title: Descriptive cataloging for collections of medical art.
abstract: Conserving our profession's historical record would be aided by creating a guide for recording bibliographical information associated with medical art. A guide of this nature should conform to currently accepted national standards for bibliographical listings, reflect the cataloging needs of these specialized materials, and contain a sample data collection sheet. Such a guide would provide a starting point for new or undocumented collections to begin organizing and listing their holdings. This article presents a cataloging guide that is specific to the needs of collecting medical art and that conforms, in both language and structure, to established guidelines for descriptive cataloging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Visualization, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McConathy
mesh_terms: D001109:Archives; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D002376:Cataloging / Q000379:methods*; D008488:Medical Illustration; D009862:Online Systems