Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Using SENs (specific example notes)

Exercise 9

Find and apply the specific example notes in SCISSHL which enable you to create subject headings for the following topics. There were no subject headings for these topics on the SCIS database at the time of writing.

a. The town of Nevertire in Western New South Wales: Nevertire (N.S.W.)
Specific Example Note
See also names of cities* and towns*, e.g. Melbourne (Vic.); Picton (N.Z.); New York (City).

b. Squash (the vegetable): Squashes
Specific Example Note
See also names of vegetables*, e.g. Potatoes.

c. The television program ‘Daria’: Daria
Specific Example Note
See also names of specific television programs*, e.g. Sesame Street (Television program).

Whoops, I forgot qualifiers! The first one is right, the second one should have the qualifier (vegetable) - in fact the answers read 'Squash (Vegetable), so I am not sure if it needs to be plural or how we know this for sure. The example in the SEN was a plural. I will ask.
c. should read 'Daria (Television program), which I should definitely have picked up from the SEN which I obviously didn't read closely!

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