Authority Control

» Authority Control in the 21st Century
   Conference proceedings of an invitational conference held by OCLC March 31 - April 1, 1996. Includes full-text of the papers presented at the conference.

   
   http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003520

» Authority Control: A Basic Glossary of Terms
   A glossary of terms used when discussing authority control. Provided by staff at the University of Buffalo Libraries.

   
   http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html

» Authority Tools for Audio-Visual Catalogers
   Annotated list of online and print resources which have proven useful in performing authority control for audiovisual materials.

   
   http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/authtools.html

» Catalog of Uncataloged Titles
   Service that helps you locate information not usually cataloged in bibliographic sources that may contain the information you need. View a record that includes contact information for the publisher and cost.

   
   http://www.sapphirepress.com/UNCAT/

» ISBN Check
   Form for checking International Standard Book Numbers for correct length, format, checksums and check digits.

   
   http://www.isbn-check.com/

» Library of Congress Authorities
   Includes subject, name, title and name/title authority records created by or for the Library of Congress. Permits free downloading in MARC format.

   
   http://authorities.loc.gov/

» The Union List of Artist Names
   The ULAN currently contains some 200,000 names representing approximately 100,000 individual artists (or "creators," including performance artists, and decorative artists) and architects, cumulated from nine participating Getty documentation pro

   
   http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/index.html

» Web World of Authority Control
   Bibliography listing that includes tools, thesauri, Library of Congress sites, articles, workshops, journals, ALA committees, listservs, libraries, and vendors that deal with authority control or may be helpful in establishing authorities. This list is an

   
   http://net.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/catalogwebsite/authority/