Abstract

Often relegated to a side note in conversations about curriculum materials collections, psychological tests deserve their own consideration in library cataloging. Libraries that are dedicated to psychology (or psychology and a related field, such as education) lend psychological tests either for reference or for usage in clinical training programs. These libraries, largely academic, have a need for guidelines regarding the cataloging of psychological tests, as those developed under the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition (AACR2) are no longer satisfactory for Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging. This paper provides an overview of AACR2 cataloging guidelines and proposes new RDA best practices when cataloging psychological assessments, including kits.

摘要

在关于课程材料收藏的对话中，心理测试通常被降级为旁注，在图书馆编目中值得自己考虑。致力于心理学（或心理学和相关领域，例如教育）的图书馆借出心理测试以供参考或用于临床培训计划。这些图书馆主要是学术性的，需要有关心理测试编目的指南，因为根据英美编目规则第二版 (AACR2)制定的指南不再满足资源描述和访问(RDA) 编目。本文概述了 AACR2 编目指南，并在编目心理评估（包括工具包）时提出了新的 RDA 最佳实践。