Subject Analysis - 9

Question 1

Aboutness refers to the central theme of a resource.

T or F?

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

When conducting a subject analysis of an information resource, the following items should be considered. Select all that apply.

• whether it represents a particular geographic area or time period
• whether it was written by a man or a woman
• whether it falls into a genre including biography, poetry etc
• whether it belongs to a particular category of literature such as history, science, or sports

Answer 2

• whether it represents a particular geographic area or time period
• whether it falls into a genre including biography, poetry etc
• whether it belongs to a particular category of literature such as history, science, or sports

NOT whether it was written by a man or woman

Question 3

According to Hjorland, a document may be considered non-relevant because it is financially or intellectually inaccessible. However, it may still have informative _______.

Answer 3

POTENTIAL

Question 4

Which of the following methods proposed by Wilson identifies the author’s purpose in writing the document?

• Figure ground
• Purposive
• Cohesion
• Objective

Answer 4

-purposive

Question 5

According to Hjorland, we should regard SUBJECT and ABOUTNESS as synonymous concepts and we should prefer the latter.
T or F?

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

The Library of Congress Subject Headings support four types of subdivisions: topical, form, chronological, and _________.

Answer 6

GEOGRAPHIC

Question 7

According to Taylor, Joudrey, and Miller, SUBJECT ANALYSIS is a process, which includes Conceptual Analysis (analyzing an information resource and constructing an aboutness statement), and Translation (converting the aboutness statement into controlled vocabulary.)
T or F?

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Wilson’s method called “appeal to unity” or “cohesion” is also know as the “rules of
______________ and ____________ method”.

Answer 8

SELECTION and REJECTION

Question 9

Before conducting a subject analysis, a cataloger needs to determine the number of concepts that should be considered. This is known as the level of

• uniformity
• exhaustivity
• analysis
• comprehensiveness

Answer 9

EXHAUSTIVITY

Question 10

Traditionally in the US, catalogers, while choosing more than one subject term to describe a resource, would choose only one classification notation.
T or F?

Answer 10

TRUE