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The Headings List Types are derived from several authoritative lists or thesauri, whose short titles appear as part of the Headings List display.

Headings List Types

The Headings List includes a column indicating the source of the subject and genre/form headings appearing in online catalog records and search results. The short titles in these columns are sometimes a clue to the source of the catalog record or the type of the material it describes.

Some in-process records in the Online Catalog may display subject headings from thesauri or subject heading systems other than those listed below. These headings will not become part of the final catalog record. Information about these thesauri is available online in the MARC Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

SUBJECTS
Heading Type Full Title
Binding terms for rare books and special Binding Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Reseach Libraries, ALA).
Notes: Binding terms assigned as genre/form terms in catalog records for rare books
Canadian subject headings Canadian Subject Headings (Ottawa: National Library of Canada).
Notes: Headings in English authorized by the National Library of Canada.

Information about the publication is available at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/1/6/

Genre terms for rare books and special collections Genre Terms: a Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries).
Notes: Assigned as form/genre terms in catalog records for rare books.
Guidelines on subj. access to works of fiction Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc. (Chicago: Resources and Technical Services Division, American Library Association).
Notes: Headings indicating specific literary genres, e.g. "Gothic novels," "Detective and mystery stories."
LC subject headings Library of Congress Subject Headings (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress).
Notes: Subject headings for books, serials, and other types of material in the Library of Congress (LC) are predominantly drawn from this list of LC subject authority records.

Information about the publication is available at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/lcsh.html#lcsh20

LC subject headings for children Subject Headings for Children's Literature (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress).
Notes: Headings on records for juvenile fiction and nonfiction, reflecting the vocabulary, interests, and search strategies of library users age 15 or younger.
Moving image genre-form guide The Moving Image Genre-Form Guide. Draft. Compiled by Brian Taves, Judi Hoffman, Karen Lund. (Library of Congress: Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division, Feb. 1998).
Notes: Genre/form terms assigned in catalog records for moving images.

Available online at http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/migintro.html

Moving image materials: genre terms Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms. Martha M. Yee, compiler for the National Moving Image Database Standards Committee at the American Film Institute. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress).
Notes: Genre terms assigned in some catalog records for moving images.
National Agriculture Library subjects National Agricultural Library Subject Authority File.
Notes: Headings authorized by the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Current NAL cataloging uses Library of Congress Subject Headings for books and serials.
not applicable various conditions
Notes: A number of different situations generate this designation, e.g., the source of the heading was not specified or the headings list specified has not yet been given an appropriate label in the online catalog.
Printing & publishing evidence (printing) Printing and Publishing Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA).
Notes: Printing terms assigned as form/genre terms in catalog records for rare books.
Printing & publishing evidence (publishing terms) Printing and Publishing Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA).
Notes: Publishing terms assigned as form/genre terms in catalog records for rare books.
Provenance evidence for rare books and special Provenance Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA).
Notes: Provenance terms assigned as form/genre terms in catalog records for rare books.
Radio form/genre terms guide Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division).
Notes: An unpublished list of radio form/genre terms created and used by the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Repertoire de vedettes-matier Répertoire de[s] vedettes-matière (Ottawa: Canada. Library of Parliament) .
Notes: Headings in French authorized by the National Library of Canada.

Information about the publication is available at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/rvmweb/index-e.htm

Thesaurus for graphic materials: TGM I, sub. terms Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM I, Subject Terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service).
Notes: Subject terms for still image material.

Available online at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/

Thesaurus for graphic materials Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM II, Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress).
Notes: Genre/form terms for still image material.

Available online at:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/

Type evidence for rare books and special Type Evidence: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
Notes: Typeface terms assigned as form/genre terms in catalog records for rare books.

NAMES
Heading Type Full Title
personal name Library of Congress name authority records
Notes: The authorized form of the name of a person responsible for a work (e.g, author, editor, contributor, creator, performer, composer, artist, etc.).
corporate name Library of Congress name authority records
Notes: The authorized form of the name of a group responsible for a work (e.g., corporation, association, company, government body, jurisdiction, etc.).
meeting name Library of Congress name authority records
Notes: The authorized form of the name of a meeting, conference, symposium, etc. responsible for a work.

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