In the LCSH, subject heading types are grouped by
the number of words that comprise the heading, and also by word order.
Heading
type
|
|
Example
|
| one-word |
|
Animals |
| two-word |
|
Domestic
animals |
| two-word,
inverted |
|
Animals, Fossil
Animals--Mortality
Adaptation (Biology) |
|
class first;
narrowed either by invertion,
subdivision, or ( )
|
|
three+ words |
|
|
| AND - express
relationship |
|
Computers and
college students |
| AND - combine
similar headings |
|
Educational
tests and
measurements |
| Prep. phrases - normal
word order |
|
Education of princes in
literature |
| Prep. phrases - inverted |
|
Plants--Effect of
pesticides on |
Most names (personal, corporate, events, etc.) are not listed in
the
LCSH.
Geographical names are traditionally inverted to keep the generic terms
from being the main focus.
|
Lake Springfield (Ill.) |
|
USE |
Springfield,
Lake (Ill.)
|
|
|