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Follow these guidelines for subject and genre headings (6XX fields) in the CCS database. See also [[Children's subject headings]] and [[Foreign language materials]] for those types of resources.
Follow these guidelines for subject and genre headings (6XX fields) in the CCS database. See also [[Children's subject headings]] and [[Non-English Language Materials]] for those types of resources.


==Subject headings (600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651)==
==Subject headings (600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651)==

Revision as of 17:09, 11 November 2022

Follow these guidelines for subject and genre headings (6XX fields) in the CCS database. See also Children's subject headings and Non-English Language Materials for those types of resources.

Subject headings (600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651)

  • Every record must have at least one subject heading, or at least one 655 heading if no 600-651 headings apply.
  • Every record for a single work of fiction must have at least one subject heading, and applicable 655 headings.
  • Use subdivision ‡vSpecimens only for realia (e.g. Telescopes‡vSpecimens).

The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other subject headings for resources in English:

Optionally, any of the following may be added for resources in languages other than English:

  • Bilindex (Spanish, ‡2bidex)
  • QLSP (Spanish, ‡2qlsp)
  • Autoridades de la Biblioteca Nacional de España (Spanish Subject Headings, ‡2embne)

Genre/Form headings (655)

  • Always add any applicable genre/form headings, in a 655 field.
  • Be as specific as possible (e.g. Textured books, instead of the more general Toy and movable books)
  • Do not subdivide, or qualify by nationality, any heading in a 655 field.

The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other genre/form headings:

INCORRECT: 655 _0 Operas‡vExcerpts. 655 _0 Science fiction‡xWomen authors. 655 _0 Science fiction, American. 655 _0 Christmas stories. 655 _7 Feature films‡zFrance. 655 _0 Motion pictures, French. 655 _0 Urdu fiction. 655 _7 Suspense fiction.‡2gsafd 655 _7 Mystery fiction.‡2gsafd 650 _1 Fantasy. 655 _1 Fantasy.