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User's Guide to Sears List of Subject Headings is a manual to the significantly updated 22nd edition of Sears. This practical handbook for catalogers is packed with examples and step-by-step instructions for applying the procedures and methods of Sears in any classification or content form. New chapters have been added to instruct readers to effectively use the Sears online database platform and to apply current MARC coding in subject fields. Providing clear-cut explanations about the changes found in the 22nd edition, User's Guide to Sears List of Subject Headings is an important companion tool that supports catalogers with practical procedures and examples in the dynamics of subject access cataloging. -- Marie Keen Shaw, program coordinator, Library Technology Certificate, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT Comprehensive in scope and thorough in coverage this expert guide offers historic information, theoretical explanations and practical advice for the understanding and use of the 22nd edition of the Sears List of Subject Headings. Indispensable for any librarian working in a Sears-based environment. -- Marie Kelsey, Ph.D., Library Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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M.P. Satija Professor Satija retired as Professor and Head from the Department of Library and Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India and later as the UGC Emeritus Fellow. He is the author of DDC: A Practical Guide, 2nd, ed., published by OCLC and A Dictionary of Knowledge Organization, published in India, as well as some other twenty books and over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals from India and abroad. Dr. Satija is a member editorial advisory board of the ISKO journal Knowledge Organization, as well as of the UDC Consortium, the Hague. He has served as visiting professor in many Indian and foreign universities in India, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.

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