Cataloging Dictionaries 1: Chinese
Basically there are four types of dictionaries:
- lexicons in one language only
- bilingual dictionaries
- lexicons with definitions in two or more languages
- dictionaries that treat special subject or professional usages
I. Chinese lexicons in Chinese only
are usually assigned with the LC Classification PL1420 plus a cutter, and are given a subject heading “Chinese language — Dictionaries.”
Examples
新华字典
Xin hua zi dian
Call number: PL1420.H7 1979
Subject: Chinese language |v Dictionaries康熙字典: 標點整理本 / 漢語大詞典編纂處整理
Kangxi zi dian: biao dian zheng li ben / Han yu da ci dian bian zuan chu zheng li
Call number: PL1420.K3 2002
Subject: Chinese language |v Dictionaries
II.1. Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionaries
are usually assigned with the LC Classification PL1455 plus a cutter, and given the subject headings “Chinese language — Dictionaries — English” or “English language — Dictionaries — Chinese,” accordingly (or both if it is a two-way dictionary 雙向).
Examples
汉英词典 = Chinese-English dictionary / 非常英语词典编写组
Han Ying ci dian = Chinese-English dictionary / Fei chang Ying yu ci dian bian xie zu
Call number: PL1455.H338 2006
Subject: Chinese language |v Dictionaries |x English大陸簡明英漢辭典 = Continental’s concise English-Chinese dictionary / 編修吳炳忠…
Da lu jian ming Ying Han ci dian = Continental’s concise English-Chinese dictionary / bian xiu Wu Bingzhong…
Call number: PL1455.T4 1986
Subject: English dictionaries |v Dictionaries |x Chinese
II.2. A bilingual dictionary in which the other language is not English (such as Chinese-French etc.)
are classed as PL1459 and cuttered to that language.
Examples
新法汉词典 = Nouvean dictionnaire Francais-Chinois / [上海译文出版社编…]
Xin Fa Han ci dian = Nouvean dictionnaire Francais-Chinois / [Shanghai yi wen chu ban she bian…]
Call number: PL1459 F8 X56 2001
Subject: French language |v Dictionaries |x Chinese简明德汉词典 Deutsch-chinesisches wörterbuch / 中山大学外语系德语专业编
Jian ming De Han ci dian Deutsch-chinesesisches wörterbuch / Zhongshan da xue wai yu xi De yu zhuan ye bian
Call number: PL1459.G5 C5
Subject: German language |v Dictionaries |x Chinese
II.3. Chinese↔Japanese, Chinese↔Korean Dictionaries
This type of dictionaries tend to be classed with the specific language they treat.
Examples
中日辞典 = Zhong-Ri ci dian / 北京商務印書館, 小學館共同編集
Chū-Nichi jiten = Zhong-Ri ci dian / Pekin Shōmu Inshokan, Shōgakkan kyōdōhenshū
Call number: PL681.C5 C54 2003
Subject: Chinese languages |v Dictionaries |x Japanese精选日汉汉日词典(新版) / 姜晚成, 王郁良编
Jing xuan Ri Han Han Ri ci dian (xin ban) / Jiang Wancheng, Wang Yuliang bian
Call number: PL681.C5 J56 2000
Subjects: (1) Japanese language |v Dictionaries |x Chinese (2) Chinese language |v Dictionaries |x Japanese现代韩中中韩词典 / 李武英 [et al…] 编
Xian dai Han Zhong Zhong Han ci dian = Hyondae Han-Chung, Chung-Han sajon / Li Wuying … [et al.] bian
Call number: PL937.C5 X53 2004
Subjects: (1) Korean language |v Dictionaries |x Chinese (2) Chinese language |v Dictionaries |x Korean
III. Chinese lexicons with definitions in two or more languages
are usually classified as PL1423 plus cutter, and given a subject heading “Chinese languages — Dictionaries — Polyglot.”
Examples
两万汉字中日韩越英俄读音释义字典 / 邓应烈编著
Liang wan Han zi Zhong Ri Han Yue Ying E du yin shi yi zi dian / Deng Yinglie bian zhu
Call number: PL1423.D46 2002
Suject: Chinese language |v Dictionaries |x Polyglot
IV. Chinese dictionaries that treat special subjects or professional usages
are usually classified to that specific subject, and given subject headings accordingly
Examples
法学大辞典 / 总主编邹瑜…
Fa xue da ci dian / zong zhu bian Zou Yu
Call number: K50.F25 1991
Subject: Law |v Dictionaries |x Chinese漢英中醫辭典 / 歐明主編 = Chinese-English dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine / chief editor, Ou Ming
Han Ying Zhong yi ci dian / Ou Ming = Chinese-English dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine/ chief editor, Ou Ming
Call number: R121.H368 1988
Subject: Medicine, Chinese |v Dictionaries英国文化辞典 / 吴建平主编 = English-Chinese dictionary of British culture
Yingguo wen hua ci dian / Wu Jianping zhu bian = English-Chinese dictionary of British culture
Call number: DA110.Y56 2006
Subjects: Great Britain |x Civilization |v Dictionaries
Sources
LC Classification Web
OSUL online catalog (OSCAR)
Thanks Yang and Zheng for selecting the examples and helping drafting the document.
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