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Choose the correct statement.<\/p>\n","summaries":[{"subContentId":"9be5c593-c31b-4d05-ae08-c51871f2035d","summary":["

Faceted classification is a taxonomy (hierarchical, with no relationship between terms).<\/p>\n","

Faceted classification is a thesaurus (hierarchical, includes relationships between terms).<\/p>\n","

Faceted classification is not a controlled vocabulary at all, it is like tagging or using natural language.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"a0505f47-6214-4825-8d75-85264bee938c","summary":["

Faceted terms are typically simple and do not rely on specialized rules for construction.<\/p>\n","

Faceted terms have complex structures and rules for construction.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"1573f5da-e018-4233-ad3c-485cabc77620","summary":["

Library of Congress Subject Headings rely on pre-coordination of headings resulting in headings with long strings containing subdivisions that can only be searched in a specific order.<\/p>\n","

Library of Congress Subject Headings are an example of post-coordinated headings in which the searcher arranges terms in any order at the time of searching.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"a08483b6-74a4-44b4-ac80-88d1f466037b","summary":["

Library of Congress Subject Headings rely on manual and costly indexing requiring highly specialized staff.<\/p>\n","

Indexing of Library of Congress Subject Headings may be automated.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"319158ce-d628-4e12-93ab-48e8274ecdee","summary":["

Faceted classification is suitable for indexing web and digital resources because it doesn't rely on long complex strings of headings.<\/p>\n","

Faceted classification was designed for the print world and is not well suited to indexing web and digital resources.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"5f5e7090-9788-4c18-8b5e-4eb3b7764247","summary":["

Due to their complex headings and rules for construction, Library of Congress Subject Headings are less intuitive and user-friendly for searching.<\/p>\n","

Library of Congress Subject Headings are more intuitive and user-friendly for searching because they rely on more natural language.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"a665a01c-2fb3-45c9-b0c4-7501419b2d8f","tip":"","summary":["

LCSH does not work well with search engines outside of library catalogues.<\/p>\n","

LCSH was designed to work with online search engines.<\/p>\n"]},{"subContentId":"35c22820-0613-4763-80d6-5e0cc2efda64","summary":["

Searching using Library of Congress Subject Headings offers a high level of precision.<\/p>\n","

Searching using Library of Congress Subject Headings is less precise than faceted searching.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""},{"subContentId":"747b87b9-57d1-458e-99b9-9708fd759494","summary":["

Searchers tend to think of facets (individual components) more naturally.<\/p>\n","

Searchers may just as easily think of pre-constructed subject headings like those of LCSH.<\/p>\n"],"tip":""}],"overallFeedback":[{"from":0,"to":100}],"solvedLabel":"Progress:","scoreLabel":"Wrong answers:","resultLabel":"Your result","labelCorrect":"Correct.","labelIncorrect":"Incorrect! Please try again.","alternativeIncorrectLabel":"Incorrect","labelCorrectAnswers":"Correct answers.","tipButtonLabel":"Show tip","scoreBarLabel":"You got :num out of :total points","progressText":"Progress :num of :total"}

Summary of LCSH vs. Facets

Manda Plavsa Barclay