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by: Lois Mai Chan  List Price: $55.00 Amazon.com's Price: $49.50 You Save: $5.50 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 025.3 EAN: 9780810860001 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0810860007 Label: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 600 Publication Date: August 28, 2007 Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Studio: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Only because it is required reading...This text is okay, as an MLS student I found it a bit frustrating that it seemed you needed to have a fair amount of knowledge about cataloging before you could understand this book. But, then again, I've never planned on cataloging -- so I got through it okay and can't wait to re-sell it! Otherwise, I have to say that I preferred this book to the other text (Organization of Information by Arlene Taylor) because this book is arranged in a more intuitive way. Good luck, but do yourself ... Read More Rating:  - CatalogingIf you find yourself needing to learn how to catalog, this is the book to teach you! Dr. Chan walks you step-by-step through the cataloging processes. This book explains the steps of AACR2R2, MARC, Dewey, and LC. Not everyone can take one of Dr. Chan's cataloging classes in person, this book is second only to that. Rating: - Picture of what you 're doing really matters.I have been using this book for almost two semester because this is one of our primary reference in our cataloging subject. Our subject includes Descriptive Cataloging and Non-book materials cataloging. Everytime we are asked to do some cataloging, I always prefer to have read first this book before doing some cataloging exercises because this gives me clear picture of what really am I going to do. The examples are there, and the corresponding catalog entry are there sited clearly. Read More 
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