Document Type

Conference Document

Date

6-2004

Keywords

Deep Linking, Math, Physics, Catalogs, LC subject headings, browsing

Language

English

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Description/Abstract

This project facilitates virtual browsing by means of deeplinked catalog searches based on Library of Congress (LC) subject headings and call numbers. Collocating these searches by discipline in pulldown menus opens up the physical book collection in a seamless online fashion to users lacking LC subject heading knowledge, but possessing subject knowledge. Virtual browsing is important because it may aid awareness of and increased use of print collections in large libraries, especially by researchers who rarely visit the library physically.

Additional Information

Written at and based on work done while the author worked for the North Carolina State University Libraries.

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