Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Library of Congress Subject Headings
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LCSH
What is the entire work about?
Look for Appropriate Subdivisions In LCSH
Find appropriate heading in LCSH
Is your subject heading sufficiently precise?
Search for appropriate subdivision in SCMSH
Add geographic subdivision if appropriate
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Yes go to geog. subdiv.
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Providing specificityTypes of subdivisions

• Geographic
• Chronological (time period)
• Topical
• Form

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Geographic subdivision permissionstwo ways

• Church and state (May Subd Geog)
• Austria

Heading
Church and state Austria
Courts (May Subd Geog)
Heading
Courts Alabama Baldwin County
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In the big red books
Church and state (May Subd Geog) Austria
Online at http//authorities.loc.gov
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Constructed heading
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Authorized Heading tells you that Austria has
been authorized as a geographic subdivision for
Church and state
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How do we know we are allowed to subdivide a
heading geographically?
Courts (May Subd Geog)
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Authority record
Courts

• 008 860211i anannbabn b ana

i in this position means that the subject heading
can be subdivided geographically
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http//www.loc.gov/marc/
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http//www.loc.gov/marc/
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS (NR)
Forty character positions (00-39) that contain
positionally-defined data elements
Character positions 06 - Direct or indirect ge
ographic subdivisionIndicates whether the 1XX
heading may be subdivided geographically when
used as a subject heading and, if so, the method
of subdivision used. - Not subdivided geograph
icallyThe heading may not be subdivided
geographically. i - Subdivided geographically-
-indirectThe name of the larger geographic
entity is interposed between the heading and the
subdivision for the specific place to which the
heading is limited.
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Authority record
Courts

• 008 860211i anannbabn b ana

Pos. No.
0
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Position no. 6
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Corless family (Not Subd Geog)
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Authority record
Corless family
008 860211 anannbabn a ana
blank in this position means that the subject
heading cannot be subdivided geographically
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Courts (May Subd Geog)
008 860211i anannbabn b ana
can be subdivided geographically
Corless family (Not Subd Geog)
008 860211 anannbabn a ana
cannot be subdivided geographically
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Geographic subdivision instructions
Collecting level

• Ferns (May Subd Geog)

Headings
Ferns Switzerland Geneva
Ferns Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
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Geographic subdivisions - collecting levels (1)

• United States, Canada, Great Britain
• First-level political subdivisions (states,
  constituent countries, republics) assigned
  directly
  
• Ferns Massachusetts Boston
• Other countries
• Collecting level is the country
• Ferns Spain Madrid

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Geographic subdivisions - collecting levels (2)

• Exceptions to the rule Washington Metropolitan
  Area, New York Metropolitan Area, and Jerusalem
  Metropolitan Area are cited directly
  
• Ferns Washington (D.C.)
• Ferns Jerusalem

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Geographic subdivisions - collecting levels (3)

• New York Metropolitan Area
• Ferns New York Metropolitan Area
• New York City
• Ferns New York (State) New York

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Geographic subdivisions versus geographic heading

• Geographic subdivision
• Gardens France Paris

Geographic qualifier
Geographic heading Paris (France) Description
and travel
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Chronological subdivisions in LCSH

• American poetry (May Subd Geog)
• Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Revolutionary period, 1775-1783
• 1783-1850
• 19th century
• 20th century

American poetry 19th century
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Subdivisions

• Listed in LCSH
• Free-floating subdivisions to be added by
  cataloger

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Subdivisions listed in LCSH

• American poetry (May Subd Geog)
• Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Revolutionary period, 1775-1783
• 1783-1850
• 19th century
• 20th century
• Readings with music

American poetry 20th century Readings with
music
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Transfer subdivisions listed?

• American poetry (May Subd Geog)
• Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Revolutionary period, 1775-1783
• 1783-1850
• 19th century
• 20th century
• Readings with music

American poetry Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Readings with music
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Free-floating subdivisions
Five types

• General free-floating subdivisions
• Subdivisions under classes of persons and ethnic
  groups
  
• Subdivisions under names of individual corporate
  bodies, persons, and families
  
• Subdivisions used under place names
• Subdivisions controlled by pattern headings

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Subject Cataloging Manual
SUBJECT CATALOGING MANUAL Subject Headings
Volume 2 H 1075-H1200
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Contents of Volume Two
H 1075 Subdivisions H 1095 Free-floating subdivi
sions H 1100 Classes of Persons H 1103 Ethni
c Groups H 1105 Corporate Bodies H 1110 Name
s of Persons H 1120 Names of Families H 1140
Names of Places H 1145.5 Bodies of Water H 11
46 Subdivisions Controlled by Pattern Headings
H 1147 Animals
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General free-floating subdivisions

• Form or topical
• Form what the work is
• Environmental education
• Bibliography
• Topical what the work is about
• Environmental education
• Political aspects

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Free-Floating Subdivisions H 1095
Older version
? Use only as topical subdivision

• ? ?Designs and plans (H 1532)
• Use under architectural headings, including
  types of buildings and rooms, and under landscape
  headings, including types of gardens and parks,
  for works containing architectural drawings.
• ?Deterioration
• Use under types of substances, materials,
  products, etc.
  
• ? ?Dictionaries (H 1540)
• Use under subjects.
• See also Encyclopedias

?? Use as either form or topical subdivision
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Free-Floating Subdivisions H 1095
Section in Subject Cataloging Manual

• v Designs and plans (H 1532)
• Use under architectural headings, including
  types of buildings and rooms, and under landscape
  headings, including types of gardens and parks,
  for works containing architectural drawings.
• x Deterioration
• Use under types of substances, materials,
  products, etc.
  
• v Dictionaries (H 1540)
• Use under subjects.
• See also Encyclopedias

x Use only as topical subdivision
v Use as either form or topical subdivision
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General free-floating subdivisionsform

• Personal Name Penrice, John, 1818-1892.
• Main Title A dictionary and glossary of the
  Koran / John Penrice.
  
• Published/Created Mineola, N.Y. Dover
  Publications, 2004.
  
• Description viii, 166 p. 28 cm.ISBN0486434397
  (pbk.)
  
• Subjects KoranLanguage, styleDictionariesEngli
  sh.
  
• Arabic languageDictionariesEnglish.

Form subdivisions
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Subdivisions used under classes of persons (H1100)
including age and sex groups social, economic,
and political categories of persons types of
afflicted persons members of particular
religions employees and occupational groups

• Political prisoners Abuse of

Darts players Anecdotes
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Subdivisions used under ethnic groups (H1103)
ethnic groups, including preliterate groups,
historic peoples no longer in existence, races,
and ethnic groups in the United States, for
example, Berbers French-Canadians Australian
aborigines Hmong (Asian people)

• French-Canadians Job stress

Dinka (African people) Clothing
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Subdivisions used under names of individual
corporate bodies, persons, and families

• Subdivisions under names of persons (H 1110)
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Birthplace
• Subdivisions under family names
• Smith family Homes and haunts

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Subdivisions used under place names

• Subdivisions under names of places (H 1140)
• Italy Social life and customs

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Free-floating subdivisions

• Use to provide greater specificity
• Use only one per heading
• If two free-floating subdivisions apply, create
  two headings

BerbersClothing
BerbersJewelry
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Free-floating subdivisions

• Place at end of heading from LCSH
• Tourism Spain Madrid Bibliography

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Subdivisions controlled by pattern headings

• Standardized sets of topical and form
  subdivisions for use under particular categories
  of subject headings or name headings used as
  subjects

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Pattern heading examples

• Category Pattern(s)
• Chemicals Copper Insulin
• Diseases Cancer Tuberculosis
• Musical Comps. Operas
• Organs of body Foot Heart
• Plants crops Corn
• Land vehicles Automobiles

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Pattern headings Chemicals

• Patterns Copper Insulin

x Absorption and adsorption (May Subd Geog)
x Acoustic properties (May Subd Geog)
x Administration x Affinity labeling (May Subd
Geog)
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Pattern headings Plants and crops

• Pattern Corn

x Abnormalities (May Subd Geog)
x Adaptation (May Subd Geog) x Age x Aging
x Aging x Genetic aspects x Analysis x Anatom
y
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Subject heading with floating subdivision must
make sense
Apples Husking
Not!!!!!