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Indexes 

Author Title Subject
Form & Genre Geographical Provenance
Author/Creator Index

Listing of the names of authors, creators, publishers and any other persons and corporations related to the intellectual and physical production of the works. Terms composed in accordance with the Library of Congress Name Authority File.

Examples:

  • William Henry Jackson, 1843-1942
  • Lydia Cabrera, 1899-1991
  • Detroit Photographic Company
Title Index

Listing of the titles of the works. Titles in square brackets denote descriptive titles composed locally for those works lacking a title. The equal sign (=) denotes a parallel title. Titles supplied in accordance with the "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules" (2nd ed., 1998 rev.).

Examples:

  • [Celia Cruz at commencement ceremony at the University of Miami, May 1999]
  • Ermita de La Caridad = Shrine to Our Lady of Charity
  • Oricha Okó
Subject Index

Listing of terms indicating the topical characteristics of the works being described, and contains personal and corporate names of individuals and corporations being described.  Terms for topical themes assigned from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (except for those labeled as local); personal and corporate names are composed in accordance with the Library of Congress Name Authority File. Exceptions: terms labeled "local term" have been composed in accordance with local practice and usage.

Examples:

  • Women Librarians
  • Sugarcane industry
  • Martí, José, 1853-1895
  • Detroit Photographic Company
Geographical Index

Listing of terms indicating the geographical location depicted or described in the work. Terms composed in accordance with the Library of Congress Name Authority File, except for those terms labeled "local term" which have been composed in accordance with local usage.

Examples:

  • Havana (Cuba)
  • Miami (Fla.)
  • Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)
Form & Genre Index

Listing of terms indicating the genre and physical form of the works: genre denotes intellectual types, and form denotes the physical characteristics of the work. Terms assigned from the "Art and Architecture Thesaurus", except for those terms labeled "LCSH" which have been assigned in accordance with Library of Congress subject headings.

Examples (genre terms):

  • Children's literature
  • Portraits
  • Novels

Examples (physical form terms):

  • Books
  • Manuscripts
  • Photographs
Provenance Index

Lists names of donors and collections.

Examples:

  • Adams, Linamelia
  • Ana Rosa Núñez Papers
  • Ramiro O. Casañas Collection



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