Alphabetical Guide to Common Subject Headings
The Alphabetical Guide to Common Subject Headings
By The Curmudgeony Librarian
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| A | Back to Top | ||
| Abortion | 179.7, 363.46 | Animals | 590-599 |
| Accounting | 657 | Anime | 741 |
| Acid Rain | 363.73 | Anorexia Nervosa | 616.8526 |
| ACT | 378.1664 | Antiques | 745-748 |
| Acting | 792.028 | AP Tests | 378.166 |
| Adoption | 362.734 | Appliance Repair | 643.6 |
| Advertising | 659.1 | Aquariums | 639.34 |
| African American Culture | 305.896 | Archaeology | 930 |
| African American History | 973.0496 | Architecture | 720 |
| African Cooking | 641.596 | Art | 700 |
| African History | 960 | Art History | 709 |
| Aged Persons | 305.26, 362.6 | Art Technique | 751.4 |
| AIDS | 616.9792 | Arthritis | 616.722 |
| Air Conditioning | 697 | Artists | 759 |
| Air Pollution | 363.7392 | Arts and Crafts | 745, 746 |
| Airplanes | 358.4, 387.7, 629.1334 | Asia | 915 |
| Alcoholism | 362.292, 613.81 | Asian Cooking | 641.595 |
| Aliens, Extraterrestrials | 001.94 | Asian History | 950 |
| Allergies | 616.97, 618.9297 | Asthma | 616.238 |
| Almanacs | 314-319 | Astrology | 133.5 |
| Alternative Energy | 621.47 | Astronomy | 520 |
| Alternative Medicine | 615.5 | ASVAB | 355.0076 |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | 616.831 | Atlases | 912 |
| American History | 973 | Attention Deficit Disorder | 616.8589 |
| American Literature | 810 | Autism | 618.928982 |
| Anatomy, Human | 611, 612 | Automobile Repair | 629.24-629.287 |
| Ancient History | 930-939 | Automobiles | 629.22 |
| Angels | 235.3, 291.215 | Aztecs | 972.018 |
| Animal Rights | 179.3 | ||
| B | Back to Top | ||
| Baby Names | 929.4 | Blues Music | 781.643 |
| Backaches | 617.56 | Board Games | 794 |
| Baking | 648.8 | Boating | 797.1 |
| Ballet | 792.8 | Boats | 623.8 |
| Bankruptcy | 346.73078 | Bodybuilding | 646.75 |
| Banks and Banking | 332.1 | Bonds | 332.6 |
| Baseball | 796.357 | Botany | 580 |
| Baseball Cards | 769.4979, 790.132 | Bowling | 794.6 |
| Basketball | 796.323 | Breast Cancer | 616.9 |
| Batteries | 621.3 | Breastfeeding | 649.33 |
| Beauty | 646.7 | Bridge | 795.415 |
| Bible | 220 | Bridges | 624.2 |
| Bicycling | 796.6 | Buddhism | 294.3 |
| Biographies | 920-921 | Bugs | 595.7 |
| Biology | 570 | Bulldozers | 624.15 |
| Bioterrorism | 303.6, 613.6 | Business | 330, 650 |
| Birds as Pets | 636.6 | Business Financing | 658.15 |
| Birds, Wild | 598 | Business Foundations | 658.15224 |
| Birdwatching | 598.2 | Business Management | 658.302 |
| Birth Control | 613.9 | Business Marketing | 658.8 |
| Bluegrass Music | 781.642 | Business Writing | 658.02 |
| C | Back to Top | ||
| Calligraphy | 745.61 | Citizenship | 323.623 |
| Camping | 796.54 | Civil Rights | 323.4, 973.92 |
| Canadian History | 971 | Civil War | 973.73 |
| Cancer | 616.994 | Classical Music | 781.68 |
| Capital Punishment | 364.66 | Cleaning | 640, 648 |
| Car Repair | 629.2 | Climate | 551.6 |
| Card Games | 795.4 | Clip Art | 741.62 |
| Careers | 331.129 | Cloning | 174, 571, 575 |
| Carpentry | 694 | Coin Collecting | 737.4 |
| Cartooning | 741.5 | Collectables | 745, 790.132 |
| Cartoons | 741.5 | Collectables | 796.4075 |
| Castles | 728.8 | College Tests | 331.10378 |
| Cats as Pets | 363.8 | Colleges | 378.1 |
| Cells | 574.87 | Colleges & Universities | 378 |
| Censorship | 363.31, 025.213 | Commodities Trading | 332.644 |
| Central American History | 972.8 | Computer Games | 794.8 |
| Central American Travel | 917.28 | Computers | 004-006 |
| Checkers | 794.2 | Constitution Study Guides | 323.6 |
| Chemistry | 540 | Contraception | 613.94 |
| Chess | 794.1 | Cookbooks | 641.5-641.8 |
| Chicago Description and Travel | 917.7311 | Cookies | 641.8 |
| Chicago History | 977.311 | Copyright, Patents | 346.73048 |
| Child Abuse | 362.7 | Cosmetics | 646.7 |
| Child Birth | 618.2 | Costume | 391, 646.478, 746, 792 |
| Child Care | 155.4, 362.7, 649.1 | Cover Letters | 650.14 |
| Child Psychology | 155.4 | Crafts | 745, 746 |
| Chinese Cooking | 641.5951 | Creative Writing | 808.02 |
| Chinese Language | 495.1 | Crime and Criminals | 364 |
| Chinese Literature | 895.1 | Crime, True | 364.1523 |
| Christian Life | 248 | Crocheting | 746.43 |
| Christmas | 394.268 | Cross-Stitch | 746.443 |
| Christmas Crafts | 745.5941 | Crystals | 522, 548 |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | 616.925 | Cults | 291.0973 |
| Circuses | 791.3 | ||
| D | Back to Top | ||
| Dance | 792.8, 793.3 | Dinosaurs | 566-567.91 |
| Day Care | 362.712, 649.1 | Disaster Preparedness | 363.35 |
| Death and Dying | 155.93 | Diseases | 616 |
| Death Penalty | 364.66 | Divorce | 306.89, 346.0166, 346.730166 |
| Decks | 643.55 | Dogs as Pets | 636.7 |
| Dental Care | 617.6 | Do-It-Yourself Repairs | 643.7 |
| Depression | 616.8527 | Doll Houses | 745.5923 |
| Deserts | 577.54 | Dolls | 745.5922 |
| Desktop Publishing | 006.68, 686.22544 | Down’s Syndrome | 618.9285 |
| Desserts | 641.6-641.8 | Drama Collections | 808.82 |
| Diabetes | 616.462 | Drawing | 741-743 |
| Dictionaries | 423 | Dreams | 135.3, 154.63 |
| Dictionaries | 430-499 | Drug Abuse | 362.29, 613.8, 616.86 |
| Diet and Nutrition | 613.25 | Drugs, Medicinal | 615 |
| Diets | 641.563 | Drunk Driving | 362.292 |
| E | Back to Top | ||
| Earth Science | 550 | English Language | 420 |
| Earthquakes | 551.2 | English Literature | 820 |
| Eating Disorders | 616.8526 | Environment | 363 |
| Ecology | 577 | Environments | 577 |
| Economics | 330, 338 | Epilepsy | 616.853 |
| Education | 370-378 | ESP | 133.8 |
| Educational Grants | 378.3 | Espionage | 327.12 |
| Egyptian History | 932 | Estate Planning | 332.024, 346.05 |
| Elections | 324.6 | Ethics | 170 |
| Elections, Presidential | 324.973 | Etiquette | 395 |
| Electricity | 537, 621.3 | European Cooking | 641.594 |
| Electronics | 621.381 | European History | 940 |
| Embroidery | 746.44 | European Travel | 914 |
| Endangered Species | 591.042 | Euthanasia | 174.24, 179.7 |
| Engines | 621.4 | Evolution | 569.9, 576.8 |
| Engines, Small | 621.434 | Exercise | 613.7 |
| English Cooking | 641.5942 | Explorers | 910, 915.02 |
| English History | 942 | Eye Care | 617.7 |
| F | Back to Top | ||
| Fabric | 677 | Flower Gardening | 635.9 |
| Fairy Tales | 398 | Flowers | 582.13 |
| Family | 306.8, 646.78 | Flying Saucers | 001.942 |
| Fashion | 391 | Folklore | 398 |
| Fashion Design | 746.92 | Food | 641.1 |
| Feminism | 305.42 | Foot Care | 617.585 |
| Films | 791.43 | Football | 796.332 |
| Financial Aid | 378.3 | Foreign Language | 427-499 |
| Financial Planning | 332.024, 346.7305 | Fossils | 560 |
| Fire Engines | 628.9 | Foundational Grants | 001.44 |
| Firearms | 683.4 | Foundations | 361.76 |
| Firefighters | 363.37 | Franchises | 381.13 |
| First Aid | 616.0252 | French Cooking | 641.5955 |
| Fishes | 597 | French History | 944 |
| Fishes as Pets | 639.34 | French Language | 440 |
| Fishing | 799.1 | French Literature | 840 |
| Fitness | 613.7 | Frogs | 597.8 |
| Flags | 929.9 | Frogs as Pets | 639 |
| Flight | 533.6 | Fund Raising Foundations | 361.70681 |
| Flower Arranging | 745.92 | Furniture Making & repair | 684.1 |
| G | Back to Top | ||
| Gambling | 795 | German Language | 430 |
| Games | 793-796 | German Literature | 830 |
| Gangs | 364.1066 | Ghosts | 133.1 |
| Gardening | 635 | Gifted Children | 371.95 |
| Gay, Lesbian | 305-306 | Golf | 796.352 |
| GED Tests | 373.1262 | Graphic Design | 686.2 |
| Genealogy | 929.1, 929.3 | GRE Test | 378.166 |
| General Encyclopedias | 031 | Greek History | 938 |
| General Science Encyclopedias | 503 | Greenhouse Effect | 363.7387 |
| Genetics | 576 | Grief | 155.937 |
| Geography | 910 | Grooming | 646.7 |
| Geology | 550 | Guitar | 787.87 |
| Gerbils | 636.93233 | Gun Control | 363.33 |
| German Cooking | 641.5943 | Guns | 683.4, 355.82 |
| German History | 943 | Gymnastics | 796.4 |
| H | Back to Top | ||
| Hair Care | 612.79, 616.5, 646.724 | Holocaust | 940.5318 |
| Hairstyles | 646.72 | Home Construction | 690.8 |
| Hamsters | 363. | Home Remodeling, Repairs | 643 |
| Handicrafts | 745, 746 | Home Schooling | 371.042, 649.68 |
| Handwriting Analysis | 155.282 | Home-based Businesses | 658.041 |
| Headaches | 616.8491 | Homelessness | 362.5 |
| Health | 610-619 | Homosexuality | 305.9, 306.766 |
| Health Care | 362.1 | Horse Racing | 798.4 |
| Heart Disease | 616.12 | Horses | 636.1 |
| Heat | 536 | Horses and Horsemanship | 363.1, 798 |
| Herbs | 581.61 | Hot Air Balloons | 797.51 |
| Herbs, Medicinal | 615.321 | House Buying and Selling | 332.7, 643.12 |
| Herbs-Growing | 635.7 | House Plans | 728.37 |
| High Blood Pressure | 616.132 | Housecleaning | 640, 648.5 |
| Hiking | 796.5 | Household Hints | 640 |
| Hinduism | 294.5 | Houseplants | 635.965 |
| Hip Hop Music | 782.42 | Human Body | 611-612 |
| Hispanic Culture | 305.868 | Humor Anthologies | 808.87, 817-818 |
| Hispanic History | 973.0468 | Hunting | 799.2 |
| Hockey | 796.962 | Hypnosis | 154.7 |
| Holidays | 394.26 | ||
| I | Back to Top | ||
| Ice Hockey | 796.962 | Insulation | 693.832 |
| Ice Skating | 796.91 | Insurance | 368 |
| Illinois Constitution | 342.773 | Interior Decorating | 747 |
| Illinois Description and Travel | 917.73 | Interior Design | 747 |
| Illinois Hiking Trails | 917.73 | Internet | 004.67 |
| Illinois History | 977.3 | Inventions | 608-609 |
| Illinois Law | 347.730822 | Investing | 332.6 |
| Illinois Travel | 917.73 | Islam | 297 |
| Immigration | 342.082 | Italian Cooking | 641.5945 |
| Incas | 985.01 | Italian History | 945 |
| Income Tax | 336.24 | Italian Language | 450 |
| Indians of North America | 970 | Italian Literature | 850 |
| Insects | 595.7 | ||
| J | Back to Top | ||
| Japanese Cooking | 641.5952 | Job Hunting | 331.128 |
| Japanese Language | 495.6 | Job Search | 331.11, 331.795 |
| Japanese Literature | 895.6 | Jokes & Riddles | 808.87 |
| Jazz Music | 781.65 | Judaism | 296 |
| Jewelry Making | 739.27 | Juggling | 793.87 |
| K | Back to Top | ||
| Karate | 796.8153 | Knitting | 746.436 |
| Kitchens | 643.3 | Korean Cooking | 641.59519 |
| Kites | 629.1338 | Korean War | 951.9042 |
| L | Back to Top | ||
| Labor Unions | 331.88 | Literary Criticism | 800 |
| Landscaping | 635.9, 712 | Literary Criticism American | 810 |
| Languages | 400 | Literary Criticism British | 820 |
| Law | 340-349 | Literary Criticism Shakespeare | 822.33 |
| Lawn Care | 635.964 | Lizards | 597.9 |
| Learning Disabilities | 371.9 | Lizards as Pets | 639.39 |
| Letter Writing | 651.7, 808.06 | Local History | 977.3 |
| Life After Death | 133.9 | LSAT Test | 378.166 |
| Light | 535 | ||
| M | Back to Top | ||
| Mafia | 364.106 | Meteorology | 551 |
| Magic Tricks | 793.8 | Mexican Cooking | 641.5972 |
| Magnets | 538 | Mexican History | 972 |
| Mammals | 599 | Mexico Travel | 917.2 |
| Management | 658, 658.4 | Microorganisms | 579 |
| Maps | 912 | Middle Ages | 909.07, 940.1 |
| Marketing | 658.8 | Military | 355 |
| Marriage | 306.8, 646.78 | Military Science | 355 |
| Martial Arts | 796.8 | Mirrors | 535 |
| Massage | 615.822 | Model Railroad Trains | 625.1 |
| Mathematics | 510 | Models and Modelmaking | 745.5928 |
| Medical Information | 610-619 | Mold | 579 |
| Medicare | 368.4 | Mortgages | 332.72 |
| Medicinal Herbs | 615.321 | Movies | 791.43 |
| Medicine | 610.3 | Multiple Sclerosis | 616.834 |
| Meditation | 158.12, 294.34 | Mummies | 393.31, 932 |
| Memory | 153.1 | Murder | 364.1523 |
| Men | 305.31 | Music | 780-788 |
| Menopause | 618.175 | Music and Musicians | 780 |
| Mental Illness-Medical Aspects | 616.89 | Mutual Funds | 332.6327 |
| Mental Illness-Social Aspects | 362.2 | Mythology | 290-293, 299 |
| N | Back to Top | ||
| Names and Naming | 929.4 | Nuclear War | 355.0217 |
| Native Americans | 970.1 | Nursery Rhymes | 398.8 |
| Nazi Germany | 943.085 | Nursing | 611.73 |
| Needlework | 747.44 | Nursing Homes | 362.16 |
| North America | 917 | Nutrition | 613.2, 641.1 |
| Nuclear Energy | 333.79, 621.48 | ||
| O | Back to Top | ||
| Occult | 133 | Organized Crime | 364.106 |
| Occupations | 337.702 | Origami | 736.982 |
| Olympics | 796.48, 796.98 | Osteoporosis | 616.716 |
| Opera | 782.1 | Ozone | 363.73 |
| Optical Illusions | 152.148, 793.7 | ||
| P | Back to Top | ||
| Painting | 750 | Plumbing | 696.1 |
| Painting Technique | 741.4 | Poetry-American | 811 |
| Painting, House | 698.1 | Poetry-British | 821 |
| Paintings | 759 | Poetry-Collections | 808.1 |
| Paleontology | 560 | Poker | 795.412 |
| Paper | 676 | Police | 363.2 |
| Paper Airplanes | 745.592 | Political Science | 320 |
| Paranormal | 130 | Politics | 320 |
| Parenting | 649 | Pollution | 363.73 |
| Party Planning | 793.21 | Pool, | 794.73 |
| Patents | 608.773 | Popes | 262.13 |
| Patios | 643.55 | Pottery | 738.1 |
| Personal Finance | 332.024 | Prayers | 248.32, 291.43 |
| Pets | 636 | Pregnancy | 618.2 |
| Philosophy | 100, 180-190 | Preschool Education | 372.21 |
| Phobias | 616.85 | Presidents, U.S. | 973.00992 |
| Photography | 770 | Prisons | 365 |
| Physical Fitness | 613.7 | Psychiatric Disorders | 618.9 |
| Physics | 530 | Psychiatry | 616.89 |
| Planets | 523 | Psychology | 150 |
| Plants | 581, 635 | Public Speaking | 808.51 |
| Plays-American | 811 | Publishing | 070 |
| Plays-British | 822 | Pyramids | 932 |
| Plays-Collections | 808.82 | ||
| Q | Back to Top | ||
| Quilts and Quilting | 746.46, 746.96 | Quotations | 082, 808.882 |
| R | Back to Top | ||
| Racism | 305.8 | Retirement | 332.024, 646.79 |
| Radio Programs | 791.44 | Revolutionary War, U.S. | 973.3 |
| Railroads | 385, 625 | Rock Music | 781.66 |
| Rap Music | 782.42 | Rockets | 629.4 |
| Rape | 362.88, 364.1532 | Rocks and Gems | 551 |
| Reading | 372.4 | Rocks and Minerals | 552, 549 |
| Real Estate Buying, Selling, Renting | 333.338, 643.12 | Roller Hockey | 796.21 |
| Real Estate Investment | 332.6324 | Roman History | 937 |
| Real Estate Practice | 333.33 | Roofing | 695 |
| Religions | 200-290 | Royalty, England | 941 |
| Report Writing | 808.2 | Russian Cooking | 641.5947 |
| Reptiles | 597.9 | Russian History | 947 |
| Research Papers, Theses | 808.02 | Russian Language | 491 |
| Resume Writing | 331.128 | Russian Literature | 891 |
| Resumes and Interviewing | 650.14 | ||
| S | Back to Top | ||
| Sailing | 797.124 | Soccer | 796.334 |
| Saints | 235.2 | Social Security | 368.43 |
| SAT | 331.10378, 378.166 | Softball | 796.3578 |
| Schizophrenia | 616.8982 | Solar Energy | 333.79, 621.47 |
| Scholarships and Financial Aid | 378 | Soul Music | 781.644 |
| Schools | 370 | Sound | 534 |
| Science | 500 | South American History | 980 |
| Science Experiments | 507.8 | South American Travel | 918 |
| Science Fair | 507.2-507.9 | Space Exploration | 629.4 |
| Sculpture | 730-739 | Spanish Cooking | 641.5946 |
| Self-Esteem | 155.2, 158.1 | Spanish History | 946 |
| Self-Help Books | 150-159 | Spanish Language | 460 |
| Selling | 658.85 | Spanish Language Instruction | 468 |
| Sewing | 646.2, 646.4 | Spanish Literature | 860 |
| Sex Education for Children | 649.65 | Speaking, Public | 808.5 |
| Sex Instruction, Sexuality | 155.3, 612.6 | Sports | 796-799 |
| Sexual Abuse | 362.76 | Sports Medicine | 613.71, 617.1027 |
| Sexual Harassment | 305.42, 331.4 | Stains | 640, 648 |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 616.95, 616.9792 | Stamps | 759.56 |
| Sharks | 597.31 | Stars, Planets | 523 |
| Ships | 623.82, 910.4 | Statistics, Yearbooks | 317 |
| Sight | 535, 612 | Steroid Abuse in Sports | 362.293 |
| Sign Language | 419 | Steroids | 615.77 |
| Sikhism | 294.6 | Stock Market | 362.29 |
| Skating | 796.91 | Stocks | 332.6 |
| Skiing | 796.93 | Stress Management | 155.9 |
| Skin Care | 646.726 | Stroke | 616.81 |
| Skin Disorders | 616.5 | Success | 158, 650 |
| Slavery | 306.362, 973.0496 | Suicide | 179.7, 362.28, 616.85 |
| Small Business | 658.022, 658.041 | Supreme Court | 347.7326 |
| Smoking | 613.85 | Surfing | 797.32 |
| Snakes | 597.96 | Survival | 613.69 |
| Soap | 668.124 | Swimming | 797.21 |
| T | Back to Top | ||
| Taxes | 336.2, 343.7, 346.7 | Thai Cooking | 641.59593 |
| Teaching | 371.1 | Theater | 792 |
| Teenage Pregnancy | 306.7 | Tile, Ceramic | 698.9 |
| Teenagers | 305.235, 306.874 | Toilet Training | 649.62 |
| Teeth, Care and Hygiene | 617.6 | Tornadoes | 551.553 |
| Television Programs | 791.45 | Toy Making | 745.592 |
| Tennis | 796.342 | Travel | 910, 914-919 |
| Term Papers | 808.02 | Trees | 582.16, 635.97 |
| Terrorism | 303.6 | Tropical Fish | 639.34 |
| Test Books | 331.79 | Trucks | 631.3 |
| Test Guides | 331.1 | Typing, Keyboarding | 652.3 |
| U | Back to Top | ||
| U.S. Civil War | 973.7 | Unions | 331.88 |
| U.S. Colonial Period | 973.2 | United States Citizenship | 323.6 |
| U.S. Constitution | 342.73023 | United States Government | 320.47 |
| U.S. Revolutionary War | 973.3 | United States History | 973 |
| U.S. State Travel Guides | 917.4-917.9 | United States Travel | 917.3 |
| U.S. Travel Guides | 917.3 | Upholstery | 684.12 |
| Unexplained Phenomena UFO’s Bigfoot | 001.942 | ||
| V | Back to Top | ||
| Vampires | 398.45 | Vietnam War | 959.7043 |
| VCR Repair | 621.388 | Vikings | 948 |
| Vegetable Gardening | 635 | Vision | 535, 612 |
| Vegetarian Cooking | 641.5636 | Vitamins | 615.328 |
| Vegetarianism | 613.262 | Volcanoes | 551.21 |
| Video Game, Strategy | 794.82 | Volleyball | 796.325 |
| W | Back to Top | ||
| Wallpapering | 698.6 | Women | 305.4 |
| Warfare | 355 | Women’s Rights | 305.42 |
| Water | 551.48 | Woodworking | 684.08 |
| Water Pollution | 363.73 | Word Processing | 005.369 |
| Weather | 551.5, 551.6 | World Records | 032 |
| Weddings | 392, 395.22 | World Trade Center | 303.6, 974.7 |
| Weight Training | 796.41 | World War I | 940.3 |
| Werewolves | 398.45 | World War II | 940.5 |
| Whales | 599.5 | Wreaths | 745.926 |
| Wills | 346.05, 346.73054 | Wrestling | 796.812 |
| Witchcraft | 133.43 | ||
| XY | Back to Top | ||
| Yoga | 613.7046 | ||
| Z | Back to Top | ||
| Zoos | 590.74 | ||
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