Sources of records created using RDA

(mainly encoded using MARC 21)

1) Library of Congress Catalog: http://catalog.loc.gov

Basic Search
Expert Search 040e rda

2) Library of Congress Documentation for the RDA (Resource Description and

Access) Test: RDA Test Record Downloads
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatestrecords.html

The test records include both MARC 21 and MODS records.

Note also many information, training and policy resources at LC’s site:

the webcasts:
http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/trainthetrainer.html
 documentation:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html

3) OCLC WorldCat

Use command line search

dx:rda must combine with another limit because the set is too large

e.g. dx:rda and a key word

dx:rda and cartographic
dx:rda and another index
dx:rda and au:shakespeare
dx:rda and pb:oxford
4) Documentation of Test participants

for example, North Carolina State University

https://staff.lib.ncsu.edu/confluence/display/MNC/RDA+Test#RDATest-
NCSURDATestPracticeRecordElectronicSurrogates%26RDAMARC21TestRecordExamples
for example, University of Chicago

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/staffweb/depts/cat/rda.html

for example, Stanford University

http://lib.stanford.edu/metadata-department/rda-testing