Advanced Catalog Searching at Hunter Library: Home

Welcome to the guide to Cataloging and Metadata at Hunter Library. A library catalog is a searchable interface that contains descriptive records of all the bibliographic resources that a library holds in its collections. Metadata is standardized information about a resource or other type of object. Cataloging is the work of creating metadata records about individual library resources. Catalog or metadata records organize information resources in a library so that they are discoverable and easy to retrieve using information indexed in records such as titles, authors, subjects, and keywords. We use local and professional standards to describe and organize resources for users at Hunter Library.

In this guide, you'll find information about

• subject headings and how to search using subjects
• local subject replacements in our catalog
• call numbers used to look up books from the catalog, including

Have more questions? Contact the Cataloging and Metadata Librarian!