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2007
What kinds of subject headings are used for works on Creole/Pidgin dialects?
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What subject headings are used for works on ethnobotany or traditional knowledge concerning plants?
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What information is added to a heading for a conference to help identify it, and when is a conference access point added to a bibliographic record?
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How can LC subject headings be used to locate examples of qualitative research in anthropology and sociology?
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What subject headings are used for visual anthropology and what form/genre headings are used?
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What is the change in the new CONSER standard regarding the use of uniform titles in the cataloguing of journals/periodicals and how will it affect the catalog?
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How does Library of Congress Subject Headings treat smaller and alternative religious groups as opposed to the major world religions?
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Are translators listed in the catalog record and can I search by their name?
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What LC subject headings are used for works on Biblical Archaeology?
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What subject headings are used on statistical works and/or mathematical models?
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What are the best ways to find ethnographies?
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How does LC handle the subject cataloging for the music of diverse
ethnic groups?
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2006
What LC subject headings are used for the forensic sciences
and related fields?
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What are the differences in Library of Congress Subject Headings
(LCSH) between “class of persons” and their subdivisions
and “ethnic groups” and their subdivisions?
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What is the difference between LCSH & FAST?
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If an author has multiple surnames, which one is he filed under
in a library catalog?
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The Library of Congress recently announced that they will no longer
used controlled tracings for series. What does this mean and how
does that affect the records in my local database?
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How can I locate DVDs on a topic in a library catalog?
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What is the correct subject heading to use for people of African descent?
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How is the influence of one topic on another reflected in the subject headings?
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What is the difference between the subjects Ironwork, Ironworks, and Iron-works?
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What subject headings are assigned to books on sociology or that have a sociological slant to a topic?
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When is “Civilization” used as a subject heading under places, and when is “History” used?
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2005
When and why does the Library of Congress change an author’s authorized heading (i.e. do they add death dates if someone dies, etc.?)
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What is the difference between the following two subdivisions which are used under ethnic groups: Politics and government AND Government relations?
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When "public opinion" is used as a subdivision in LCSH under a
topic/group of people, does it refer to the public opinion of the group of people, or to the public opinion about that topic/group of people?
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Why does the Library of Congress sometimes treat Indian tribes as topical subjects and sometimes as geographic subjects/corporate authors?
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Why do some names have an expanded form of name at the end (i.e. James, Peter (Peter J.) OR Knight, M. G. (Michael George) instead of Knight, Michael George)?
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When "folklore" is used as a
subdivision in a Library of Congress Subject Heading under a topic
or ethnic group, does it refer to the folklore of the topic/ethnic
group, or to folklore about the topic/ethnic group?
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From "Mountain Whites" to "Appalachians
(People)". An Example of how the SACO process of making a change
in LCSH works.
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What is the difference between the Library
of Congress subject headings "Excavations (Archaeology)"
and "Archaeology?"
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What headings are available for different
methods/theories in archaeology?
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How does one locate materials on racially
mixed groups who see themselves (or others see them) as a distinct
racial group?
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How does one search for specific archaeological
sites?
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2004
How are Indian tribes listed in the Marc record?
For example, if I wanted Chumash Indians, how are they listed? Are
there additional entries, broader entries, i.e. such as Indians--California?
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Are funding agencies for archaeological
digs cited and/or traced in the cataloging record?
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For archaeological site reports, does
information as to the type of site report (i.e. "final report"
or "preliminary report") go in the bibliographic record?
If so, is this information coded to allow computer retrieval of
these records?
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Why are festschrift honorees not usually
listed as a subject heading on bibliographic records for books that
are written in their honor?
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