Cahp 2 Sub Analysis Odl
Cahp 2 Sub Analysis Odl
Cahp 2 Sub Analysis Odl
and Classification
Subject analysis
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What is Subject analysis?
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Why the need to do
subject analysis?
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Subject Analysis
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Steps in SA
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Determining the subject
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Determining the subject…
Subtitle: often more useful
Author: may provide an indication of the broad
topic if the author has published in the area
Foreword, preface, introduction: usually state
the author’s intention
Publisher: may given an indication if the
publisher specializes in a particular subject
area
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Determining the subject…
Series: may be useful
Contents and index: usually a good
indicator of the main topics
Text: use to confirm your ideas about the
subject
Cataloguing in publication: useful but use
with care, as CIPs are prepared prior to
publication, often without the work in hand.
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Steps in SA…
Other features of the work that provide information to the
content are:
Abstracts
tables of contents
chapter headings
prefaces
introductions
indexes
book jackets
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Steps in SA…
review media
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Steps in SA…
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Steps in SA: Phase relations
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Steps in SA: Phase relations…
2. Bias phase:
some works on a particular subject have a bias
toward, or aim at, a specific group of readers or
audience,
e.g.
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Steps in SA: Phase relations…
3. Tool or application phase:
a relationship particularly among scientific or
technical works,
e.g.
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Steps in SA: Phase relations…
4. Comparison phase:
which is common in literary and social science
studies.
E.g.
Success in careers : comparison study of graduates
of government universities to private universities
Reading habits among Malaysian readers
Computer literacy levels of graduates in Malaysian
universities
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Steps in SA…
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Steps in SA: final steps
The last step here will varies according to
Subject heading lists (which one to use),
Indexing terms (which thesaurus)
Classification numbers (which classification scheme?)
In most cases, the cataloger or the indexer will
starts with
a tentative wording or
phrasing and
tries to match it with the tool chosen for the purpose.
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Steps in Subject Cataloging
Identify subject (s) of the item being
cataloged
example:
an item about breeding of dogs
Select important concepts of that subject
example:
important concepts are "breeding" and "dogs"
Translate concepts into tentative subject
headings
example:
Tentative subject heading: Dogs - Breeding
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Subject authority control
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Rule of Three
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