Subject headings
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Subject headings
- Here are entered general works on subject headings and lists of subject headings in the English language. This heading may be further subdivided by subject, e.g. [Subject headings--Aeronautics.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85129426
- info:lc/authorities/sh85129426
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85129426#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Controlled vocabularies (Subject headings)
- Headings, Subject
- Indexing vocabularies
- Lists of subject headings
- Structured vocabularies (Subject headings)
- Subject authorities (Information retrieval)
- Subject authority files (Information retrieval)
- Subject authority records (Information retrieval)
- Subject heading lists
- Subject headings, English
- Vocabularies, Controlled (Subject headings)
- Vocabularies, Structured (Subject headings)
- Thesauri (Controlled vocabularies)
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Structured vocabularies for information retrieval--guide, 2005- : pt. 1, p. 1 (thesauri and other structured vocabularies) p. 2, etc. (controlled vocabulary: prescribed list of terms or headings each one having an assigned meaning; structured vocabulary: set of terms, headings or concept codes and their inter-relationships which may be used to support information retrieval; subject heading list: list of terms used to represent the subjects of documents; thesaurus: controlled vocabulary in which concepts are represented by preferred terms, formally organized so that paradigmatic relationships between the concepts are made explicit, and the preferred terms are accompanied by lead-in entries for synonyms or quasi-synonyms)
- found: Structured vocabularies for information retrieval--guide, 2005- : pt. 1, p. 1 (thesauri and other structured vocabularies) p. 2, etc. (subject heading list: list of terms used to represent the subjects of documents; thesaurus: controlled vocabulary in which concepts are represented by preferred terms, formally organized so that paradigmatic relationships between the concepts are made explicit, and the preferred terms are accompanied by lead-in entries for synonyms or quasi-synonyms)
LC Classification
- Z695
General Notes
- Here are entered general works on subject headings and lists of subject headings in the English language. This heading may be further subdivided by subject, e.g. [Subject headings--Aeronautics.]
Change Notes
- 2001-03-10: new
- 2010-08-24: revised
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