Glossary of Library & Information Science
CHAIN INDEXING ➨ Chain Indexing or Chain Procedure is a mechanical method to derive subject index entries or subject headings from the class number of the document. It was developed by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. He first mentioned this in his book “Theory of Library Catalogue” in 1938.
In Chain Procedure, the indexer or cataloguer is supposed to
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