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Category for sites dealing with the Library of Congress Subject Heading and classification schemes. This system is primarily used by academic libraries and large public libraries.

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• LC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/
  "The primary web page for the Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I), a thesaurus of terms for subject indexing of pictorial materials. TGM I is primarily designed for automated cataloging and indexing systems. It is authorized for use in MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) records and adheres to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidelines for thesaurus construction."

• LC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II (TGM II)

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/
  "This is the main web page for the Thesaurus for Graphics Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms. It is a thesaurus of terms developed by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, with input from other archival image repositories. This is a companion volume to the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms."

• Library of Congress Cataloging and Acquisitions

  http://www.loc.gov/aba/
  The homepage of the Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate.

• The application of form data to works of fiction: Discussion paper

  http://www.pitt.edu/~agtaylor/ala/papers/blfictio.html
  "This paper reviews the application of form and genre headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings to works of fiction. The purpose of this study is to highlight the issues arising from the planned implementation of the new 655 field and $v subfield for form data on the LCSH file in the specific context of one major literary genre." By the British Library Fiction Indexing Group

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