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Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Controlled Vocabularies in Context
2. What Are Controlled Vocabularies?
3. Relationships in Controlled Vocabularies
4. Vocabularies for Cultural Objects
5. Using Multiple Vocabularies
6. Local Authorities
7. Constructing a Vocabulary or Authority
8. Indexing with Controlled
Vocabularies
9. Retrieval Using Controlled Vocabularies
Appendix: Selected Vocabularies and Other Sources for Terminology
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
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Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies

Appendix: Selected Vocabularies and Other Sources for Terminology


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Bénézit, Emmanuel, Jacques Busse, Christophe Dorny, et al., eds. Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. 14 vols. Paris: Librairie Gründ, 2006.

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Bourcier, Paul. Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging: Third Edition of Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Man-Made Objects. New York: AltaMira Press, 2009.

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———. Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, forthcoming.

———. Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1997–. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/.

———. Union List of Artist Names (ULAN). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1990–. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/.

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———. Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2004–7. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/toc.html.

———. Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2004–7. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/.

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Note: All Web sites were accessed on 1 May 2009.