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• Library of Congress Resources for Cataloging: https://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/tools/
• Cataloger’s Reference Shelf: http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/crs.htm (a comprehensive website of various cataloging resources)

• OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21 (2023): https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=olac-publications
• Full MARC Examples to Accompany OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu- ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21" (2023): https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=olac-publications
• 2020 OLAC Conference Basic Sound Recordings Workshop: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-conference/2020/workshop-block-01/2/
• 2020 OLAC Conference Advanced Sound Recordings Workshop: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-conference/2020/workshop-block-02/1/
• OCLC Virtual AskQC Webinar for cataloging Audiobooks: https://oclcwebinars.webex.com/oclcwebinars/ldr.php?RCID=3ea24b9840dedfde9c02fe9eeeae62be and webinar slides: https://help.oclc.org/@api/deki/files/17075/2024-09_VAOH_Cataloging_Audiobooks.pdf?revision=2

• Best Practices for Cataloging Comics and Graphic Novels Using RDA and MARC 21: https://alair.ala.org/handle/11213/18623
• Map Cataloger’s Toolbox: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/maps/cat/map-cat-toolbox.html 
• CONSER Cataloging Manual (for serials, e.g., periodicals, newspapers, annuals): https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/conser/more-documentation.html
• ISSN Manual: https://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/assignment-rules/issn-manual/ (a useful tool for serials cataloging
• MARC template for archival collection - from UC Berkeley Library: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Staff/staff-docs/sils/resource-management/marc-template-for-archival-collection-records

• Library of Congress: https://catalog.loc.gov/
• Albuquerque Public Library: https://abq.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default
• SALSA: https://newm.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default

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