Authorities & Vocabularies
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The Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies service enables both humans and machines to programmatically access authority data at the Library of Congress via URIs.
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
LCSH has been actively maintained since 1898 to catalog materials held at the Library of Congress. By virtue of cooperative cataloging other libraries around the United States also use LCSH to provide subject access to their collections. In addition LCSH is used internationally, often in translation.
Authorities Concept Scheme
This is a general Concept Scheme for all authorities.
Personal Names Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Personal Name authorities.
Corporate Names Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Corporate Name authorities.
Meetings Name Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Meeting Name authorities.
Uniform Titles Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Uniform Title authorities.
Chronological Terms Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Chronological term authorities.
Topical Terms Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Topical term authorities.
Geographic Names Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Geographic Name authorities.
Genres/Forms Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Genre and Form terms authorities.
General Subdivisions Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for General Subdivision authorities.
Geographic Subdivisions Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Geographic Subdivision authorities.
Chronological Subdivisions Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Chronological Subdivision authorities.
Form Subdivisions Concept Scheme
This is a Concept Scheme for Form Subdivision authorities.