Books by Karen Snow

Here's a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. The book offers a brief history of LCSH, discusses basic principles of subject analysis, explains the key principles of LCSH, and details how to choose and apply LCSH subject headings and subheadings.

A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification is a hands-on introduction to LC Classification. It examines each part of the LCC call number, how it's assembled, and guides the reader through each step of finding and constructing LCC class numbers in Classification Web. Exercises give readers immediate practice with what they just learned.