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The Sears List is a cataloging tool for small and medium-sized libraries, providing headings, subdivisions, and principles for subject cataloging. Learn about the history, features, and updates of the twenty-third edition, available in print, online, and MARC formats.
SEARS is a standard thesaurus of subject headings for small and medium-sized libraries since 1923. It provides key headings, patterns, examples and instructions for cataloging library collections.
The Sears List is unique among subject heading lists in that it does not attempt to be a complete list of terms used in any single library but only a list of headings most likely to be needed in a typical small library and a skeleton or pattern for creating other headings as needed.
Jun 27, 2022 · Sears List of Subject Headings, first published by Minnie Earl Sears in 1923, has served as a standard authority list for subject cataloging in small and medium-sized libraries, delivering a basic list of essential headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as needed.
Sears list of subject headings Published by H.W. Wilson in New York URI (s) http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/subjectSchemes/sears Codes sears History Notes MARC bib: 600-654 $2 Instance Of MADS/RDF Authority SKOS Concept Scheme Membership (s) MARC List of Subject Schemes Collection Membership (s) Subject Schemes Collection Change Notes 2020-10-14 ...
The Sears List, now in its 22nd edition, is still widely used for subject cataloging in small- and medium-sized libraries and in children’s and school libraries, but the Sears List is not nearly as widely studied as the more comprehensive Library of Congress Subject Headings.
The Sears List is a thesaurus-like resource for subject cataloging in libraries, with thousands of terms and subdivisions. The 23rd edition includes hundreds of new headings, RDA compliance, and a history of the Sears List.
