subject headings

Presents suggested headings appropriate for use in the catalogs of small and medium-sized libraries, and provides patterns and instructions for adding new headings as they are required. The eighteenth edition features five hundred new subject headings, a revision of the classification numbers, and an addition to the Principles of the Sears List.

A list of suggested subject headings formulated for small and medium-sized libraries. New and revised headings in this edition reflect developments in the world and in the use of the English language. Changes in the form of the headings and in the structure and display of the list reflect shifts in the prevailing philosophy of subject cataloging.