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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Controlled Vocabularies in Context | |
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What Are Cultural Works? | |
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Fine Arts | |
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Architecture | |
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Other Visual Arts | |
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Creators of Art Information | |
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Museums | |
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Visual Resources Collections | |
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Libraries | |
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Special Collections | |
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Archival Collections | |
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Private Collections | |
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Scholars | |
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Standards for Art Information | |
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Standards for the Creation of Vocabularies | |
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Issues in Sharing Data | |
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Linked Open Data | |
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What Are Controlled Vocabularies? | |
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Purpose of Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Display Information and Controlled Information | |
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Display Information with Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Controlled Vocabularies vs. Controlled Format | |
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Types of Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Relationships in General | |
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Subject Heading Lists | |
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Other Headings | |
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Controlled Lists | |
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Synonym Ring Lists | |
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Authority Files | |
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Taxonomies | |
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Alphanumeric Classification Schemes | |
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Thesauri | |
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Ontologies | |
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Folksonomies | |
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Relationships in Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Equivalence Relationships | |
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Synonyms | |
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Lexical Variants | |
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Historical Name Changes | |
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Differences in Language | |
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Near Synonyms | |
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Preferred Terms | |
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Homographs | |
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Qualifiers | |
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How to Choose a Qualifier for a Term | |
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Other Ways to Disambiguate Names | |
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Hierarchical Relationships | |
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Whole/Part Relationships | |
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Genus/Species Relationships | |
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Instance Relationships | |
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Facets and Guide Terms | |
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Polyhierarchies | |
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Associative Relationships | |
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Types of Associative Relationships | |
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When to Make Associative Relationships | |
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Vocabularies for Cultural Objects | |
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Types of Vocabulary Terms | |
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The Getty Vocabularies | |
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) | |
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Scope | |
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Facets and Hierarchies in AAT | |
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What Constitutes a Term in AAT? | |
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Warrant for a Term | |
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Discrete Concepts | |
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What Is Excluded from AAT? | |
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Fields in AAT | |
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) | |
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Scope | |
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Nations, Cities, Archaeological Sites | |
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Physical Features | |
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Places That No Longer Exist | |
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What Is Excluded from TGN? | |
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Built Works | |
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Cultural and Political Groups | |
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Fields in TGN | |
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Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) | |
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Scope | |
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Artists | |
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Architects | |
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Non-Artists | |
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Workshops and Families | |
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Anonymous and Unknown Artists | |
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Amateur Artists | |
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What Is Excluded from ULAN? | |
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Fields in ULAN | |
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Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA) | |
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Scope | |
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Built Works | |
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Movable Works | |
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What Is Excluded from CONA? | |
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Fields in CONA | |
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Chenhall's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging | |
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Organization and Scope of Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging | |
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Terms in Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging | |
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Nomenclature fir Museum Cataloging vs. AAT | |
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Library of Congress Authorities | |
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Library of CongressINACO Authority File (LCNAF) | |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) | |
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Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM) | |
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Scope of TGM | |
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TGM vs. AAT | |
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Iconclass | |
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Structure and Scope of Iconclass | |
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Using Multiple Vocabularies | |
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Interoperability of Vocabularies | |
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Maintenance of Mappings | |
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Methods of Achieving Interoperability | |
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Direct Mapping | |
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Switching Vocabulary | |
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Factors for Successful Interoperability of Vocabularies | |
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Semantic Mapping | |
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Interoperability across Languages | |
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Issues of Multilingual Terminology | |
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Dominant Languages | |
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Satellite and Extension Vocabularies | |
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Local Authorities | |
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Which Fields Should Be Controlled? | |
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Structure of the Authority | |
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Unique IDs in the Authority | |
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Person/Corporate Body Authority | |
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Sources for Terminology | |
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Suggested Fields | |
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Place/Location Authority | |
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Sources for Terminology | |
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Suggested Fields | |
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Generic Concept Authority | |
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Sources for Terminology | |
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Suggested Fields | |
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Subject Authority | |
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Sources for Terminology | |
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Suggested Fields | |
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Source Authority | |
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Sources for Terminology | |
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Suggested Fields | |
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Constructing a Vocabulary or Authority | |
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General Criteria for the Vocabulary | |
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Local or Broader Use | |
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Purpose of the Vocabulary | |
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Scope of the Vocabulary | |
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Maintaining the Vocabulary | |
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Data Model and Rules | |
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Established Standards | |
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Logical Focus of the Record | |
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Data Structure | |
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Controlled Fields vs. Free-Text Fields | |
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Minimum Information | |
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Editorial Rules | |
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Imprecise Information | |
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Rules for Constructing a Vocabulary | |
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Establishing Terms | |
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Capitalization | |
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Regulating Hierarchical Relationships | |
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Mixing Relationships | |
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Incorporating Facets and Guide Terms | |
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Displaying a Controlled Vocabulary | |
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Display for Various Types of Users | |
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Technical Considerations | |
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Display Independent of Database Design | |
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Characteristics of Displays | |
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Format of Display | |
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Documentation | |
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Displaying Hierarchies | |
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Indentation vs. Notations | |
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Alternative Hierarchical Displays | |
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Display of Polyhierarchy | |
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Sorting of Siblings | |
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Faceted Displays and Guide Terms | |
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Classification Notation or Line Number | |
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Full Record Display | |
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Displaying Equivalence and Associative Relationships | |
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Permuted Lists and Inverted Forms | |
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Displaying Homographs | |
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Sorting and Alphabetizing Terms | |
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Diacritics in Sorting | |
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Display of Diacritics | |
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Search Results Displays | |
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Headings or Labels | |
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Ascending or Descending Order of Parents | |
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Displaying the User's Search Term | |
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Pick Lists | |
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Indexing with Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Technical Issues of Indexing | |
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Availability of Indexing Terms to the Cataloger | |
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Methodologies for Indexing | |
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Indexing Display Information | |
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When Fields Do Not Display to End Users | |
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Specificity and Exhaustivity | |
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Specificity Related to the Authority Records | |
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General and Specific Terms | |
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Preferred or Variant Terms | |
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How Many Terms | |
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How to Establish Core Elements | |
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Minimal Records | |
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Missing Information | |
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Size and Focus of the Collection | |
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Different Works Require Different Indexing | |
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Cataloging in Phases | |
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Indexing Groups vs. Items | |
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Expertise of End Users | |
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Expertise of Catalogers and Indexers | |
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Indexing Uncertain Information | |
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Knowable vs. Unknowable Information | |
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Knowable Information | |
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Debated Information | |
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Retrieval Using Controlled Vocabularies | |
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Identifying the Focus of Retrieval | |
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User Intervention or Behind the Scenes | |
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Retrieval by Browsing | |
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Retrieval via Search Box | |
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Retrieval by Querying in a Database | |
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Reports and Ad Hoc Queries of the Database | |
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Querying across Multiple Databases | |
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Seeding Tags with Vocabulary Terms | |
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Processing Vocabulary Data for Retrieval | |
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Know Your Audience | |
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Using Names for Retrieval | |
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Truncating Names | |
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Keyword Searching | |
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Normalizing Terms | |
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Case Insensitivity in Retrieval | |
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Compound Terms and Names in Retrieval | |
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Diacritics and Punctuation in Retrieval | |
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Phonetic Matching | |
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Singulars and Plurals in Retrieval | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Trunk Names | |
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Form and Syntax of the Name | |
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First and Last Names | |
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Pivoting on the Comma | |
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Multiple Commas | |
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Articles and Prepositions | |
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Reserved Character Sets | |
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Stop Lists | |
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Boolean Operators | |
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Context of Terms in Retrieval | |
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Qualifiers in Retrieval | |
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Hierarchical Relationships in Retrieval | |
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Associative Relationships in Retrieval | |
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Other Data Used in Retrieval | |
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Unique Identifiers as Search Criteria | |
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Other Vocabulary Data Used in Retrieval | |
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Results Lists | |
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Appendix: Selected Vocabularies and Other Sources for Terminology | |
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Glossary | |
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Selected Bibliography | |