Catalog

Catalog - what is it?[edit | edit source]

Secondary information source..
A set of records on individual documents processed according to agreed (formalized) rules (cataloging rules), which the given institution keeps in its funds or which it permanently or temporarily makes available.
Basic building unit – cataloging record (bibliographic, location, research).

Cataloging records[edit | edit source]

bibliographic data,
location data,
selection data.

Types of catalogs[edit | edit source]

By form:
- leafy,
- bundle,
- electronic
For completeness:
- complete,
- partial,
- comprehensive.
According to the type of documents made available:
- books,
- periodicals,
- special documents.

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) – publicly available online catalogue. It enables the search of document records, user account management, access to other information sources.

How and where to start[edit | edit source]

I formulate an "information request" and put the topic in context (MeSH).
What resources do I want? Books, articles, Czech or English, printed or electronic?

File catalogs[edit | edit source]

A catalog containing in part or in whole the records of the documents of more than one library or information institution.
Records contain library symbols that identify the owner of the document
- Sigla - unique location marker of the library (ABB001).

e.g. CASLIN, MEDVIK, JIB, VPK, CKIS
http://www.knihovny.net

Czech National Bibliography – CNB[edit | edit source]

records of documents issued on the territory of the Czech Republic,
compulsory copy – National Library, Moravian Provincial Library, Science Library in Olomouc → the most complete collections of domestic production.

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