CATALOGING TOOLS
- Bibliographic Formats and Standards (OCLC)
- Searching WorldCat Indexes
- Cataloging Defensively: “When to Input a New Record” in the Age of Duplicate Detection and Resolution
- MARC21 Documentation
- Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and MARC21 (integrated into RDA Toolkit)
- Supplements to Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and MARC21, Version 1.7, April 11, 2017 (PDF)
- DCRM(M): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music)
- Thematic Indexes Used in Library of Congress NACO Authority Files (MLATI)
- Types of Composition for Use in Authorized Access Points for Music: A Manual for Use with RDA
- Types of Compositions for Use in Music Uniform Titles: A Manual for Use with AACR2 (historical only; superseded by RDA manual)
- Best Practices for Using LCMPT: A Manual for Use with MARC Field 382, July 8, 2019 (PDF)
- Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources, Version 1.2, July 8, 2019 (PDF)
- OCLC Connexion macros
WEBSITES OF CATALOGING COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- Music Library Association–Cataloging and Metadata Committee (MLA-CMC)
- NACO-Music Project
- BIBCO Music Funnel
- SACO Music Funnel
- American Library Association–Association for Library Collections and Technical Services–Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)
- Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
- OLAC Catalogers Network (formerly Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.)