Universal Short Title Catalogue
E851609
The Universal Short Title Catalogue is a comprehensive database that aims to record all books printed in Europe and the Americas from the advent of printing in the 15th century up to the end of the 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Universal Short Title Catalogue canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10258694 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Universal Short Title Catalogue Context triple: [ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue), relatedTo, Universal Short Title Catalogue]
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A.
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue)
The ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) is an international database that records and describes all known editions of books printed in Europe before 1501, serving as a key reference tool for early printed works such as the Gutenberg Bible.
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B.
International Standard Recording Code
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely tag individual sound recordings and music video recordings for tracking, rights management, and royalty purposes.
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C.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary used by libraries worldwide to provide standardized subject access to cataloged materials.
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D.
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.
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E.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Universal Short Title Catalogue Target entity description: The Universal Short Title Catalogue is a comprehensive database that aims to record all books printed in Europe and the Americas from the advent of printing in the 15th century up to the end of the 17th century.
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A.
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue)
The ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) is an international database that records and describes all known editions of books printed in Europe before 1501, serving as a key reference tool for early printed works such as the Gutenberg Bible.
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B.
International Standard Recording Code
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely tag individual sound recordings and music video recordings for tracking, rights management, and royalty purposes.
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C.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary used by libraries worldwide to provide standardized subject access to cataloged materials.
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D.
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules is a widely used library cataloging standard that provides guidelines for describing and accessing library materials in English-speaking countries.
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E.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic database
ⓘ
digital humanities project ⓘ research infrastructure ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USTC ⓘ |
| accessMode | web interface ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | open access ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
School of History, University of St Andrews
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linked to:
School of History
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| aimsToRecord | all books printed in Europe and the Americas between the 15th and 17th centuries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversFromYear | c. 1450 ⓘ |
| coversToYear | 1700 ⓘ |
| dataSource |
library catalogues
ⓘ
national bibliographies ⓘ scholarly bibliographic projects ⓘ special collections catalogues ⓘ |
| dataType | short-title bibliographic records ⓘ |
| field |
bibliography
ⓘ
book history ⓘ digital humanities ⓘ early modern studies ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
Americas
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| hasGoal | to create a comprehensive record of early modern printed books ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://ustc.ac.uk ⓘ |
| inception | early 21st century ⓘ |
| includes |
format information
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holding library locations ⓘ imprint information ⓘ links to digitized copies where available ⓘ printer or publisher names ⓘ publication date ⓘ publication place ⓘ subject classifications ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| name | Universal Short Title Catalogue ⓘ |
| resourceType | online catalogue ⓘ |
| supports |
digitization projects
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library cataloguing ⓘ provenance research ⓘ research in the history of the book ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
bibliographers
ⓘ
historians ⓘ librarians ⓘ scholars of early modern print culture ⓘ |
| temporalCoverageEnd | 17th century ⓘ |
| temporalCoverageStart | 15th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Universal Short Title Catalogue Description of subject: The Universal Short Title Catalogue is a comprehensive database that aims to record all books printed in Europe and the Americas from the advent of printing in the 15th century up to the end of the 17th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.