Guidelines for subject access in national bibliographies : IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for Subject Access by National Bibliographic Agencies / edited by Yvonne Jahns
Users of national bibliographies and subject access -- Subject access standards and tools -- Functionality and interface of national bibliographies -- Application scenarios (indexing/access levels) -- Indexing policies of national bibliographic agencies -- Examples of subject access provided by national bibliographic agencies -- List of recommendations
Summary
In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains unchanged: to inform about a country's publication landscape, its cultural and intellectual heritage. Subject access offers a major route into this landscape providing information about the dispersion of publications in specific fields of knowledge and topics contained in a particular national publishing output. The Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies give graded recommendations concerning subject indexing policies for national bibli
