University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services

Local Usage/Treatment

Resources

• Subject Cataloging List of Pattern Headings from Princeton University Libraries
  
• Form subdivisions from Princeton University Libraries
  
• LCSH Weekly Updates

SACO

• Search LC Databases
• SACO Homepage
• Subject Authority Proposal Form
• LCSH Change Proposal Form

Reference Tools

For other general reference links to encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. go to the Cataloging Department's list of Internet resources or the Ready Reference Resources from the General References Section of the Univ. Libraries.

• U.S. Gazetteer Official source of U.S. geographic names from the Census Bureau
• Geonames Query Home Page -- Official Source for geographic names, this is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names
• British place name Gazetteer from the Ordnance Survey. Note: For informational use only, this is not an accepted source for AACR2 geographic names.
• Canadian Geographical Names from Natural Resources Canada. Note: For informational use only, this is not an accepted source for AACR2 geographic names.