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SUBJECT PROFILE - INDIA - ENGLISH

NOTE: * Available in Selective set (92) consisting of the best scholarship and highest quality publications; representative set (91) consisting of titles in the selective set as well as those selected for the representative set; comprehensive set (90) consisting of all titles selected for that subject.

*00 General reference tools, including collective biography (specific reference titles are included under   subject)

  01    Museums, galleries

  02    Library and information science

HUMANITIES

  03    Philosophy (non-South Asian), logic, ethics, psychology

  04    Occult sciences, including astrology

  05    Comparative philosophy and religion

*06    Brahmanism, Hinduism, including. philosophy (sacred books, history, general works, special topics,   deities)

*07    Brahmanism, Hinduism, including. philosophy (individual sects and cults, and modern movements)

  08    Jainism, including philosophy

  09    Sikhism, including philosophy

*10    Islam, including philosophy

*11    Buddhism, including philosophy

  12    Judaism

*13    Christianity, Theosophy

  14    Zoroastrianism, Bahaism

  15    Religious sectarian literature, temple histories, folk religion, devotional literature and songs related to   specific sects

*16    Music (history; literature; performance, musical scores and notation, including folk music)

*17    Architecture

*18    Fine arts: Classical period, including painting, sculpture, drawing

*19    Fine arts: Modern period, including painting, sculpture, drawing (but not art catalogs)

*20    Decorative arts, including. jewelry, textiles, handicrafts, photography, metal working, wood working

*21    Photo-essays, photo-journalism

*22    Performing arts, including dance, theater

*23    Linguistics, including grammars and dictionaries: about South Asian languages

  24    Linguistics, including grammars and dictionaries: about English and non-South Asian languages

  25    Translations of creative literature from South Asian languages into English

*26    Creative Anglo-Indian literature

  27    (No longer in use)

*28    Literary history and criticism: about South Asian literatures including Anglo-Indian literature

  29    Literary history and criticism: about non-South Asian literatures

  30    Folk literature, e.g., collections of and individual folk tales, texts of folk songs, qissas, etc.

  31    Children's literature

SCIENCES

  32    Engineering

  33    Cooking & Nutrition

  34    Science, general

*35    Soil and water management, irrigation

  36    Oceanography and marine biology

  37    Biology (includes genetics)

  38    Fisheries

*39    Botany

*40    Zoology

  41    Microbiology

  42    Medicine: clinical medicine

  43    Medicine: tropical diseases

*44    Medicine: materia medica, systems of medicine indigenous to South Asia and homeopathy

  45    Mathematics

  46    Computer science

  47    Chemistry

  48    Physics

SUBJECT CATEGORIES WITH GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF CONTEXT SUBDIVISIONS

*49    Ecology, environmental planning, conservation, social forestry

*50    Energy and fuel; including issues, policy, exploration and production, nuclear power

  51    Forestry

*52    Technical agriculture: Plants, technological advances

  53    Technical agriculture: Animal husbandry, veterinary science and medicine, poultry, dairying,   technological advances

  54    Earth sciences (includes geology, climatology, meteorology and seismology)

HISTORY

  55    History of countries and areas outside South Asia

*56    Civilization and general cultural history (South Asia)

*57    Auxiliary sciences of history, including chronology, numismatics, epigraphy, genealogy

*58    Archaeology

*59    History: ancient and medieval (to ca. 1000)

*60    History: Muslim period (ca. 1000-1765), including political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and   military history; social conditions; politics and government

*61    History: European occupation, including political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and military   history; social conditions; politics and government

*62    History: modern, 1947-, including. political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and military history

SOCIAL SCIENCES

*63    Political science, including politics and government since 1947, political theory, elections, defense/security issues, foreign affairs

  64    Human rights and refugee issues

  65    Geography, including cultural, political, economic, and physical geography

  66    Sports and recreation; including Yoga

  67    Travel and tourism

*68    Anthropology and folklore studies, including. physical anthropology, ethnology, ethnography, caste,   community, folklore studies, manners and customs

*69    Sociology, including social conditions since 1947, family, marriage, methodology

*70    Gender studies

LAW

*71     Law, general

  72    Law, constitutional law

*73    Law: laws, statutes, etc. (codes; subject, jurisdiction collections, excluding single acts) (but not Islamic   Law)

*74    Law: commentaries, notes on specific acts or groups of acts (but not Islamic Law)

  75    Law: manuals, rules, regulations, compilations

*76    Law: court decisions, rules, regulations - compilations

  77    Law: personal and family law of various communities (but not Islamic Law)

SOCIAL SCIENCES (continued)

  78    Statistics, including collections of general and census statistics

*79    Economics: general; including economic liberalization, planning and policy

*80    Economics: Management, business, and public administration (incl. marketing and consumer behavior)

*81    Economics: public finance, taxation

*82    Economics: industry and commerce, private and public sectors

  83    Economics: small industry, industrial cooperatives

*84    Economics: trade, banking, finance

*85    Economics: agri-economics, including land tenure, land reform, agri-cooperatives & labor

  86    Economics: labor and labor organizations, employment (excluding agricultural labor)

  87    Economics: transport, including infra-structure issues, roads, railroads, air travel

*88    Social welfare, population control, public health

  89    Rural community development

  90    Urban and regional planning, land use, etc.

+91    Demography, migration, immigration, Indians abroad

*92    Mass media, mass communication, including radio, television, journalism, publishing, satellite   communication

  93    Education: general; including policy

  94    Education: primary, secondary

  95    Education: college, university, postgraduate

  96    Education: non-formal, adult literacy

  97    Art Catalogs

  98    Islamic Law

  99    Cinema including feature films, documentary films and tele-films

  + Subject category without Geographic Area of Context Subdivision

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Last Updated: June 21, 2011

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