A Cataloging Manual For Law Libraries

This is an in depth guide to legal literature form all over the world. It is arranged in four parts, the law library,the users and a review of legal systems and literature; legal literature from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States; legal literature from other legal systems; and a survey of law library practice.

Here is an essential introductory guide on all aspects of law librarianship written especially for non-law librarians, library school students, and beginning law librarians. Although there are several excellent practical handbooks and numerous articles on specific topics of law librarianship for practicing law librarians, Basics of Law Librarianship is the only resource that addresses the information needs of the student or new law librarian. Author Deborah Panella, managing librarian of a large, prominent New York law firm, explores the major areas of law librarianship. She covers vital topics such as the legal clientele, collection development, research tools, technical services, impact of technology, and management issues, and describes what makes law libraries different from other special libraries. She has written a clear, readable volume without excessive detail or the use of special terminology. The bibliography of law library literature and the index add enormously to the book’s value as a major reference.

Cataloging Legal Literature, 4th Edition (CLL4) describes the author's understanding of the current descriptive and subject cataloging practices of RDA for legal materials to help the law cataloger deal with the ambiguities of 21st century cataloging. Throughout the manual, illustrations of descriptive or subject cataloging and MARC tags are offered. Part 1 covers the most common and troublesome legal publication questions with an emphasis on electronic resources. Part 2 is a combination of A-Z sections that cover subject headings and an illustrated glossary, including genre/form term examples.--Publisher.