Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History and principles of LCSH
- 3 Subject heading lists and the problems of language
- 4 Format and display of LCSH
- 5 The choice and form of headings
- 6 Content analysis
- 7 Assigning main headings
- 8 Structured headings
- 9 Topical subdivisions
- 10 Geographic subdivisions
- 11 Free-floating subdivisions
- 12 More complex headings: combining the different types of subdivisions
- 13 Chronological headings and subdivisions
- 14 Name headings
- 15 Literature and the arts
- 16 Headings for music
- 17 Classification Web
- 18 LCSH in the online world
- 19 Bibliography
- 20 Glossary
- Index
9 - Topical subdivisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History and principles of LCSH
- 3 Subject heading lists and the problems of language
- 4 Format and display of LCSH
- 5 The choice and form of headings
- 6 Content analysis
- 7 Assigning main headings
- 8 Structured headings
- 9 Topical subdivisions
- 10 Geographic subdivisions
- 11 Free-floating subdivisions
- 12 More complex headings: combining the different types of subdivisions
- 13 Chronological headings and subdivisions
- 14 Name headings
- 15 Literature and the arts
- 16 Headings for music
- 17 Classification Web
- 18 LCSH in the online world
- 19 Bibliography
- 20 Glossary
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings , pp. 103 - 116Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2011