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Providing a heading for every idea, object, process, or relationship that catalogers might encounter is an impossible task, but Sears List on WilsonWeb offers the most practical solution: a thesaurus-like database delivering a core list of headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as needed.
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Sears List on WilsonWeb features
- New additions on a regular basis.
- Search results ranked according to relevance, whether the user is viewing brief or full display.
- Agreement with the Dewey Decimal Classification system to ensure that subject headings conform with library standards.
- Easy-to-use thesaurus-like format.
- Accompanying list of canceled and replacement headings, and legends within the list that identify earlier forms of headings.
- Scope notes accompanying all new and revised headings where clarification of the specialized use of a term may be needed.
- The full content of the 20th edition of the printed version, including its expanded coverage of developing topics and updated headings in some areas.
When this content is combined with the WilsonWeb interface, it ensures that technical services staff can access a vital workplace tool in the most user-friendly and sophisticated manner possible.
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