LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS (LCSH) https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/12/library-of-congress-subjec... ➨ Library of Congress Subject Headings is the list of headings produced from the subject authority file maintained by the United States Library of Congress for use in bibliographic records, and published annually. It is popularly known by its abbreviation as LCSH and is sometimes used interchangeably with the phrase subject authority file. LCSH is a multidisciplinary vocabulary that includes headings in all subjects, from science to religion, to history, social science, education, literature, and philosophy. It also includes headings for geographic features, ethnic groups, historical events, building names, etc. Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is the most widely used subject vocabulary in the world. It is the model for many other vocabularies in English and other languages and has been translated into numerous languages. The strongest aspect of LCSH is that it represents subject headings of the Library of Congress, the national library of the United States, one of the richest of national libraries of the world. The administrative and managerial machinery of LC has made it possible for LCSH to stand out as an undisputed leader. LCSH is also used as indexing vocabulary in a number of published bibliographies … … … This new encyclopedic entry answers following questions: - What is Library of Congress Subject Headings? - What is scope of Library of Congress Subject Headings? - What is history Library of Congress Subject Headings? - How LCSH is produced? - Is LCSH a thesaurus? - Where LCSH is applied? - What is the cost of Library of Congress Subject Headings? - How LCSH applies a syndetic structure? - How LCSH is revised? - What are the different types of headings in LCSH? - How many headings are available in LCSH? - How present LCSH is different from the previous LCSH? - How to use in LCSH the names of persons and corporate bodies, jurisdictions and quasi-jurisdictional entities, and titles as subject headings? - Where can we get free LCSH? - What are the tools and resources for providing LCSH? - How to give LCSH in a bibliographic record according to international standards? READ MORE FROM SOURCE: Library of Congress Subject Headings https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/12/library-of-congress-subjec... https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/12/library- of-congress-subject-headings.html Salman Haider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.