CSH, Sears, subject access to fiction

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CSH, Sears, subject access to fiction
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Outline

• Canadian Subject Headings
• MARC and CSH
• Sears List of Subject Headings
• Subject access for fiction

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Canadian Subject Headings (CSH)

• a supplement to LCSH published by Library and
  Archives Canada
• RVM - Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM)
  (French LCSH CSH)
• Available from http//www.collectionscanada.ca/c
  sh/index-e.html

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CSH

• CSH offers headings that have
• more subdivisions relevant to Canadian topics
• terminology more appropriate to Canada than
  LCSHs terminology
• representation of topics that are uniquely
  Canadian
• The most notable is the expansion of terms
  dealing with the Canadian Native groups

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CSH

• It covers in depth the areas of Canadian history,
  politics and literature, constitutional matters,
  the Canadian native peoples, the ethnic mosaic,
  bilingualism and multiculturalism
• 1st edition (1978) 2nd edition(1985),
• 3rd edition(1992)
• Revisions and new subject headings are added
  monthly

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CSH

• follows the same principles for the structuring
  of the headings and most of the same policies as
  LCSH
• headings that are divergent from what would be
  permitted in LCSH are often based on some policy
  in LCSH adapted for CSH. For example, Italian
  Canadians is based on LCSH's Italian Americans
• the term "Provincial" substituted where the user
  may find "State" in LCSH

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CSH headings

• headings in the fields of science and technology
  are not found in CSH
• Native is used for works discussing Indians or
  First Nations, Inuit and Métis together. The term
  aboriginal is used occasionally.
• Example Aboriginal tourism -- Canada

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CSH Subject Heading Examples

• Aboriginal Canadian literature
• Aboriginal Canadian tourism
• Provincial aid--Ontario
• First nations--Canada
• Bilingual schools

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heading

• Interprovincial relations--Canada CSH
• EQ Accords interprovinciaux (Canada) RVM
• Interstate agreements--Canada LCSH
• Interstate controversies--Canada LCSH
  
• Interstate relations--Canada LCSH
• Relations interprovinciales (Canada)
  RVM

equivalents in other standards
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CSH unique headings

• Bathtub racing -- Canada
• Federal-provincial relations Canada
• Separate schools -- Canada

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CSH different from LCSH

• Canadians, French-speaking CSH
• EQ Canadiennes françaises RVM
• Canadiens d'origine française RVM
• Canadiens français RVM
• French-Canadians LCSH
• .

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CSH specificity

• Canada--History--1914- LCSH
• Canada--History--1914-1918 CSH
• Canada--History--1914-1945 LCSH
• Canada--History--1918-1939 CSH
• Canada--History--1939-1945 CSH
• Canada--History--1945- LCSH
• Canada--History--1945-1963 CSH
• Canada--History--1963- CSH

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MARC 6XX Indicator 2

• 0 - Library of Congress Subject Headings
• 1 - LC subject headings for children's literature
  
• 2 - Medical Subject Headings
• 3 - National Agricultural Library subject
  authority
• 4 - Source not specified
• 5 - Canadian Subject Headings
• 6 - Répertoire de vedettes-matière
• 7 - Source specified in subfield 2

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MARC examples for CSH RVM

• CSH
• Separate schools Canada
• 650_5 a Separate schools z Canada
• RVM
• Écoles séparées--Canada  
• 650_6 a Écoles séparées z Canada

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Sears List of Subject Headings

• Devised by Minnie Earl Sears (1923)
• Originally abbreviated LCSH
• Also has unique headings
• Simplified subdivision practice
• Low specificity
• School and small public libraries

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Sears

• Carries the same designations as in LCSH, that
  is, USE, UF, SA, NT, BT and RT
• Terms consist of a variety of forms from a single
  noun to complex descriptive phrases
• DDC numbers from the Abridged Dewey

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Subject access for fiction

• ALA Subject Access Committee. Guidelines on
  subject access to individual works of fiction,
  drama, etc.
• http//www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr517/02-03-
  wt2/projects/fiction_access/gsafd.htm
• Olderr's fiction subject headings, by Stephen
  Olderr

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LC practice

• collections form topic headings
• e.g. Western stories Short stories, Canadian
  --Fiction
• individual works of fiction
• biographical
• historical
• animal stories
• Examples
• Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Fiction
• Greece - History - To 146 B.C. Fiction)