Subject-Specific Schemes (Classification)

Subject-Specific Schemes Sites:

Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS): A subject-specific, hierarchical classification scheme prepared by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in collaboration with certain other members of the International Council on Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI). The site provides the 19 (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://www.aip.org/pacs/ Medical Subject Headings Medical Subject Headings: The Medical Subject Headings comprise the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles, for cataloging books and other holdings, and for searching MeSH-indexed databases, including MEDLINE. This site includes Changes in (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html Lesbian & Gay Newsmedia Archive Subject Classification Lesbian & Gay Newsmedia Archive Subject Classification: Simplified classification devised for the Hall-Carpenter Archive of news clippings covering lesbian, gay and bisexual life in Britain. (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://hallcarpenter.tripod.com/hca/classification.html Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR) Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR): Outlines the major categories of the ANSCR classifiction system and provides a brief explanation of the call number composition. ANSCR is the system used by many public and academic libraries for the arrangement of sound recordings. (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/anscr_class.htm Preservation Descriptors & Classification Schemes Preservation Descriptors & Classification Schemes: Classification schema related to preservation, drawn from a number of sources, including LISA, ERIC, Art Index, Applied Science and Technology Index, and seven others. (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/lex/kessecls/ Mathematical Subject Classification Mathematical Subject Classification: A detailed outline of the classification scheme used by the American Mathematical Society for papers on mathematical subjects. (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://www.ams.org/msc/ NLM (National Library of Medicine) Classification NLM (National Library of Medicine) Classification: Covers the field of medicine and related sciences. Designed to enable integration into an LCC environment, it utilizes schedules QS-QZ and W-WZ, permanently excluded from the LC Classification Schedules. (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/ The Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser The Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser: "The Art & Architecture Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary that can be used to improve access to cultural heritage information in the global networked environment. ... The AAT is a comprehensive vocabulary of nearly 120,000 terms for describing (Subject-Specific Schemes) http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html