The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines research as “studious inquiry or examination; especially: investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical applications of such new or revised theories or laws.” A doctoral dissertation is a document which is submitted by the author where he/she presents his/her research and findings in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In North American countries, the word dissertation is generally used whereas in European and some other countries the term thesis is generally used for doctoral research work. The present bibliography comprises research produced as doctoral dissertations and doctoral theses dealing with library cataloging, classification, and metadata. An attempt has been made to cover all the aspects of these topics so as to match the coverage of this bibliography with the scope of the journal, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Topics include but are not limited to: descriptive cataloging, classification and subject access, use and usability issues (related to bibliographic data, authority data, the catalog or other discovery platform), education and training for cataloging and classification, the internationalization of cataloging, the management of cataloging and related functions, the use of bibliographic or authority data by systems outside the OPAC, online retrieval, metadata standards, and cataloging related to specific materials or processes (such as digital resources, archives, special collections, maps and other cartographic and spatial materials, preservation). The current list includes research works published in the English language from all over the world, but chiefly in United States. It contains 170 titles, accepted in 1982 or later, that were available for online and database searching through November 25, 2019.

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图书馆编目，分类和元数据研究：博士学位论文参考书目

《韦氏网上词典》将研究定义为“好学的询问或考试；尤其是：旨在发现和解释事实的调查或实验，根据新事实对公认的理论或法律进行修订，或此类新的或经修订的理论或法律的实际应用。” 博士论文是作者提交的文件，他/她在部分满足哲学博士学位程度的前提下介绍他/她的研究和发现。在北美国家中，通常使用论文一词，而在欧洲和其他一些国家中，论文一词通常用于博士研究工作。本参考书目包括以博士学位论文和博士学位论文形式进行的研究，涉及图书馆的编目，分类，和元数据。已尝试涵盖这些主题的所有方面，以使本参考书目的范围与《目录与分类季刊》期刊的范围相匹配。主题包括但不限于：描述性编目，分类和主题访问，使用和可用性问题（与书目数据，权威数据，目录或其他发现平台有关），编目和分类的教育和培训，编目国际化，编目和相关功能的管理，OPAC外部系统对书目或权威数据的使用，在线检索，元数据标准以及与特定材料或过程（例如数字资源，档案馆，特殊馆藏，地图和其他制图）相关的编目和空间材料，保存）。当前列表包括来自世界各地但主要在美国以英语出版的研究作品。它包含170种在1982年或以后接受的书名，可在2019年11月25日之前进行在线和数据库搜索。