Tools for Authority Control--Subject Headings

To remain current, your library needs the new edition.

The red books. Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), 31st edition, (2008-2009)), is the only subject headings list accepted as the worldwide standard. LCSH is the most comprehensive list of subject headings in print in the world. It's the one tool no librarian should be without. Provides an alphabetical list of all subject headings, cross-references and subdivisions in verified status in the LC subject authority file.

The Standard for Subject Analysis

LCSH 31 provides the most comprehensive list of subject headings in the world. It's the best way to keep your subject headings current--the key to accurate cataloging and topical searching.

The Standard for Reference

LCSH 31 is indispensable if you want to provide accurate reference information to readers. It includes all subject headings through February 2009. Authorized forms of headings as well as variant references provide users with all the authoritative access points to make subject searching quick and easy.

Saves You Time And Money

For greater efficiency, consult LCSH 31 before you go online or to your catalog.

Five volumes. Hardbound. Published annually. ISSN 1048-9711

Price

2008-2009 Subscription (6 vols.)
$295 North America
$345 outside North America

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Library of Congress Subject Headings Supplemental Vocabularies

Free-Floating Subdivisions, Genre/Form Headings, Children's Subject Headings

Separate Purchase Price
$20 North America
$25 Outside North America

SACO Participants' Manual, 2nd edition (2007)

A must for all SACO participants! The new SACO Participants' Manual provides easy-to-use guidance first, for libraries proposing new Library of Congress subject headings and LC classification numbers, and second, for libraries submitting change proposals for existing subject headings and classification. The Manual should be used with Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Free-Floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index, MARC 21 Format for Authority Data , and standard reference sources. The SACO Participants' Manual is only available on the Web in PDF format at www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/SACOManual2007.pdf.

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Free-floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index, 21st edition (2009)

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This convenient, slim volume lists all subdivisions designated as free-floating, approved through December 2008. Free-floating refers to a form or topical subdivision assigned by the subject cataloger under designated subjects without the usage being established editorially and without the usage appearing in the subject authority file under each individual subject heading. Also helps locate information in the Subject Headings Manual, in which free-floating subdivisions appear in 35 separate lists. Published annually.

ISSN 1052-1445

Price

2009 Subscription
$35 North America
$40 outside North America

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LC Period Subdivisions Under Names of Places, 5th edition (1994)

This publication is out of print and no longer available.

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Replaces the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings base text and all of its updates through February 2008. The new publication incorporates all of the content of the previous edition and has been updated thorugh August 2008. Text is printed on loose-leaf pages and shipped to you with cover slip, spine label, and tabs. Four volumes. 1,500 pages. Binders not included. ISBN 978-0-8444-1224-5

Price
$100 in North America
$140 outside North America

Updates
Two updates will be published each year. (Note: updates can only be used with the Subject Headings Manual base text and not with the obsolete Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings.)

Update no. 1, 2009
Price
$40 in North America
$70 outside North America

Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings--Updates

2006 Updates (2 issues)
$40 in North America
$80 outside North America

2007 Subscription Updates (2 issues)
$40 in North America
$80 outside North America

2008 Subscription updates (2 issues)
$40 in North America
$80 outside North America

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Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles of Structure and Policies for Application (1990)

Prepared by Lois Mai Chan

A concise overview/introduction to the principles used to establish and apply LC subject headings. Explains the basic principles on which the Library of Congress Subject Headings (5 vols.) and Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings (4 vols.) are based. ISBN 0-8444-0688-4

Price

$21 North America
$23 outside North America

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LC Subject Headings Weekly Lists

Now available on the Library of Congress's Policy and Standards Division webpage. Updated weekly! The Weekly Lists tell you the headings that LC's catalogers have created, changed or deleted since the printing of LCSH 20th edition.

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