Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
The Subject Cataloging Manual from LC is available in the Cataloger's Desktop. Click on Subject Cataloging Manuals then select Subject Cataloging Manual-Subject Headings. Click on General Topics and read section H80 - Order of Subject Headings.
Section H1146 discusses the use of Subject Headings controlled by Pattern Headings and lists where to find the examples. H1095 discusses the use of free-floating subdivisions. H370 explains the use of References, i.e. BT, NT, RT. You should explore this resource to ensure your understanding of using LCSH.
Go to Classification Web from the Cataloger's Tools page and login. Click on Tutorials - then Subject Headings. Read thru the Subject Headings Tutorial. See first 2 images on the left.
After reading the tutorial, either use the back button in Classification Web or click on the Menu button. Click on LC Subject Headings. Notice the example of a search for fighter jets. The term does not appear in the list but other terms appear. From this list, it becomes evident that the preferred term is fighter planes. Notice the UF - meaning that fighter planes is the proper term to Use For fighter-bombers. Also there is a possibility of NT (narrower terms) by using the specific name of the plane. Headings that are in bold may be used. See 3rd and 4th images on the left. Notice the options of front and back arrows and logout at the top of the search page.
Assignment: Choose the appropriate subject headings and subdivsions for the following two items. Use LCSH from Classification Web. Remember - to assign a subject heading, a topic should be a significant portion of the item.
1) list the number of the item below
2) give the subject heading and any subdivisions in MARC format showing indicators and delimiters also.
1) from Table of Contents - theories of youth homicide, studying youth homicide, role of early childhood experiences, lessons learned in adolescence, homicides in context, charged and convicted: experiences in custody and the community
from front cover - social psychological study of youth homicide
2) from blurb on the cover - in the closing weeks of World War II, advancing Allied armies uncovered the horror of the Nazi concentration camps. The first camp to be liberated in western Germany was Buchenwald, on April 11, 1945... Nowhere else was such a systematic effort made to talk with prisoners and record their firsthand knowledge of the daily life, structure, and functioning of a concentration camp. The result was an important and unique document
Example of completed assignment
3) 600 1 0 [a]Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), [d]1917-1963.
650 1 0 [a]Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
650 2 0 [a]United States[x]Foreign relations[z]Soviet Union.