Authority Control in the 21st Century
Conference proceedings of an invitational conference held by OCLC March 31 - April 1, 1996. Includes full-text of the papers presented at the conference.
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003520&reqid=354Authority Control: A Basic Glossary of Terms
A glossary of terms used when discussing authority control. Provided by staff at the University of Buffalo Libraries.
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html
Authority Tools for Audio-Visual Catalogers
Annotated list of online and print resources which have proven useful in performing authority control for audiovisual materials.
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/authtools.html
Catalog of Uncataloged Titles
Service that helps you locate information not usually cataloged in bibliographic sources that may contain the information you need. View a record that includes contact information for the publisher and cost.
http://www.sapphirepress.com/UNCAT/
ISBN Check
Form for checking International Standard Book Numbers for correct length, format, checksums and check digits.
http://www.isbn-check.com/
Library of Congress Authorities
Includes subject, name, title and name/title authority records created by or for the Library of Congress. Permits free downloading in MARC format.
http://authorities.loc.gov/
The Union List of Artist Names
The ULAN currently contains some 200,000 names representing approximately 100,000 individual artists (or "creators," including performance artists, and decorative artists) and architects, cumulated from nine participating Getty documentatio
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/index.html
Web World of Authority Control
Bibliography listing that includes tools, thesauri, Library of Congress sites, articles, workshops, journals, ALA committees, listservs, libraries, and vendors that deal with authority control or may be helpful in establishing authorities. This list
http://www.lib.byu.edu/dept/catalog/authority/
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