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General Resources from LC and PCC
- SACO Participants' Manual (2nd ed., 2007) [PDF: 3.87 MB]
- SACO Proposal Workflow
- Subject Heading Proposal Menu (Classification Web)
- Classification Proposal Menu (Classification Web)
- Making a New SACO Proposal [PDF : 121 KB]
- Making a SACO Proposed Change [PDF : 133 KB]
- Searching and Editing a SACO Proposal [PDF : 103 KB]
- LC Subject Headings Manual H 405: Establishing Certain Entities in the Name or Subject File [PDF: 55 KB]
- LC Classification and Shelflisting Manual F 50: Classification Proposals [PDF: 1.36 MB]
- FAQs on SACO Subject Heading Proposals
- Web Resources for SACO Proposals
- Classification Web Plus subscription information (from CDS)
Library of Congress Manuals
- LC Subject Headings Manual (free PDF files)
- LC Classification and Shelflisting Manual (free PDF files)
- LC Demographic Group Terms Manual (free PDF files)
- LC Genre/Form Terms Manual (free PDF files)
- LC Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music Manual (free PDF files)
- LC Children's and Young Adults' Cataloging Manual (free PDF files)
Authority Records
- Search Library of Congress Subject Authorities
- ID.LOC.GOV Web Service
- Canadian Subject Headings (external link)
Headings for Indigenous Peoples
- Subject Headings for Indigenous Peoples
This is a separate suite of pages maintained by LC that includes interim guidelines for proposals; FAQs; and recommended resources. - Best Practices in Authority Work Relating to Indigenous Nations in the U.S. (May 2023 version)(external link)
(published by the Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (LAIPA) Funnel)
Resources from SACO Community Members
- Sources for Genre/Form Terms (version 4.0, Nov. 15, 2017) [PDF: 233 KB]
(compiled by members of the ALCTS CaMMS SAC Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation) - How to Propose a New Topical LCSH (external link)
(prepared by Beck Schaefer, Cataloguing Assistant, Osgoode Hall Law School Library, York University)
