Enhancement of Research Library Print Material Through the Use of Component Cataloging: An OCLC User’s Perspective

In respect to the bibliographic elaboration of papers and articles contained within scholarly books and journal issues, research and academic libraries need to re-examine carefully the potential benefits in control, stability, and access that the component cataloging (in-analytic) record offers local computerized catalogs. If applied in a judiciously selective manner or combined with a cooperative effort among institutions, in-analysis can prove to be a useful supplement to the legally restrictive and sometimes less-than-comprehensive products of commercial bibliographic databases. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website: © 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]