LS 532 - Organization of Collections

Exercise #4: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Due: 3rd Class Session

 

List all appropriate LC subject headings for each of the works listed below. If you have consulted either a library catalog or bibliographic utility, identify the search path one would use in the tool, Library of Congress Subject Headings.

 

Radical reflections: passionate opinions on teaching, learning, and living, by Mem Fox. c1993.

What hearts, by Bruce Brooks. Summary: After his mother divorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and capacity for forgiveness help him deal ith the instabilities of his new world. c1992.

Women in Texas: their lives, their experiences, their accomplkishments, by Ann Fears Crawford and Crystal Sasse Ragsdale. c1982, 1992.

The Grandma Moses Night Before Christmas. Poem by Clement C. Moore. c1991.

Tales From Times Past, edited by Bryan Holme. Summary: A collection of fairy tales, each illustrated by a single artist, including George Cruikshank, Edmund Dulac, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Kate Greenaway, Gustave Dore, etc. c1977.

At the Zoo, by Paul Simon. Plot summary: A light and tumble journey across town to the zoo can bring encounters with the honest monkeys, kindly elephants, and skeptical orangutans. Adapted from the 1967 hit recording by Simon and Garfunkel. c1991.

The Night Shimmy, by Gwen Strauss. Illustrated by Anthony Browne. Plot summary: Eric would rather spend time with his imaginary companion the Night Shmmy than socialize with others, until he makes an unexpected friend in the park. c1992.

The Forgotten Forest, by Lawrence Anholt. Summary A cautionary yet hopeful fable telling of a country that was once covered with trees. Sierra Club Books for Children, c1992.

A Real Nice Clambake, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Music by Richard Rodgers; Illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott. c1992.

Living in a Dream: Great Residence of the World. Foreword by John Julius Norwich. c1993.