About LCSH - Introduction to LCSH - Individual Files - Free-floating Subdivisions - Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials - Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music - Children's Subject Headings
About the Archived Library of Congress Subject Headings PDF Files
This page provides print-ready PDF files from the 37th Edition of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The data for the 37th edition was selected in January 2015. This earlier edition of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is available for research purposes only. This edition may contain obsolete or superseded data and should not be used for current cataloging.
Introduction to Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Introduction to Library of Congress Subject Headings (PDF, 10 p., 169 KB)
Individual PDF Files: By Beginning Letter
Numerals (9 p., 122 KB) | A (534 p., 3.1 MB) | B (464 p., 2.7 MB) |
C (796 p., 4.5 MB) | D (307 p., 1.8 MB) | E (306 p., 1.8 MB) |
F (304 p., 1.8 MB) | G (306 p., 1.8 MB) | H (315 p., 1.8 MB) |
I (255 p., 1.5 MB) | J (110 p., 696 KB) | K (185 p., 1.1 MB) |
L (322 p., 1.9 MB) | M (583 p., 3.3 MB) | N (249 p., 1.5 MB) |
O (165 p., 1.0 MB) | P (656 p., 3.7 MB) | Q (35 p., 263 KB) |
R (345 p., 2.0 MB) | S (777 p., 4.4 MB) | T (387 p., 2.2 MB) |
U (97 p., 578 KB) | V (146 p., 882 KB) | W (255 p., 1.5 MB) |
X (11 p., 133 KB) | Y (49 p., 338 KB) | Z (35 p., 272 KB) |
Free-floating Subdivisions
- Introduction to Free-floating Subdivisions (PDF, 1 p., 23 KB)
- Free-floating Subdivisions (PDF, 86 p., 503 KB)
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials
- Introduction to Genre/Form Terms (PDF, 6 p., 69 KB)
- Genre/Form Terms (PDF, 43 p., 305 KB)
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music
- Introduction to Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (PDF, 5 p., 304 KB)
- Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (PDF, 29 p., 223 KB)
Children’s Subject Headings
- Introduction to Children's Subject Headings (PDF, 4 p., 49 KB)
- Children's Subject Headings (PDF, 15 p., 162 KB)