University of Mississippi Libraries - Subject Guide Template

Example LCSH Entry

Definition of Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Types of Subject Headings
Types of Subdivisions
Example LCSH Entry

Philosophy, Moral
Improper heading

USE
Ethics
Use instead
Equivalence relationship - USE references made from an unauthorized or unprefered term

Ethics   (May Subd Geog)
Proper Heading, may subdivide geographically.
    For example:
    Ethics--United States.

[BJ]

Suggested call number - about 36% of entries have this

UF
Deontology
Ethics, Primitive
[Former Heading]
Ethology
Moral philosophy
Morality
Morals
Philosophy, Moral
Science, Moral

Used for, lists the unauthorized or unprefered terms under the authorised/prefereed one
also equivalence relationship

BT    Philosophy
Broader topic - heirarchical relationship.
Linked to other headings by cross-referencing

RT
Values
Related topic - associative relationship
Joins two headings that are linked by something other than hierarchy

SA
subdivision Ethics under names of
individual persons and legislative
bodies; and subdivision Moral and
ethical aspects under non-religious or
non-ethical topics
See also - general reference to an entire group of headings or subdivisions, when it would be impractical to list them all
    For example:
    United States. Congress--Ethics

NT
Applied ethics
Appropriateness (Ethics)
Art and morals
_/-^/Vocation
Will
Work ethic

Narrower topic - heirarchical relationship.
Linked to other headings by cross-referencing

— Biblical teaching
Improper subdivision

USE Ethics in the Bible
Use instead

— Societies, etc.

Proper subdivision

Vocation
Proper Heading

Here are entered works dealing with the occupa-
tion of an individual in the sense of employment to
which he is destined by nature, or called, as it were,
by some higher power.
Scope note "provided when needed to ensure consistency of subject usage by specifying the range of subject usage by specifying the range of subject matter to which a heading is applied in the Library's catalog, by drawing necessary distinctions between related headings, or by stating which of several meanings of a heading is the one to which its use in the Library's catalog is limited."

UF
Calling
Use for

Philosophy, Moral		Improper heading
USE	Ethics	Use instead Equivalence relationship - USE references made from an unauthorized or unprefered term



Ethics (May Subd Geog)		Proper Heading, may subdivide geographically. For example: Ethics--United States.
[BJ]		Suggested call number - about 36% of entries have this
UF	Deontology Ethics, Primitive [Former Heading] Ethology Moral philosophy Morality Morals Philosophy, Moral Science, Moral	Used for, lists the unauthorized or unprefered terms under the authorised/prefereed one also equivalence relationship
BT	Philosophy	Broader topic - heirarchical relationship. Linked to other headings by cross-referencing
RT	Values	Related topic - associative relationship Joins two headings that are linked by something other than hierarchy
SA	subdivision Ethics under names of individual persons and legislative bodies; and subdivision Moral and ethical aspects under non-religious or non-ethical topics	See also - general reference to an entire group of headings or subdivisions, when it would be impractical to list them all For example: United States. Congress--Ethics
NT	Applied ethics Appropriateness (Ethics) Art and morals _/-^/Vocation Will Work ethic	Narrower topic - heirarchical relationship. Linked to other headings by cross-referencing
— Biblical teaching		Improper subdivision
USE	Ethics in the Bible	Use instead
— Societies, etc.		Proper subdivision



Vocation		Proper Heading
	Here are entered works dealing with the occupa- tion of an individual in the sense of employment to which he is destined by nature, or called, as it were, by some higher power.	Scope note "provided when needed to ensure consistency of subject usage by specifying the range of subject usage by specifying the range of subject matter to which a heading is applied in the Library's catalog, by drawing necessary distinctions between related headings, or by stating which of several meanings of a heading is the one to which its use in the Library's catalog is limited."
UF	Calling	Use for