Library of Congress Subject Headings

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controlled vocabulary library classification tool subject heading system

Library of Congress Subject Headings is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary used by libraries worldwide to provide standardized subject access to cataloged materials.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Library of Congress Subject Headings canonical	16
LCSH	1
Library of Congress Children’s Subject Headings	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	controlled vocabulary ⓘ library classification tool ⓘ subject heading system ⓘ
appliesTo	library catalogs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Library of Congress Subject Headings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: LCSH
hasApplicationArea	academic research ⓘ general collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ
hasComponent	chronological headings ⓘ form headings ⓘ genre headings ⓘ geographic headings ⓘ topical headings ⓘ
hasCriticism	bias in terminology ⓘ insufficient representation of marginalized groups ⓘ
hasDataModel	MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARC 21 authority format SKOS ⓘ
hasFeature	authorized headings ⓘ scope notes ⓘ see also references ⓘ see references ⓘ subdivision structure ⓘ
hasGovernance	Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division ⓘ surface form: Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress
hasHistoricalPredecessor	subject headings used in the American Library Association catalog ⓘ
hasRelatedSystem	Library of Congress Classification ⓘ Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ⓘ Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ⓘ
hasUpdateFrequency	continuous ⓘ
isAccessibleVia	Library of Congress Online Catalog ⓘ id.loc.gov ⓘ
isBasisFor	subject authority records ⓘ
isPublishedAs	online database ⓘ printed volumes ⓘ
isUsedIn	MARC 21 bibliographic records ⓘ linked data applications ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
maintainedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
startUseYear	early 20th century ⓘ
supports	post-coordination ⓘ pre-coordination ⓘ
usedBy	academic libraries ⓘ national libraries ⓘ public libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ
usedFor	indexing ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ subject access ⓘ
usedWorldwide	true ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LOC → maintains → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

subject surface form: Library of Congress

Library of Congress Online Catalog → usesSubjectHeadingSystem → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Classification → hasRelatedSystem → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Subject Headings → hasAbbreviation → Library of Congress Subject Headings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: LCSH

Library of Congress catalogers → useSystem → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress authority record → usedIn → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → distinguishedFrom → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → relatedTo → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms → relatedVocabulary → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate → usesStandard → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus → usedWith → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus → relatedTo → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

Library of Congress Linked Data Service → hasPart → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Children’s Subject Headings

LCGFT → isSeparateFrom → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

LCGFT → relatedTo → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

LCDGT → relatedStandard → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ

MARC Geographic Areas → relatedTo → Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ