Vcat Best Practices:

 

General Subject

 

GeneralSubject is a list of broad terms describing what a work is about or what is depicted in the work. It is not about the work itself. This list is a tightly controlled vocabulary and any additions to it must be approved by the Staff.

 

 

LCSH button: Opens the Library of Congress Authorities Online

AAT button: Opens the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online

 

 

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Field Name

Local Usage

Notes

Creation Date

Auto-generated

 

Modification Date

Auto-generated

 

Cataloger

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Entries from the Cataloger Table

General Subject

Use lower case

ALL additions must be approved by Staff.

pk_KeywordID

Auto-generated

Primary key for GeneralSubject facet

Usage Note

Free text

 

 

 

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