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Headings for names of persons, corporate bodies, jurisdictions, uniform titles, and other headings traditionally thought to be capable of authorship may be assigned as subject headings. Authority records for these headings reside in an online file of name headings at the Library of Congress.
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.
Jun 27, 2022 · There are two controlled vocabularies commonly used in libraries: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) were developed and are maintained by the U.S. Library of Congress, initially for the collections of the Library.
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.
62. Rule of Three. If a general topic includes in its scope more than three subtopics, but the work being cataloged discusses only two or three of these subtopics, assign the appropriate two or three headings rather than the broader heading. Title: South Carolina Fruit Tree Survey, 2012: Peaches & Apples.
May 7, 2015 · Because of this, we suggest that researchers take advantage of the hard work of our dedicated catalogers by browsing subject headings when they are looking for materials on a particular topic. Browsing subject headings in the catalog is easy. Click here to access our catalog, and then click “Browse.” Next, use the drop-down menu to choose ...
Nov 4, 2023 · Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and view authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system. This service is offered free of charge.
