E-

CONTENTOFM.
LIB.
I.
Sc
BY

DR.GEETANJALISHARMA

(
HEAD&ASSI
STANTPROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENTOFLI
BRARY&I
NFORMATI
ON
SCI
ENCE)

KI
NDSOFENTRI
ES
WHATI
SENTRY?

Anentr
yisarecor
dofi
nfor
mat
ionf
oraspeci
fi
cpur
pose.Thi
sinf
ormat
ioni
sent
eredi
ntoa
'
kindofarecor
d.

DEFI
NITI
ONSOFENTRI
ES?

 Accor
dingtoS.R.
Ranganat
han“
Ent
ryi
saul
ti
mat
euni
trecor
dinacat
alogueora
documentat
ionli
st.

 Accor
dingt
oAACR“
Arecor
dofabi
bli
ogr
aphi
cal
ent
ryi
nacat
alogue.

WHYENTRI
ESARENEEDEDI
NLI
BRARI
ES?

I
nal ibrarycatalogueentr
ytheinformati
onprovidedmaybeelaborat
eorverybr
ief
whati nformati
oni stobegiven,howmuchofi tshouldbegi
ven,andhowthe
i
nformat ionistobegi v
enaredeci dedaccor
dingtotheneedandpurposeofa
part
icularcatalogueentry
.

FORMATOFENTRY?
Thi
rd
I
ndenti
on(
Hangi
n
gLi
ne)
The i ndention li
nes are dr awn mai nlyt o mai ntain clar
ityand t o di sti
nguish one l ine
fr
om  anot herli
newhi l
erecor dingt hedet ail
sofadocumenti nt hef or m ofacat al
ogue
entry. 
For t he conv eni
ence of user t he det ai
ls of a document ar er ecorded i n
dif
ferent paragraphs.Eachpar agraphst artsf r
om secondi ndent
ion( i
.e.,secondr edline)
and cont i
nuesf rom fir
sti ndention( i
.e.,firstredl ine)int hedescr ipti
on.Howev er,int he
case oft he Mai nli
ne t he star t
ing indent ions f orheadi ng differbet ween mai n and
added  entri
es.The headi ng section/ l
eadi ng sect ion bothi n dictionar y and classified
catalogue start
sf rom fi
rsti ndention( Firstredl ine) .Butheadingcont inuesf rom second
i
ndent ion i
ndictionar
ycat alogueandf rom f ir
stindent ionagaininclassifiedcat alogue. 
One i mpor t
antf actorwe mustal waysr ememberher eist hatt he code which we
are fol
lowi ng f or pr epari
ng dicti
onary catal
ogue, i
.e.
, AACR- 2R nev er prescri
bes
any  
indentionsi nthef orm ofrul
esint hecodeexceptasuggest i
onf orprovidi
ngheading
or accesspoi ntdi st
incti
velyi
nasepar at
eli
nef r
om thedescr i
ptionofadocumenti n
the catalogue r ecord/entry
.On t he otherhand CCC offers cl
earand r igidrules f
or
foll
owi ng dif
ferentindentionsf
ordiff
erentsect
ionsindi
ff
erententr
ies. 

KI
NDSOFENTRY?

Ent
ri
esi
naDi
cti
onar
yCat
alogue–

I
naDi
cti
onar
yCat
aloguewenor
mal
l
ypr
ovi
de.

MainEntri
es(undertheaut
hororti
tl
e;iftheaut
horisnotknown;authorshi
pisdi
ff
used;
or
i
ftheit
em isproducedunderedi
tor
ialdir
ecti
onthati
tem wil
lbeenteredundert
heheadi
ng
f
orthetit
leofthebook)Coll
abor
ator.

AddedEnt ri
es( f
orper sonsorinsti
tuti
ons,ororganizat
ionsorsoci et
ies,etc.
,associ
ated
withthecreationofthewor k).SubjectAddedEnt r
ies(forthesubjectorsubjectsdealtwi
th
i
n.t hedocument ).Ti
tleAddedEnt r
ies(forti
tl
eoft hewor kandalsof oralt
ernateti
tl
eif
thereisone).Somet i
mesaddedent r
yisalsoprovidedforasub-ti
t l
eoft hewor ki
ftherei
sa
subt i
tl
eanditissodi sti
nctthatanaddedent ryforitmaybehel pful.Inaddit
iontothese
typesofentries.

`
ReferenceEnt
ries'and`
Analyt
ical
Entri
es-ar
ealsoprovi
dedi
naDi
cti
onar
yCat
alogue.
Par
ticul
arl
yReferenceEntr
iesarever
yuseful
.InSect
ion
Thoughwesayt
hati
naDi
cti
onar
yCat
aloguewegi
vet
heMai
nEnt
ryundert
heaut
horwe
mayf
indi
tdi
ff
icul
ttodeci
det
heheadi
ngorent
ryel
ementf
ort
heMai
nEnt
ry.

ACCORDI
NGTOAACR-
2 ACCORDI
NGTOCCC
1. Mai
nEnt
ry(
Aut
horEnt
ry) Mai
nEnt
ry(
Cal
lnumberent
ry)
2. AddedEnt
ri
es AddedEnt
ri
es
a. Joi
ntAut
horEnt
ry i
. Cl
assI
ndexEnt
ri
es
b. Ti
tl
eEnt
ry i
i
. BookI
ndexEnt
ri
es
c. Subj
ectEnt
ry i
i
i.Cr
ossRef
erenceI
ndexEnt
ri
es
d. Ser
iesEnt
ry

3.Ref
erenceEnt
ry Cr
ossRef
erenceEnt
ri
es
4.Anal
yti
cal
Ent
ry

Fol
l
owi
ngsect
ionsar
eincl
udedi
nthemai
nent
ry:

DI
CTI
ONARTYCATALOGUE CLASSI
FIEDCATALOGUE

CALLNUMBER SECTI
ON LEADI
NGSECTI
ON

HEADI
NGSECTI
ON HEADI
NGSECTI
ON

TI
TLEANDSTATEMENTOFRESPONSI
BLI
TY TI
TLESECTI
ON
AREA

EDI
TIONSECTI
ON NOTESECTI
ON

PUBLI
CATI
ONANDDI
STRI
BUTI
ONSECTI
ON ACCESSI
ONNUMBERSECTI
ON

PHYSI
CALDESCRI
PTI
ONSECTI
ON TRACI
NGSECTI
ON

SERI
ESSECTI
ON

NOTESECTI
ON

STANDARDNUMBERSECTI
ON

ACCESSI
ONNUMBERSECTI
ON

NGSECTI
TRACI ON
‘

CONCLUSI
ON

Li
br arycatal
ogueisnotonl
yar ecordofthedocument sav ail
ablei
nal i
brar
ybutalsoa
searcht oolwhi
chhelpstheusersinfindi
ngtheirdocument swhateverbetheir
appr oachestothedocument–aut hor,ti
tl
e,subjectorseries.Fort
hispurposeli
brary
catalogueprovidevar
ioust
ypesofent ri
es.Thusentri
esareneededasr ecor
dsof
i
nfor mationaboutdocuments.Theyhelpust odescri
beani tem.Entri
esarealsohelpf
ul
somet imestofindoutthedocument sthatar
einter-
rel
ated.

REFRENCES

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Underst
andi
ngbasi
csofLi
brar
yandInfor
mati
onSci
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brar
yCat
alogui
ng(
theor
y)
{Four
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brar
yCat
alogui
ng(
Practi
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Part
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Publi
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