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Unit 10: Subject Heading List

[ # ] includes a sequential number and the icon for some entries Notes
[ Titles ] indicates the number of catalogue records with the heading
[ Headings ] displays the heading itself (select to see a Titles List for that heading)

[ Heading Type ] indicates the thesaurus or list used for subjects
To use this search mode to find useful subject headings for your topic, look for an entry
related to your topic with the icon and click on this icon to view any of the following:

See, See Also, and Narrower Term References: official subject headings which are related
to original heading
See references link from a term that is not used to one that is an official heading

See Also references link from one official heading to another official heading that is
equal in breath
Narrower Terms link from one official heading to a more specific official heading

Scope notes are often used in the LCSH and other thesauri. A scope note is a short paragraph
defining what information is included under the subject heading and, if the term is
relatively new, the scope note may indicate when the term began to be used.

Follow any of the links listed for a topic you are researching in order to collect as many official
subject headings as you can find that might be relevant to your subject. You can then use these
subject headings when searching for books and other information on your subject in library
catalogues or other research databases. You do not need to display the specific items listed for
any of the subject headings in the Library of Congress. The purpose for using this database is
simply to find useful subject headings for your further research.

10.2.2 Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) Print Version

In the print version of the LCSH, terms used as subject headings are printed in boldface type.
Sometimes Library of Congress classification letters and numbers are listed after a subject
heading. This classification information indicates the beginning letters and numbers of call
numbers for books specifically on that subject. Occasionally a scope note is included after a
subject heading. A scope note is a short paragraph defining what information is included under
the given subject heading.
Several different types of cross reference terms are used in the LCSH. Each type of term is
described below:

USE: When a word is listed in regular print and is immediately followed on the next line by the
term USE, the word listed above the “USE” is not a correct subject heading. A USE reference in
the LCSH is the same as a SEE reference in a catalogue.

Example: Travel and Health
USE Travel—Health aspects
The USE reference here redirects the researcher from a term that is not used (Travel and
health) to one that is used (Travel—Health aspects).
UF: USED FOR indicates headings that are not used. In general, UF references should be ignored
when you are using the LCSH to find related subject headings. UF references simply indicate
that USE references have been made from these unused headings to the heading in boldface type
above them, which are used.

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