to approach the primary sources. For the purpose of abstracting, primary sources were looked into, using the collections of  “Seminar Library of the Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Maulana Azad Library, AMU, Aligarh, Central Reference Library, Delhi University and Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi”.

3.     STANDARD FOLLOWED

          The relevant bibliographical details were noted down on 5”x7” cards following the Indian Standard for bibliographic References (IS:2381-1963) and the Classified Catalogue Code.

          The items of bibliographical references for each entry of periodical are arranged as follows:

a)           Name(s) of author(s)

b)           A full stop

c)            Title of the contribution including subtitle (if any)

d)           A full stop

e)            Title of the periodical, being underlined

f)             A full stop

g)            Volume Number

h)           Issue number (within brackets)

i)             Semi colon

j)             Year of Publication

k)           Semi Colon

l)             Inclusive pages of the article

m)         A full stop

Specimen Entry

          BATES (Marcia J).  Subject access in online catalogues: A design model. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 37(6); 1986;357-376.

3.1       Conference Proceedings

          Elements of Information in  the entries for conference proceedings are  given as follows:

a)           Name of the author(s)

b)           A full stop

c)            Title of the contribution including subtitle and alternative title, if any

d)           A full stop

e)            Connecting word, such as “In” being underlined.-+

f)             Name  of the conference being underlined

g)            A full stop

h)           Place

i)             Comma

j)             Year of publication

k)           Semi colon

l)             Inclusive pages of articles

Specimen Entry for Conference Proceedings

          KEEM (Michael E). Aspects of computer based indexing languages. In Proceedings of the fifth annual conference on computers in libraries. London, 1991; 148-151.

4.     ABSTRACT

          The bibliographical details of the articles are followed by informative abstracts and indicative-informative abstracts (in some cases). Care has been taken  to give essential information contained in the articles.

5.           SUBJECT HEADINGS

          The entries in the bibliography have been classified and arranged using a scheme involving Broad Subject Headings followed by the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA). It may be recalled that prior to 1993, the abstracts in LISA,  were arranged according to the unpublished draft version of CRG’s ‘A Classification of Library and Information Science (1971)’. This was followed  until 1992. Since 1993, CRG classification scheme was replaced by a scheme  developed by LISA based on the Broad Subject Headings.

          In consultation with my supervisor a modest attempt has been made to classify the bibliographic entries using the present scheme of LISA. At places the numbers along with the  headings were required to be expanded. Dewey Decimal Classification scheme of classification,  edition 21^st, was used for purpose of expansion. The whole scheme of LISA involving Broad Subject Headings with the expansions shown in italics has been provided following:

BROAD SUBJECT HEADINGS

1.0          LIBRARRIANSHIP AND INFORMATIOIN SCIENCE

1.1          PUBLICATIONS AND DATABASES

1.11        BOOK REVIEWS

1.12        CONFERENCES

1.13        RESEARCH

1.14        WORLD LIBRARIANSHIP

2.0          PROFESSION

2.1          ORGANISATIONS

2.11        BIOGRAPHIES

2.12        EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2.13        LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STAFF

2.14        TYPES OF STAFF

3.0          LIBRARIES AND RESOURSE CENTRES

3.1          WORLD LIBRARIES

3.11 NATIONAL LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES

3.12 PUBLIC LIBRARIES

3.13 ACADEMIC LIBRARIES(NOT SCHOOL LIBRARIES)

3.14 GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES

3.15 LIBRARIES OF OTHER ORGANIZATION AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES

3.16        SPECIAL SUBJECT LIBRARIES, RESEARCH LIBRARIES

3.17       SOCIAL SCINECES, BUSINESS LIBRARIES

3.18       HUMANITIES LIBRARIES

3.19       SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE LIBRARIES

3.2          ARCHIVES

3.21     NATIONAL  AND GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES

3.22       BUSINESS ARCHIEVES

3.23       CHURCH  ARCHIEVES

3.24       ARCHIVES OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE ARCHIVES

3.25       SOUND AND FILM ARCHIEVES

3.26       SPECIAL SUBJECT ARCHIEVES

3.27       MUSEUMS

4.0         LIBRARY USE AND USERS

4.1          LIBRARIES AND SERVICES BY TYPES OF USERS

4.11       USER-CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

4.12       SCHOOL LIBRARIES

4.13       USERS-SOCIAL GROUPS

4.14       USERS OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS

4.15       USER SERVICES

4.16       USER TRAINING

4.17       PROMOTION

4.18       ACTIVITIES

4.19       EXHIBITION

4.2          DOCUMENT DELIVERY

4.21     INTERLOAND AND PHOTOCOPYING SERVICES

4.22       LOANS

5.0         MATERIALS

5.1          OLD AND RARE MATERIALS

5.11       MATERIALS BY PUBLISHERS

5.12       MATERIALS BY LANGUAGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

5.13       PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS

5.14       GREY LITERATURE

5.15       OTHER PRINTED DOCUMENTS

5.16       NON-PRINT MATERIAL

5.17       AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

5.18       ELECTRONIC MEDIA

5.19       MICROPHONES

5.2          SUBJECTS

5.21     SOCIAL SCINECES, BUSINESS MATERIAL

5.22       HUMANITIES MATERIALS

5.23       SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE MATERIALS

5.24       BIBLIOMETRICS, SCIENTOMETRICS, INFORMETRICS

6.0         ORGANIZATION

6.1          COOPERATION

6.11       MANAGEMENT (OTHER THAN PERSONAL MANAGEMENT)

6.12       FINANCE

6.13       PUBLIC RELATIONS

6.14       OTHER MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONS

7.0         LIBRARY BUILDINGS

7.1          REMOVALS

7.11       PLANNING AND DESIGN  OF LIBRARY BUILDINGS

7.12       NEW AND RENOVATED LIBRARY BUILDINGS

7.13       FURNITURE

7.14       VEHICLES

8.0         LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY

8.1          TELECOMMUNICATION

8.11       NETWORKS

8.12       COMPUTERS

8.13       SOFTWARE

8.14       OTHER MACHINES

9.0         TECHNICAL SERVICES

9.1          CIRCULATION CONTROL

9.11       ACQUISITIONS

9.12       COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

9.13       WITHDRAWALS

9.14       STOCKTAKING

9.15       PRESERVATION

9.16       SECURITY

9.17       SHELF ARRANGEMENT

9.18       OTHER TECHNICAL SERVICES

10.0      INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

10.1       INFORMATION WORK

10.11    SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS INFORMATION WORK

10.12    HUMANITIES INFORMATION WORK

10.13    SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE INFORMATION WORK

10.14    INFORMATION SERVICES

10.15    REFERENCE WORK

11.0      BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CONTROL

11.1       BIBLIOGRAPHY

11.11    BIBLIOGRAPHIES

12.0    KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION (Used for  BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS)

12.1       PERIODICALS CONTROL

12.11    CATALOGUING AND INDEXING

12.12    COOPERATIVE  CATALOGUING, BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITIES

12.13    CATALOGUING RULES

12.14    BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION

12.15    MANUAL  CATALOGUES

12.16    COMPUTERIZED CATALOGUES (Use ONLINE CATALOGUES)

12.17    ONLINE CATALOGUES

12.18    CD-ROM CATALOGUES

12.19    INDEXING

12.2       BOOK INDEXING

12.21    SUBJECT INDEXING

12.211  Pre-coordinate Indexing ( Including Chain Indexing, PRECIS, POPSI)

12.212  COORDINATE AND POST-COORDINATE INDEXING

12.213  TITLE MANIPULATION (Including Catchword, KWIC, KWOC)

12.22    SEARCHING

12.23    (Not used)

12.24    SUBJECT HEADINGS SCHEMES

12.25     THESAURI

12.26    CLASSIFICATION

12.27    CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES

12.271  GENERAL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES

12.2711               DDC

12.2712               UDC

12.2713               LCC

12.2714               BC

12.2715               CC

12.272             Classification fo Specific Disciplines and Subjects

12.28    COMPUTER ASSISTED INDEXING

13.0    COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

13.1       ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS

13.11    NETWORKS

13.12    SOFTWARE

13.13    AUTOMATIC TEXT ANALYSIS, AUTOMATIC INDEXING, AMCNINE TRANSLATION

13.14    SEARCHING

13.15    DOWNLOADING

13.16    DATABASES IN GENERAL

13.17    NON-BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES, DATABANKS

13.18    BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES

13.19    IMAGE DATABASES

13.2       FULL TEXT DATABASES

13.21MULTIMEDIA

13.22ONLINE SYSTEMS

13.23ONLINE DATABASES

13.24DISC STORED SYSTEMS

13.25CD-ROMS

13.26CD-ROM DATABASES

13.27OTHER DISC STORED SYSTEMS

13.28OTHER STORAGE SYSTEMS

13.29VIDEOTEX

14.0      COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

14.1       COMPUTER INDUSTRY

14.11    NETWORKS

14.12    COMPUTER SCIENCE

14.13    COMPUTERS

14.14    SOFTWARE

14.15    IMAGE TECHNOLOGY

14.16    ONLINE SYSTEMS

14.17    DISC STORE SYSTEMS

14.18    TELECOMMUNICATION AND  BROAD CASTING TECHNOLOGY

14.19    COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

14.191  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

14.1911 MACHINE LEARNING (Including Gemetoc  Algorithms)

14.1912 NEURAL NETWORKS

14.1913 KNWOLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS(Including Expert Systems)

14.1914  NATURAL LANGUAGE POCESSING  

15.0      READING

15.1       LITERACY

16.0      MEDIA

16.1       COPYRIGHT

16.11    PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND BOOK SELLING

16.12    PRINTING

16.13    PRINTING HISTORY AND ANALYTICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

16.14    PUBLISHING AND BOOK SELLING

16.15    AUTHORSHIP

16.16    PUBLISHING

16.17    PUBLICATIONS

16.18    ELECTRONIC MEDIA

16.19    BOOK SELLING

16.20    AUTIOVISUAL MATERIALS

16.21    BROADCASTING

17.0      KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING

17.1       RESEARCH

17.11    EDUCATION

18.0      RECORDS MANAGEMENT

19.0      OTHER FRINGE SUBJECTS

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Source: Information Access Through The Subject : An Annotated Bibliography / by Salman Haider. - Online : OpenThesis, 2015. (408 pages ; 23 cm.)

Annotated bibliography titled Information Access Through The Subject covering Subject Indexing, Subject Cataloging, Classification, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, and Subject Approaches in Bibliographic and Non Bibliographic Databases etc. 

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The project "annotated bibliography" was worked out as Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) dissertation under the supervision of Professor Shabahat Husain, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in 2002. Information Access Through The Subject is a very much appreciated work. It earned the author S. Bashiruddin – P. N. Kaula Gold Medal, Post Graduate Merit Scholarship, First Division, and IInd Position in the MLIS program.