Goals of Descriptive Cataloging
1. To enable a person to find a document of which
- the author, or
- the title, or
- the subject is known
2. To show what a library has
- by a given author
- on a given subject (and related subjects)
- in a given kind (or form) of literature.
3. To assist in the choice of a document
- as to its edition (bibliographically)
- as to its character (literary or topical)