[Adapted from Yale]
| Subdivision | What Does It Identify? | Used Under What Kind of Heading? | Example(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archival Resources | Brief descriptions of types of documents/historical records, about a particular place or topic, available at an institution or institutions | Countries, etc. Topics |
Canada--History--Archival resources |
| Archives | Collections of documents or historical records including notes, correspondence, minutes, photographs, legal papers | Names of people Corporate bodies Educational institutions Types of corporate bodies/educational institutions Classes of persons Ethnic Groups |
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954--Archives |
| Autographs | Collections or discussions of the person's autograph or handwriting | Names of people Classes of persons |
Composers--Autographs |
| Biography | |||
| Caricatures and cartoons | Collections or discussions of caricatures or pictorial humor | Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Names of wars Topical headings |
New York (State)--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons |
| Catalogs | Works listing objects located in organizations, institutions or particular places | Names of artists Corporate bodies Types of organizations |
Fitzwilliam Museum--Catalogs |
| Comic books, strips, etc. | Names of people Topical headings |
Spiegelman, Art--Comic books, strips, etc. | |
| Correspondence | Letters from and/or to the person or people; can be subdivided by -Catalogs | Names of people Classes of persons Ethnic groups |
Nuns--Ireland--Correspondence |
| Description - [dates] | Add -Views for pictorial works | Cities | |
| Description and travel- [date] | Places | Quebec (Province)--Description and travel | |
| Diaries | Collections or discussions of the person's diaries and for individual diaries | Names of persons Classes of people |
Working class women--Massachusetts--Boston--Diaries |
| Early Works to 1800 | |||
| Facsimiles | Types of printed materials Specific documents |
Manuscripts, Belarusian (Old)--Facsimiles | |
| History--Sources | Collections or discussion of contemporary writings such as legal documents, letters, diaries, family papers,etc. assembled at a later time to serve as source material for research | Countries Names of people Classes of persons Ethnic groups Topical headings not inherently historical |
Civil rights--United States--History--Sources |
| Interviews | Works consisting of transcripts of what was said during the course of the interview or conversations with a person on one or more occasions | Names of people Classes of people |
Authors, Spanish--20th century--Interviews |
| Library Resources | Works describing the resources and special collections available | Countries Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Topical headings |
Health education--Library resources |
| Manuscripts | Manuscripts - Catalogs Manuscripts - Facsimiles Manuscripts - Indexes Manuscripts - Microform catalogs |
Literary authors Literary works that enter under title Sacred works Groups of authors Names of literatures Topical headings |
Music--Manuscripts--Netherlands--Utrecht |
| Maps | Individual maps or collections of maps | Countries, etc. Corporate bodies Topical headings |
Japan--Civilization--Maps |
| Notebooks, sketchbooks | Collections or discussions of the person's notebooks or sketchbooks | Names of people | Tsang, Fu Ji,Ê1958-Ê--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. |
| Personal narratives | Personal reminiscences or accounts by participants | Names of events Names of wars |
Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942--Personal narratives |
| Pamphlets | |||
| Pictorial Works | Names of people Named entities Classes of persons Ethnic groups Individual wars Topical headings |
Dachshunds--Pictorial works | |
| Portraits | Collections or discussion of portraits of persons living after 1400; use -Art for those living before | Names of people | Rabbis--Portraits |
| Posters | Collections or discussion of posters depicting the person, group, etc. | Names of people Corporate bodies Classes of persons Ethnic groups Individual wars Topical headings |
Local transit--United States--Posters |
| Self Portraits | Reproductions or discussion of self-portraits by the person | Names of people | Goya, Francisco,Ê1746-1828--Self-portraits |
| Speeches | |||
| Statues | Works discussing or containing reproductions of statues of the person | Names of people | Lincoln, Abraham,Ê1809-1865--Statues |