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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
(Joint Policy with NLM)
Agriculture
Anthropology
Archaeology
Bibliography and Library Science
Biotechnology
(Joint Policy with NAL and NLM)
Book Jackets
Children's Literature
Comic Books
Commercial Firms
Dance (To be developed)
Developing Countries
Digital Geographic Data and Information
Dissertations and Theses

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Economics and Business
Education
Electronic Resources (1999)
Electronic Resources, Selection Guidelines (2004)
Ephemera
Ethnic Publications
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Filmstrips
Fine and Applied Arts -- Books and Periodicals
Fine and Applied Arts -- Non-book Materials
Folklife
Folklore
Genealogy
General Works
Geography and Cartography
Government Publications -- Foreign
Government Publications -- US
Gypsy Studies
History (US Only)
Human Nutrition and Food
(Joint Policy with NAL and NLM)
International Organizations
Law
Literature and Language
Local History

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Manuscripts
Maps, Atlases, and Remote Sensing Images
Medicine (approved 2002)
Microforms -- Quality
Military Science
Motion Pictures
Music
Naval Science
Newspapers -- Current -- Foreign
Newspapers -- US
Non-library Materials
Numismatics and Philately
Periodicals of General Content
Philosophy
Photography
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Science and Technology:
-- History of Science and History of Technology
-- Science, General
-- Mathematics and Computer Science
-- Physical Sciences
-- Earth Sciences
-- Life Sciences
-- Technology, General
-- General and Civil Engineering Group
-- Mechanical Engineering Group
-- Chemical Engineering Group
-- Composite Group

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Societies and Associations
Sociology
Sound Recording
Sports and Recreation
Standards
Statistics
Technical Reports, Working Papers and Preprints
Telephone and City Directories
Theater
Translations
Veterinary Science
(Joint Policy with NAL and NLM)
Web Capture & Archiving

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