Library of Congress authority record

E11666

authority record bibliographic control tool cataloging record controlled vocabulary entry

A Library of Congress authority record is a standardized cataloging entry that establishes the authorized form of names, subjects, and titles to ensure consistent identification and retrieval of bibliographic information.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Library of Congress Name Authority File	2
Library of Congress Authorities	1
Library of Congress authorities	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	authority record ⓘ bibliographic control tool ⓘ cataloging record ⓘ controlled vocabulary entry ⓘ
appliesTo	conference names ⓘ corporate names ⓘ demographic group terms ⓘ genre/form terms ⓘ geographic names ⓘ medium of performance terms ⓘ personal names ⓘ topical subjects ⓘ uniform titles ⓘ
describedByStandard	Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARC 21 Authority Format Resource Description and Access ⓘ
encodedIn	MADS/RDF ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARC 21 SKOS ⓘ
hasComponent	authorized access point ⓘ classification numbers ⓘ heading type code ⓘ identifiers ⓘ language code ⓘ record control number ⓘ scope note ⓘ see also reference ⓘ source citations ⓘ variant access point ⓘ
hasPurpose	ensure consistent identification of entities ⓘ ensure consistent retrieval of bibliographic information ⓘ establish authorized forms of names ⓘ establish authorized forms of subjects ⓘ establish authorized forms of titles ⓘ
maintainedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
supportsFunction	authority control ⓘ cataloging ⓘ disambiguation of similar names ⓘ standardization of headings ⓘ
usedBy	archives ⓘ bibliographic databases ⓘ libraries ⓘ museums ⓘ
usedFor	authority data sharing ⓘ interoperability between catalogs ⓘ linked data applications ⓘ
usedIn	Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ⓘ Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ⓘ Library of Congress Linked Data Service ⓘ Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ⓘ Library of Congress authority record self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress Name Authority File Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Bancroft → describedBySource → Library of Congress authority record ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Authorities

Henry Wheaton → describedBySource → Library of Congress authority record ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress authorities

Library of Congress Linked Data Service → hasPart → Library of Congress authority record ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Library of Congress Control Number → identifierFor → Library of Congress authority record ⓘ

Library of Congress authority record → usedIn → Library of Congress authority record self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Name Authority File