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LIBR 248 – Assignment 2

Hilary Henkin, SH

3/18/11

Part A. Answer the questions in this MS Word document. (40 points)

Part B. Using the cataloging records created in Assignment 1, assign all applicable 1XX and 7XX entries for these six records. Search the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LC NAF) for the correct form of entry. If one exists, include the authority record number in parentheses beside the entry. If the authorized form of the heading in the LC NAF is not in AACR2 form, you will need to establish the heading using AACR2R and reference sources including OCLCWorldCat. (60 points)

Authority Searching Scavenger Hunt

Part A

Using the LC Authority File in OCLCConnexion, please answer the following questions:

  1. Search for the subject authority: Women executives

What is the ARN (authority record number): 2106761

List a broader term: Executives

List a related term: Women middle managers

  1. How is the name authority record for Robert Downey, Jr. (the actor) distinguished from the one for his father?

They have different birth years. Robert Downey, Jr. is listed as: Downey, Robert, ‡d 1965- and his father is listed as: Downey, Robert, ‡d 1936-

  1. What is the complete birthdate of Robert Downey, Jr.? April 4, 1965
  1. What MARC field contained this information? 670

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  1. What is the scope of the subject heading, “Teenage child molesters?”

680 ‡i Here are entered works on teenagers who have molested younger children.

  1. What is a cross (see) reference for this heading?

450 Adolescent child molesters ‡w nne

  1. What is the suggested Library of Congress classification (LCC) number to be used?

053 RJ506.C48 ‡c Psychiatry

  1. Of the three types of authority headings, what type of authority heading is Poodles?

150 Topical term

  1. Where in the MARC authority record fixed field is the information about #9 above revealed?

Subj use a

  1. List a cross (see) reference for this heading

450 French poodles

  1. What is the birthdate of our current First Lady? Jan 17, 1964
  1. What name authority record (NAR) revealed this information?

100 1_ Obama, Michelle, ‡d 1964-

Source:

670 Wikipedia, Aug. 11, 2008‡b (Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama; b. Jan. 17, 1964, Chicago; lawyer and wife of senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama)

670 Lightfoot, E. Michelle Obama, c2009 ‡b p. 2 (Michelle LaVaughn Robinson; b. Jan 17, 1964)

  1. What is the authorized form of her name?

100 1_ Obama, Michelle, ‡d 1964-

  1. Can the authorized form of her name be used as a subject? Yes

16. What field tells you the answer to #15? MARC fixed field Subjuse a

  1. When was this NAR created? Aug 11, 2008
  1. Which library created it? Library of Congress
  2. What is Bob Hope’s (the comedian) birthname? Leslie Townes Hope
  1. Where and when was he born? Eltham, England on May 29, 1903

Part B

1.

100 / 1_ / Fox, Linda S., ‡d 1944- (ARN # 4973281)
245 / 14 / The library volunteer : ‡b a practical guidebook / ‡c by Linda S. Fox.

2.

245 / 00 / Current trends in airline profitability : ‡b linking the cost of marketing and continuous improvement / ‡c by George Williams … [et al.].
700 / 1_ / Williams, George, ‡d 1948- (ARN # 3361083)

3.

245 / 00 / More Kennedy wit / ‡c edited by Bill Adler ; [introduction by Edward Kennedy].
700 / 1_ / Adler, Bill, ‡d 1957- (ARN # 638024)
700 / 1_ / Kennedy, Edward M. ‡q (Edward Moore), ‡d 1932-2009 (ARN # 323495)

4.

245 / 04 / The sweet flypaper of life : ‡b flies of South America / ‡c edited with a preface by David Greer Young & Howard P. Abramson, III.
700 / 1_ / Young, David Grier, ‡d 1940- (ARN # 1384882)
700 / 1_ / Abramson, Howard P. (not found)

5.

100 / 1_ / Harrison, George Chester (ARN # 6636089)
245 / 10 / Add it up! : ‡b use calculators to improve math grades / ‡c George Chester Harrison ; edited by David E. Williams ; coordinating editor, Herbert S. Wilf.
700 / 1_ / Williams, David E., ‡d 1940- (ARN # 978179)
700 / 1_ / Wilf, Herbert S., ‡d 1931- (ARN # 52754)

6.

100 / 1_ / Melville, Herman, ‡d 1819-1891 (ARN # 241068)
245 / 10 / Moby Dick ; ‡b Pierre; or, The ambiguities ; Billy Budd, sailor(an inside narrative [sic]) ; The confidence-man, his masquerade / ‡c Herman Me[l]ville.