The Subject Catalogue of the Roman-Germanic Commission (RGK) in
Frankfurt
The library of the Roman-Germanic
Commission started with the thematic collection of all new acquisitions
in March 1992. A system was developed which especially classifies
the aspects of the cultures, the landscapes, the dating and the
type of artefacts, works of art and buildings.
Not only the monographic new acquisitions are classified in this
way, but also and in particular the so-called non-independent or
secondary literature, i.e. all journal articles and contributions
to collected editions. A selection of around 14,000 subject headings
and key-words is thus currently available for detailed literature
research, and the number of key-words is constantly growing.
Researchers have thus obtained a valuable tool for bibliographic
research in the field of European pre- and early history, the archaeology
of the Roman provinces and of medieval Europe. Around 20,000 new
classifications will be added every year. Within just a few years,
an impressive subject catalogue has been amassed, making it much
easier to find one's way into a new topic of research. The database
is available on CD-ROM.
Besides online
access an introducing
manual exists.
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