Appraisal and acquisition

• Accessioning. National Park Service, Museum Handbook Part II: Museum Records, chapter 2a, 2000.
• Accessioning, Acquisitions, & Appraisal Section. Society of American Archivists.
• Appraisal Methodology: Macro Appraisal and Functional Analysis, Part B: Guidelines for Performing an Archival Appraisal on Government Records. Terry Cook, Library and Archives Canada, 2000.
• Appraisal Methodology: Macro Appraisal and Functional Analysis, Part A: Concepts and Theory. Terry Cook, Library and Archives Canada, 2000.
• Appraisal of Modern Records. T.R. Schellenberg, National Archives and Records Administration, Bulletin Number 8, 1956.
• Appraisal of Personal Papers: A Critical Literature Review. Riva A. Pollard, Archivaria 52, Fall 2001.
• Appraisal policy. National Archives UK, 2012.
• Appraisal Policy of the National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, September 2007.
• Archival appraisal of machine-readable records. Harold Naugler, UNESCO RAMP study, 1984.
• Archival Appraisal of Photographs. William H. Leary, UNESCO RAMP study, 1995.
• Archival appraisal of records containing personal information: A RAMP study with guidelines. Terry Cook, UNESCO, 1991.
• Archival appraisal of sound recordings related materials. Helen P. Harrison, UNESCO RAMP study, 1991.
• Appraisal process. Archives New Zealand. Accessed November 2025.
• Bentley Historical Library Web Archives: Methodology for the Acquisition of Content. Nancy Deromedi and Michael Shallcross, 2011.
• Building an Archives: Appraisal Theory for Architectural Records. Terry Cook, The American Archivist 59, Spring 1996.
• Collection Development for Digital Photographs. Trevor James Bond, Library review, Vol. 56(2), 2007.
• Concepts of Appraisal and Archival Theory. Luciana Duranti, The American Archivist, Vol. 57(2), 1994.
• The Fine Art of Destruction Revisited. Ian E. Wilson, Archivaria 49, Spring 2000.
• From the Top Down: The Practice of Macro Appraisal. Catherine Bailey, Archivaria 43, Spring 1997.
• How to Compile an Appraisal Report. National Archives UK, 2013.
• Manuscript and Archival Collections: New Acquisitions. James Stroud, American Institute for Conservation. The Book and Paper Group Annual  Vol 2, 1983.
• Records Appraisal in Network Organizations. Peter Botticelli, Archivaria 49, Spring 2000.
• Reflections on the Goal of Archival Appraisal in Democratic Societies. Terry Eastwood, Archivaria 54, Fall 2002.
• Guideline 10: Starting an Appraisal Program. Record Keeping for Good Governance Toolkit, International Council of Archives, Pacific Regional Branch, 2020.
• Surveying Historical Manuscripts: Some Guidelines. National Archives UK, 2006.
• What Archivists Have Learned About Appraisal of Digital Records. Terry Eastwood, International Workshop on the Selection, Appraisal, and Retention of Digital Scientific Data, 2003.
• Building Records Appraisal Systems. International Records Management Trust, 1999.

Arrangement

• More Product Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing. Mark A. Greene and Dennis Meissner, The American Archivist, Vol. 68, 2005.
• Archival Arrangement — Five Different Operations at Five Different Levels. Oliver W. Holmes, National Archives and Records Administration, 1964.
• Archival Arrangement: Ensuring Access to Materials. Moya K. Mason, 2011.
• Arrangement and Description. Archives Association of British Columbia, accessed Nov. 2025.
• Defining Electronic Series: A Study. Jim Suderman, Archivaria 53, Spring 2002.
• Disrespecting Original Order. Frank Boles, The American Archivist Vol. 45 No. 1, 1982.
• How Records Are Grouped. National Archives and Records Administration, accessed Nov. 2025.
• Original Order in Digital Archives. Jane Zhang, Archivaria, Vol. 74, Fall 2012.
• Principles of Arrangement. Theodore Schellenberg, National Archives and Records Administration, Staff Information Paper No. 18, 1951.
• The Power of the Principle of Provenance. David A. Bearman and Richard H. Lytle, Archivaria 21, Winter 1985-86.

Description

• Creating the Next Generation of Archival Finding Aids. Yakel, Shaw, and Renolds, D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 13 Number 5/6, 2007.
• Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS). Society of American Archivists, May 2022.
• Encoded Archival Description (EAD). Library of Congress, accessed Nov. 2025.
• Encoded Archival Description: An Introduction and Overview. Daniel V. Pitti, D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 5  No. 11, 1999.
• ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, 2nd edition. International Council on Archives, accessed Nov. 2025.
• Managing the Present: Metadata as Archival Description. David A. Wallace, Archivaria 39, Spring 1995.
• MARC Standards: MARC 21 formats. Library of Congress, accessed Nov. 2025.
• Mediating in a Neutral Environment: Gender-Inclusive or Neutral Language in Archival Description. Sharon P. Larade and Johanne M. Pelletier, Archivaria 35, Spring 1993.
• Metadata Strategies and Archival Description: Comparing Apples to Oranges. Heather MacNeil, Archivaria 39, Spring 1995.
• Origin and Development of the Concept of Archival Description. Luciana Duranti, Archivaria 35, Spring 1993.
• Rules for Archival Description (RAD). Bureau of Canadian Archivists, Canadian Committee on Archival Description, 2008.
• Standards for Archival Description: A Handbook. compiled by Victoria Irons Walch, Working Group on Standards for Archival Description, Society of American Archivists, 1994.
• Subject Access Points in the MARC Records and Archival Finding Aid: Enough or Too Many? Elizabeth J. Cox and Leslie Czechowski, 2007.
• Unlocking Hidden Treasures through Description: Comments on Archival Voyages of Discovery. Ann Pederson, Archivaria 37, Spring 1994.
• Will Metadata Replace Archival Description: A Commentary. Wendy Duff, Archivaria 39, Spring 1995.
• Wrapping Records in Narratives: Representing Context through Archival Description. Peter Horsman, University of Amsterdam, 2010.