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LCSH in this service includes all Library of Congress Subject Headings, free-floating subdivisions (topical and form), Genre/Form headings, Children's (AC) headings, and validation strings* for which authority records have been created.
Jun 10, 2022 · This page provides print-ready PDF files for the 44th Edition of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Data for the 44th edition was selected in May 2022. For users desiring enhanced functionality, LCSH will continue as part of the web-based subscription product, Classification Web.
Jan 17, 2024 · The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is perhaps the most widely adopted subject indexing language in the world, has been translated into many languages, and is used around the world by libraries large and small.
Sep 11, 2023 · H 0430 Name Headings as Subjects (PDF, 65 KB) REVISED January 2020. H 0432 Subject Usage Information in Name Authority Records (PDF, 22 KB) REVISED January 2020. H 0436 Provisional Name Headings (PDF, 39 KB) H 0460 Name Changes in Non-Jurisdictional Corporate Bodies (PDF, 112 KB) REVISED February 2021.
The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) comprise a thesaurus (in the information science sense, a controlled vocabulary) of subject headings, maintained by the United States Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records.
May 21, 2024 · The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM) is a tool for indexing visual materials by subject and genre/format. This is a guide for the usage of TGM I, subject indexing.
Oct 14, 2020 · Published by Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service in Washington, DC
Approximately 4,000 new headings, including headings with subdivisions, are added to LCSH each year. Proposals for new headings and revisions to existing ones are submitted by catalogers at the Library of Congress and by participants in the Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO).
Jun 27, 2022 · Classification Web provides full-text display of all Library of Congress Classification schedules, subject headings, and name authorities.
Dec 13, 2022 · The "Library of Congress Subject Headings" is a series of five volumes usually held by large public or academic libraries. These volumes contain a listing of subject terms used by the Library of Congress to catalog books by subject; they also show how the terms are related to one another.
