Cataloguing, lies, and videotape: Comparing the IMDb and the library catalogue

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-43

  Naun, Chew Chiat ^a   Elhard, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

AACR2; Audiovisual cataloguing; Cataloguing principles; Internet Movie Database; MARC

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748930247     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v41n01_03     Document Type: Article

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2. The IMDb was included in the Library Journal "Webwatch" as early as 1996; Boyd R. Collins, Library Journal 121, no. 14 (September 1996): 125-26.
3. In "Entertainment Resources on the Internet," the Reference Librarian recommended it as an authoritative and easy-to-use reference source; Allison Cowgill, The Reference Librarian 57 (1997): 179-86.
4. It made the first annual list of "Best Free Reference Web Sites," as judged by a task force of thirteen practicing reference librarians from academic, public, special, and government libraries; Reference and User Services Association, Machine-Assisted Reference Section, Reference & User Services Quarterly 39, no. 1 (Fall 1999): 28-32.
5. Library Journal named it one of the "Best Reference Sources" for 1998; Brain E. Coutts and John B. Richard, Library Journal 124, no. 7 (April 1999): 54-59.
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14. Note that we use the term "motion picture" here in a broad sense, and not necessarily in the restricted AACR2 sense, which denotes a reel medium distinct from video and disc media.
15. When contacted about this article, a representative from the IMDb referred the authors to the "help" and policy information provided on their site. We were told that, for the most part, further details could not be disclosed, due to proprietary considerations and other restrictions. IMDb Help Desk, e-mail message to authors, August 7, 2004.
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21. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206488/; 〈http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286716/.
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23. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/ dvd.
24. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/ alternateversions.
25. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/.
26. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/.
27. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/.
28. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240772/.
29. This is generally the case, in spite of exhortations given in such texts as Nancy B. Olson, Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials: A Manual Based on AACR 2, 4th ed. (DeKalb, Ill.: Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998).
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36. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/ literature.
37. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/ movieconnections.
38. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110950/ movieconnections.
39. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120684/ movieconnections.
40. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/ movieconnections.
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42. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058805/.
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48. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/help/show_article? romannumerals.
49. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/help/show_article? similarnames.
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53. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/.
54. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/Find?select= Characters&for=Hulk.
55. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/ fullcredits.
56. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0074751/ fullcredits.
57. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/Sections/ Distributors/types_U.
58. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/list.
59. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/LocationTree.
60. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/LocationTree? England,+UK.
61. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ plotsummary.
62. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ keywords.
63. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/List?tv= on&&keywords=suspected-murder&&heading= 19;suspected-murder.
64. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/find?tt=on;nm= on;mx=20;q=Mel%20Gibson.
65. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/name-search.
66. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/help/show_leaf? ads.
67. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/help/show_leaf? infosource.
68. The Internet Movie Database, Ibid., http://us.imdb.com/help/show_article? deletebio.
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