The document outlines the Sears List of Subject Headings, a simplified cataloging system designed for small libraries. It describes features such as a limited set of headings, the principle of direct entry, and guidelines for heading creation and usage. The document also provides examples of subject headings and offers practice exercises for applying the system.

1. Sears List of
Subject Headings
(PRACTICE)
ADVANCED TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
WORKSHOP SPRING 2013

2. Contents
 Introduction
 Features
 Determine Subject Content
 Apply Subject Headings
 Uses
 Example
 Practice…….

3. Introduction
 Minnie Earl Sears (1st three ed.)
 1923
 Like LCSH, but for small libraries
 Latest Edition is 20th , edited by Joseph
Miller in 2010

4. Features
 Simplification of phrasing
 Not exhaustive list of terms
 Simplified instructions
 Additional headings may be
created on an as-needed basis

5. Determine Subject Content
 Principle of specific and direct entry
– Heading separate term, not subdivision under
broader heading
 Rule of 3
– No more than 3 headings per information
package
 Uniformity
– Materials on single topic, same heading

6. Apply Subject Headings
• If established heading exists, use
that heading
• If synonym or alternative, select
term from list
• If no heading exists, create new
heading

7. Uses
• Small libraries, foreign libraries, and
school libraries
• Subject cataloging
• References Dewey numbers
• Compatible, flexible and expandable
• A teaching tool for librarians

8. • UF = Used for
• SA = See also
• BT = Broader term
• NT = Narrower term
• RT = Related term
• [Former heading] = Term that was
once used as a heading and is no longer
• (May subdiv. geog.) = Heading that
may be subdivided by name of place
Symbols Used

9. Example
Hair 612.7; 646.7
Use for general materials on hair as well for as
materials on hairdressing and haircutting.
UF Barbering
Coiffure
Haircutting
Hairdressing
Hairstyles
Hairstyling
BT Head
Personal Grooming
NT Wigs
Haircutting
USE Hair
Hairdressing
USE Hair
Main Call Number
Suggested other
words
Only use words in
bold face print

10. Standard order of Subdivision
 LOC Subdivisions follow the standard
order…
[Topical]--[Geographic]--
[Chronological]--[Form]
Example:
Sports--United States--1916--Statistics
 Sears list has ‘Rule of 3’, so it will be
Sports--United States--Statistics

11. START
PRACTICE

12. Title (1)
Subject Heading(s)
Management
International Management

13. Title (2)
Subject Heading(s)
Human resource management
The future of human resource

14. Title (3)
Subject Heading(s)
Libraries--Acquisitions
Acquisition of rare material

15. Title (4)
Subject Heading(s)
Religion—Encyclopedias
(See pg. 260; Encyclopedias/Dictionaries as
subdivision)
The encyclopedia of religions

16. Title (5)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Cancer
2. Cancer--Diet therapy
How to conquer cancer, naturally

17. Title (6)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Computer crimes
2. Computer crimes--Research
Research on cyber crimes

18. Title (7)
Subject Heading(s)
Muslims--History
(See pg. 360; History as subdivision)
Ancient Muslim World

19. Title (8)
Subject Heading(s)
1. English language--Dictionaries
2. English language--Dictionaries--
Urdu
(See pg. 261; History as subdivision)
English to English and Urdu
Dictionary

20. Title (9)
Subject Heading(s)
Copyright--Pakistan
Implementation of copyright law in
Pakistan

21. Title (10)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Research--Higher Education
2. Research--Higher Education--Islamabad
3. Research--Distance Education--Islamabad
(Note: “Higher Education—Research” means
Research on Higher Education)
Research studies at AIOU,
Islamabad

22. Title (11)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Cricket--Pakistan--2006
2. Cricket--England--2006
(See pg. 309; Football)
Pak-England cricket series 2006

23. Title (12)
Subject Heading(s)
International relations
New World Order

24. Title (13)
Subject Heading(s)
Emperors--India--Pictorial works
Emperors--India--History--Pictorial works
(See pg.258, 577)
History of Mughal through pictures

25. Title (14)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Physical chemistry
2. Thermodynamics
Introduction to Chemical
thermodynamics

26. Title (15)
Subject Heading(s)
English language--Business
English
Teaching of Business English

27. Title (16)
Subject Heading(s)
1. Islamic Education--Curricula
2. Curriculum planning
(see pg.204)
Intermediate level Islamiyat
curriculum

28. Titles
17. Impact of information
technology in libraries
18.PLA
19.Sufism and Islam
20.The Legacy of Rome
Subject Headings
• Libraries--Automation
• Library--Societies--
Pakistan
• Librarians’ union
• Sufism
• Cultural property--
Rome

29. Titles
21.Khatoot-e-Ghalib
22.Quick Start
Microsoft Word
23.MS Windows XP
Subject Headings
• Authors--Correspondence
• Ghalib, Mirza
Asadullah Khan--
Correspondence
• Microsoft Word
(Computer software)
• Computer operating
systems

30. Titles
24.LCSH
25.Rites and
ceremonies
26.Allah
27.Bani-e-Pakistan
Subject Headings
• Subject Headings
• Islam--Rites and
ceremonies
• God
• Being Muslim prefer to
write ALLAH
• Jinnah, Muhammad
Ali
• Presidents--Pakistan

31. Titles
28.MLA handbook
for writers of
research papers
29.The Spiritual
discipline of Yoga
30.Role of American
media post 9/11
Subject Headings
• Report writing--
Handbooks, manuals,
etc.
• Yoga
• Terrorism--Press
coverage--United States
• September 11 Terrorist
Attacks, 2001--Press
coverage

32. TITLES FOR
SELF-PRACTICE

33. 1. Dictionary of French Language
2. Research in statics
3. The Creationists
4. Design of curriculum of geometry in Pakistan
5. The Europe a world of learning 2007
6. Optical properties of alkaloid solutions
7. Hotel directory of NWFP
8. Modern archeology: techniques and
equipments
Self-Practice

34. 9. Condensed–matter physics
10.Education and manpower planning
11.Microelectronic circuits
12.The encyclopedia of Chemistry
13.Electronic Imaging in Astronomy
14.Accounting for Managerial Decisions
15.Study and teaching of anatomy of lungs in
Pakistani Colleges
16.Journal of Dynamics
Self-Practice

35. 17.Research in Statistics
18.Grammar for business
19.Handbook of pronunciation
20.Islam in America
21.The practice of social research
22.Distance Education Technologies in Asia
23.Broadcast media in distance Education
24.Webster's new world dictionary of quotations
Self-Practice

36. 25.Breaking the TOEFEL Barrier
26.Picturing plants
27.Islamic Baking
28.Wigs
29.Environmental control
30.Hazardous toys
31.The causes of World War-II
32.Marine transportation across the Atlantic
Ocean
Self-Practice

37. 33.Private Publishers
34.Social innovation and change
35.Communication in management
36.How to read Maps?
37.Pakistan Air Force
38.Photography of Birds
39.How to make soft toys
40.Communication in management
Self-Practice