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Subject headings

LC control no.sh 85129426
LC classificationZ695
Topical headingSubject headings
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Variant(s)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)
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Subject cataloging
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FRSAD (Conceptual model)
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Scope noteHere are entered general works on subject headings and lists of subject headings in the English language. This heading may be further subdivided by the topic of the subject headings, e.g., Subject headings--Aeronautics.
Found inStructured 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)
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)