Controlled Vocabulary

SEE ALSO: METADATA ELEMENTS SUMMARY  |  CONTENT GUIDELINES

In order to support efficient retrieval of material, certain indexed fields in the metadata records are under authority control, that is, there is standard way to express a subject or topic, personal or corporate name, or location. Use the left button of your mouse to highlight the term you wish to search and copy it into the appropriate box on the search screen.

Below is a summary of which fields are under vocabulary control followed by a copy of the headings from Contentdm. Although the lists linked to this page in the right-hand column are updated at regular intervals, they will not necessarily contain all the terms that have been included in the database.

Field Name	Controlled Vocabulary
Title	No
Description	No
Subject	Yes, Library of Congress Subject Headings	VHistory	VIssues
Topic	Yes	Fixed List
Keywords	No
Neighborhood	Yes, Library of Congress Subject Headings or Thesaurus of Geographic Names	VHistory	VIssues
Date	No, ISO standard
Alternative Dates	Yes, Library of Congress Subject Headings	VHistory	VIssues
Photographer/Author/ Interviewee	Yes, Name Authority File	VHistory	VIssues
Donor & Others	Yes, Name Authority File	VHistory	VIssues
Media	Yes, AAT	VHistory	VIssues
Media Measurement	No
Type	Yes, Dublin Core Types	VHistory	VIssues
Format	Yes, Internet Media Types
Identifier	No
Language	No
Repository Name	Yes, see in house list	VHistory	VIssues
Collection	Yes	VHistory	VIssues
Repository Number	No
Call Number	No, Library of Congress Classification
Finding Aid	No
Rights	Template URL: http://digital-library.csun.edu/copyright.html
Project Name	Template values: San Fernando Valley History Digital Library. San Fernando Valley Issues Digital Library.
Date Digitized	No, ISO standard
Publisher	Template value: California State University, Northridge. University Library.
Detailed View	GIF files will be placed in this web server folder: http://digital-library.csun.edu/details/
Larger View	GIF files will be placed in this web server folder: http://digital-library.csun.edu/details/

On the Web:

• Library of Congress Subject, Name, and Title Authority headings http://authorities.loc.gov/
• Name Authority File (WorldCat)
• Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• Art and Architecture Thesaurus

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