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Cataloging Policy Committee

Source of Title Note for Internet Resources

by Marcia Barrett
Chair, Subcommittee on Source of Title Note for Internet Resources
January 8, 2001
*** PLEASE NOTE: In the process of being updated. Some links may be broken where noted.

Examples of Terms Used in the Source of Title Note
Recommended Usage of Terms for the Source of Title Note
Definitions of Terms Used in this Document
References

Examples of Terms Used in the Source of Title Note


  1. Terms to Describe the Page


    2. These terms are used to describe the Web site given in the 856 of the catalog record. Examples follow.

    Home Page See http://www.ipr.uc.edu/
    Login Screen See http://www.cq.com/
    Menu See http://ars-genome.cornell.edu/botany.html (Broken link 4/8/02)
    Splash Screen See http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
    Title Page of Source Code Document       See http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p60-205.pdf

  2. Terms to Describe a Specific Source


    3. These terms are used to describe a specific place on the Web page given in the 856 of the catalog record.

    Banner See http://www.lib.uconn.edu/libraries/art/artauction.htm    (Broken link 8/1/03)
    Caption See http://www.janm.org/breed/title.htm
    Graphic See http://home1.gte.net/hoffmanr/Ikmain.htm
    Logo See http://www.wowmuseum.org/   (Broken link 2/20/03)
    Source Code           See http://www.amergeog.org/theags.htm   (Broken link 3/8/01)
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Recommended Usage of Terms for the Source of Title Note


  1. Textual Documents

    Do not use home page as the source of title if the Web site is a PDF (portable document format) file or is a textual document that contains no links or links that are primarily for navigating within that same document.

    Use title from caption (or other appropriate source).

    See      http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Metrics/factors.htm
     http://www.fema.gov/library/splan_01.htm (broken link 7/19/02)
     http://164.214.2.59/GandG/tm83581/toc.htm
    Use title from title page of source document for Web sites that are PDF (portable document format) files.

    See      http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p60-205.pdf
     http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/50cvr.html
     http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/sr/sr77.pdf
    The following example is a Web site that serves as an introductory page for files in PDF format. Use title from caption because the title is taken from the introductory page, not the reproduced source documents.

    See       http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/GHopeHit.html (broken link 11/27/02)

  2. Home page

    The term home page is preferred over web page, title screen or welcome screen. Do not use entry screen or page, first screen or page, initial screen or page, introductory screen or page, or opening screen or page. Use either home page or other appropria te source.

    Use home page for the source of title when there is only one formally presented title and the page being cataloged is clearly the starting point for navigating the site.
    See      http://www.partal.com/ciemen/ethnic.html (Broken link 4/8/02)
     http://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ams/
    The home page may include links to an "about" page or to a "search" mechanism.
    See       http://dlp.CS.Berkeley.EDU/aw/
     http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/index.htm
    A home page may include a link to the home page of a higher corporate body.

    See       http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
      http://ars-genome.cornell.edu/

    If applicable, give "journal" or the agency with the home page.
    See       http://www.readingonline.org/       Title from journal home page.
     http://www.fsu.edu/~lis/alumni/ Title from newsletter home page.
    Phrases at the head of title such as "Welcome to" should not be given as part of the title.
    See       http://www.owlibrary.org/
     http://travel.state.gov/
     http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ihound.html

  3. Other Web Sites
    Name a specific source for the title (the place on the page where the title is found) if it is not clear that the page being cataloged is a home page.

    EXAMPLE 1

    The following site, EFFector online newsletter, is a newsletter archive. There is a link back to the EFF homepage. Use title from banner.

    See       http://www.eff.org/effector/
    EXAMPLE 2

    The following site, GEL Study Skills Elsewhere, is a list of links to Web resources on study skills. There is a link back to the GEL (Guide to Effective Learning) home page.
    Use title from caption.

    See       http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/GEL/SSE.htm
    EXAMPLE 3

    The following site, Tax Foundation figures result in inaccurate impressions of middle class tax burdens, is a document published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. There is a link back to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities home page. Use title from caption.

    See       http://www.cbpp.org/4-13-00tax.htm
    EXAMPLE 4

    The following site, CSAP results: start search page, is a search screen that links back to the assessment index page, the Colorado Department of Education home page, and the Colorado state home page. Use title from caption.

    See       http://www.cde.state.co.us/scripts/csap%5F1searchstart.asp
    EXAMPLE 5

    The following site, AAHA hospital locator, is a search screen that links back to the Healthy Pet home page. Use title from source code.

    See       http://www.healthypet.com/MailTool/index.html -- Broken Link (10/7/04)
    EXAMPLE 6

    The following site, Issues, is one of several web pages published by Education Week on the Web. Use title from caption.

    See       http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issues.cfm (broken link 11/12/04)

  4. Multiple Titles
    If a Web site has more than one title presentation, name a specific source of title (the place on the page where the title is found). Prefer the source that provides the most complete information.


    Banner

    EXAMPLE 1         See     http://datalib.library.ualberta.ca:80/iassist/

    Banner IASSIST: International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
    Caption       International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology

    Use title from banner.
    EXAMPLE 2         See     http://www.ezln.org/

    Banner Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional
    Source code       !Ya Basta!.

    Use title from banner.

    Caption         The term caption is preferred to title display.

    EXAMPLE 1         See     http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=132
    Banner Central Africa
    Caption Africa online: ICG's directory of websites on Africa
    Source code       Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group's online-system

    Use title from caption.
    EXAMPLE 2         See     http://www.gdb.org/

    Caption The genome database: an international collaboration in support of the Human Genome Project
    Logo GDB
    Source code       The genome database

    Use title from caption.
    EXAMPLE 3         See     http://www.ufsia.ac.be/Arachnology/Arachnology.html
    Banner Arachnology: the study of arachnids
    Source code       The Arachnology home page
    Caption The Arachnology home page: the arachnological hub of the World Wide Web

    Use title from caption.

    Graphic

    EXAMPLE 1         See     http://www.fac.org/publicat/deities/d_dtoc.htm    (unavailable 8/28/01)
    Caption Deities & deadlines
    Graphic Deities & deadlines: a primer on religion news coverage
    Source code       Deities & deadlines: table of contents.

    Use title from graphic
    EXAMPLE 2         See     http://www.sports.nd.edu/exhibits/bbexhibit/bbtitle.html
    Graphic Autographed baseballs in the Joyce Sports Research Collection
    Source code       Joyce collection baseballs
    Use title from graphic.

    Logo

    EXAMPLE 1         See     http://www.artmuseum.net/

    Caption Site Exhibition
    Logo ArtMuseum.net
    Source code       ArtMuseum.net on the initial page.
    The logo is repeated throughout the site and the site refers to itself as ArtMuseum.net. Use title from logo.

    Source Code         The term source code is preferred to title bar.

    EXAMPLE 1         See     http://leg.state.mt.us/

    Banner Legislative branch home page
    Logo Montana
    Caption The Montana legislature
    Source code       Montana legislative branch home page

    Use title from source code.
    EXAMPLE 2         See     http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/
    Caption Adolescent and school health
    Logo CDC
    Source code       CDC's adolescent and school health program
    Use title from source code.
    EXAMPLE 3         See     http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/press/fract.htm (Broken link 6/04)
    Caption Facts about fractures
    Source code       AAOS on-line service facts about fractures
    Use title from source code.
    EXAMPLE 4         See     http://newport.pmel.noaa.gov/nemo/realtime

    Caption Undersea volcano monitoring: new millennium observatory network
    Source Code       Nemo-Net: real-time undersea data and images
    Nemo-Net is repeated throughout the page. Use title from source code.

  5. Menu

    6.
    Use menu as the source of title when the title is listed as a menu option on the web site contained in the 856 of the catalog record.

    http://ars-genome.cornell.edu/grasses.html (Broken link 4/8/02)

    http://ars-genome.cornell.edu/botany.html (Broken link 4/8/02)

    http://search.epnet.com/


  6. Splash Screen

    7.
    Use title from splash screen for web pages that contain a click-through logo or automatic
    redirect that takes user to the actual site.
    http://www.altmedicine.com/Default.asp?HomePage=Yes

    http://www.house.gov/coxreport/

    http://www.soulsearch.net/

    http://www.jstor.org/

  7. Journal Issue

    8.
    For serials, if there is no home page or introductory page, give the issue from which the title was taken.

    http://www.usoge.gov/pages/forms_pubs_otherdocs/fpo_files/newsgrams/ng95sprg.pdf    Title from fir st screen of spring 1995 issue.
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Definitions of Terms Used in this Document


Banner: A band of text or text and graphics, usually situated at the top of a web page, that contains title and/or author credits and tells the user what the content of the page is about.

Caption: A title given at the beginning of a web page. The caption is usually displayed more prominently than other text.

Graphic: Text embedded in an image format. Check the source code and determine that the file format is an image format. The most commonly used graphics file formats are GIF, TIFF and JPG.

Home page: The main or opening screen of a hypertext document for a World Wide Web site (Final Report). The home page is an introductory page that provides general information about the site and serves as an index or table of contents t o other related documents and Web sites.

Login Screen: A website that requires the user to enter identifying information in order to access the site.

Logo: A small graphic image, usually situated in the upper left corner of the page, used throughout the site to represent the corporate body or site.

Menu: A list of available options.

Opening page/screen: The initial page of a web site accessed upon entry.

Portable Document Format: A file format that reserves all of the fonts, formatting, colors, and graphics of any source document, regardless of the software and computer platform used to create it (CIT Glossary).

Source Code: Formal computer program instructions in their original form. Source code is the only human readable version of a computer program. Examples - html, sgml, etc. The source code header is displayed in the title bar of many we b browsers.

Splash Screen: An initial page of a web site containing a "click-through" logo/message or automatic redirect announcing that you have arrived. The real information and navigation for the site lies behind this page on the homepa ge or welcome page (NetLingo).

Title Bar: A bar that appears at the top of a screen in a Windows computing environment that displays the name of the application and file. In most web browsers, the title bar displays the source code title of a web document.

Title Display: A display of data that includes the title proper.

Title Page of Source Document: An electronic image of the cover or title page of a print document bearing the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility, and the data relating to publication.

Title Screen: In the case of a computer file, a display of data that includes the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and the data relating to publication (AACR2).

Web Page: One of the pages of a hypertext document in a World Wide Web site. Web pages, including the subset "home pages," refer to the huge collection of documents that make up the World Wide Web (Final Report).

Welcome Page: The introductory page for a web site, also referred to as the home page. The first page of a Web site to contain some welcome and/or navigation information about the Web site (NetLingo).

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References
AACR2

CIT Glossary
http://www.cit.buffalo.edu/glossary/

Conser Cataloging Manual, Module 31, Remote Access Computer File Serials
http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/module31.html

Final Report. CC:DA Task Force on Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR2

NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary
http://www.netlingo.com/


Subcommittee on Source of Title Note for Internet Resources
Marcia Barrett, Chair
The University of Alabama

Rebecca Culbertson
University of California, San Diego

Louise Rees
University of Pennsylvania

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