"Sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What is this legal publication? -- Observations on law and legal publishing -- Continuing resources -- Electronic resources (e-resources) -- Titles and more titles -- Editions of legal works -- Subject cataloging and term application -- Classification of legal materials.
Summary:
"Cataloging Legal Literature, 4th Edition (CLL4) describes the authors' understanding of the current descriptive, subject cataloging and classification practices for legal materials, offering illustrations of descriptiove or subject cataloging and MARC tags. Part 1 contains 8 chapters that cover the most common and troublesome legal publication questions regarding legal rules and uniform titles, with an emphasis on and numerous links to other cataloging resources. Part 2 consists of an A-Z list of more than 200 legal terms, genres, and subject headings with definitions, RDA cataloging instructions, LC subject and genre/form term guidance, classification tips, examples and some historical information"--Provided by the publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.