General Cataloging Help
Amazon.com
Yes, Amazon.com can be a cataloging helper! Can't read the small print on that DVD box? The info is probably on Amazon. Want a 520 field? Cut & paste from the Amazon record. Amazon can help you in many ways.
Amazon to MARC Converter
This tool will allow you to enter in an ISBN and it will create a record that you can download using the metadata in an Amazon record.
AutoCat
The Autocat listserv is an email list for catalogers. This is a very technical list and is always very busy talking about the newest issues relating to cataloging. There are also always numerous job postings for catalogers.
Babelfish
Babelfish is an internet translator. If you are trying to catalog a work that is in a language that you don't speak or read, this can be very useful for trying to figure out what a product is.
Barnes & Noble
Useful in much the same way as Amazon.com. If you don't like the description on Amazon.com, try Barnes and Noble.
Catskill
This site is an interactive multimedia course on AACR2 and MARC.
Library of Congress Authorities
This is the home page for LC authorities.
MARC Standards
USMARC Concise Formats
Minnesota Townships
This site can be used to determine if a township needs to be subdivided by county when used as a subdivision of a topical subject heading.
NNDB: tracking the entire world
NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.)
OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
OCLC bibliographic formats and standards is useful for when you have consulted the LC Concise MARC and you still aren't sure what all that cataloging jargon actually means. This site goes into more detail about what to use and why.
Understanding MARC Bibliographic
This site is Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. It is a useful site for translating MARC bibliographic to English.
Videorecording Cataloging
Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database. This is an invaluable tool for anyone who hasn't used it, bookmark it! It's great for authority work, as it offers DOB for many actors, directors, etc.
The Moving Image Genre Form Guide
This is a very useful site by the Library of Congress that details the different genre forms for Moving Images.
Music Cataloging
Allmusic
Publishes a new release newsletter weekly, delivered via email. Good site search feature. Entries give band members, history, biographies of individual singers, discographies, classification by genre. Very valuable, also when cataloging.
Billboard Singles & Albbum Charts
Charts are available by genre, by total sales, and historically.
CD Hotlist
All albums on the list are available from B&T. Broken down by month of issue. Also includes historic lists. The titles on this list are reviewed, and include classical, jazz, world music and pop/rock.
Talking Book Cataloging
Recorded Books
This site is the place where you can get free MARC records for audiobooks from Recorded Books. You can download them from here, and then upload them to Horizon using the import module.
