Olympics
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Olympics
- Here are entered comprehensive works on the Olympics, as well as general works on the summer Olympics. General works on the winter Olympics are entered under [Winter Olympics.] Works on the summer or winter Olympic games of a particular year are entered under the appropriate name heading, e.g. [Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montréal, Québec); Olympic Winter Games (20th : 2006 : Turin, Italy)]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094647
- info:lc/authorities/sh85094647
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85094647#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Games, Olympic
- Olympic games
- Summer Olympics
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Olympic games
Sources
- found: Britannica Micro. (Olympic Games; referred to as Olympics in article)
- found: World Book (Olympic Games; referred to as Olympics in article)
- found: Web. 3 (Olympics, Olympic Games)
- found: LC data base, 05/22/87 (158 titles use Olympics; 101 titles use Olympic Games)
LC Classification
- GV721.18-GV722
General Notes
- Here are entered comprehensive works on the Olympics, as well as general works on the summer Olympics. General works on the winter Olympics are entered under [Winter Olympics.] Works on the summer or winter Olympic games of a particular year are entered under the appropriate name heading, e.g. [Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montréal, Québec); Olympic Winter Games (20th : 2006 : Turin, Italy)]
Change Notes
- 2006-05-02: new
- 2006-06-08: revised
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