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==Indicators==
The second indicator in fields 600-655 determines what type of heading a field is.  Some types of headings should always be retained if appropriate in records in the CCS database, others should always be deleted from records in the CCS database.
 
{| {{table}}
!Indicator!!Heading type!!Retain or delete
|-
| 0||Library of Congress subject heading (LCSH)||Retain
|-
| 1||Library of Congress Annotated Card program heading (LCAC)||Retain for children's material (Audn: a, b, c, or j); delete for everything else
|-
| 2||National Library of Medicine heading (MeSH)||Delete
|-
| 3||National Agricultural Library heading (NAL)||Delete
|-
| 4||Source not specified||Delete
|-
| 5||Canadian subject heading (NLC)||Delete
|-
| 6||French Canadian subject heading (NLC)||Retain for French-language material; delete for everything else<ref name=foreignheadings>You may, but are not required to add French subject headings to French-language material, Spanish subject headings to Spanish-language material, Polish subject headings to Polish-language material, etc.</ref>
|-
| 7||Source specified in &Dagger;2||Retain headings with source <code>gsafd</code> and <code>local</code>; retain headings with source <code>bidex</code> for Spanish-language material only<ref name=foreignheadings />; delete other types and <code>bidex</code> headings on non-Spanish materials
|-
| 8||Sears subject heading||Delete
|}
 
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==Uncontrolled headings==
Uncontrolled heading fields (field 653) should be converted to valid LCSH or deleted.
 
==British subject headings==
Do not assume that subject headings coded as LCSH in records from the British National Library (UKM) are valid headings or valid constructions; UKM uses its own subject cataloging rules that sometimes conflict with the Library of Congress' headings and rules.
 
==Form/genre headings==
Change all form/genre headings found in field 650 to field 655 for print material, videorecordings, and radio programs.
 
==Foreign-language material==
Use the appropriate LCAC headings for children's materials in a foreign language
 
'''Example'''
650 _1 Spanish language material.
 
Use the appropriate LCAC headings in a local subject heading (field 690) for adult materials in a foreign language
 
'''Example:'''
690    Spanish language material.

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