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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 [[Foreign language materials]] for those types of resources.


==Subject Headings (600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651)==
==Subject headings (600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651)==
The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other subject headings:
The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other subject headings:
*Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
*Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
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*Use subdivision {{subfield|v}}Specimens only for realia (e.g. Telescopes{{subfield|v}}Specimens).
*Use subdivision {{subfield|v}}Specimens only for realia (e.g. Telescopes{{subfield|v}}Specimens).


==Genre/Form Headings (655)==
==Genre/Form headings (655)==
The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other genre/form headings:
The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other genre/form headings:



Revision as of 19:35, 23 May 2017

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.

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

The following thesauri are acceptable. Delete all other subject headings:

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
  • Library of Congress Children’s Subject Headings (formerly LCAC)
  • Local subject headings (690, 691)


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

  • Bilindex (Spanish, ‡2bidex)
  • QLSP (Spanish, ‡2qlsp)
  • Polish subject headings for Polish-language material, etc.


  • 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.
  • Use subdivision ‡vSpecimens only for realia (e.g. Telescopes‡vSpecimens).

Genre/Form headings (655)

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


  • 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 headings in a 655 field.
INCORRECT: 655 _0 Operas‡vExcerpts. 655 _0 Science fiction‡xWomen authors. 655 _0 Science fiction, American. 655 _7 Feature films‡zFrance.