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In article <[log in to unmask]> Anita Cohen-Williams
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>I wish to second Karen Anderson's comments about using a thesarus such as AAT
>in one's collection software. Free text is all well and good, but a controlled
>vocabulary makes searching ten times easier. If you don't want to use the AAT,
>then at least use the Library of Congress's Subject Headings thesarus.
Or use "Nomenclature" if you're in a historical society. Karen mentioned
that is incorporated into AAT, but if you can't afford AAT, you can still
use it. In my previous position, I created an authority file with the
categories and classifications, and proofed the object terms as they
were entered with records. Not hard, and invaluable.
Sara Kelley
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Sara Phinney Kelley Historic Site Administrator
Centre County Historical Society
State College, PA (814) 234-4779
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