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Subject Headings

Choose Library of Congress Subject Headings for books and other catalog records.

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For librarians and catalogers assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings, get candidate headings for a book, article, or other resource. Describe its subject, audience, place, and time period, and get suggestions with broader and narrower terms to consider. Compare possible headings and leave with a proposed subject-heading list and notes on indexing choices for catalog review.

What it writes

  • Proposed subject-heading list
  • Broader and narrower term options
  • Cataloging decision notes

How to use it

Include the resource’s title, a short summary, intended audience, geographic setting, and time period. Naming your cataloging standard helps narrow heading suggestions.

What you bring

  • Title and brief content summary
  • Audience, place, and time period
  • Cataloging standard in use
  • Know which cataloging standard applies

A good fit for

  • Cataloging a local history book about fishing in coastal Maine
  • Assigning headings to a children’s book about grief and change
  • Reviewing subject access for a collection on urban gardening

Ways to start

A few requests this Agent can handle.

I’m cataloging a 2023 book about Indigenous language revitalization in Alaska for adult readers. Suggest Library of Congress Subject Headings and broader terms to check.

This children’s picture book follows a girl coping with her parents’ divorce. What subject headings might fit, and what audience terms should I consider?

I need subject access for a local archive collection of 1970s tenant organizing in the Bronx. Suggest headings for the topic, place, and time period.

Good to know

This workspace provides text assistance.

  • Automatic catalog record creation or editing
  • Final authority control decisions without catalog review
  • Cannot check current authority records or browse catalogs
  • Suggestions may need verification against your cataloging rules

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