Subject Category Code Source Codes
Introduction
Subject Category Source Codes
Subject Category Source Code Usage in
MARC
Introduction
Subject Category Sources identifies subject category lists and assigns a code to each. The purpose of these source codes is to specify the source of subject category codes contained in metadata records. For code assignment, general structure, usage, and maintenance guidelines see Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes.
Some subject category lists, such as the Library and Archives Canada collections and the AGRICOLA subject categories, also contain schemes that that can also be considered classification schemes. Thus some of the subject category sources assigned source codes in this list may also be used in usage elements identified for classification schemes in Classification Scheme Source Codes, if appropriate.
Arrangement of the List
Entries in the list are arranged in alphabetical order by the code and consist of the source code followed by the bibliographic citation for the source documentation. The citations are linked to the online source for some codes.
Code Structure
Each code consists of a maximum of 12 lowercase alphabetic characters. Possible additions to codes are described in Source Codes.
Subject Category Source Codes
- aat
- Art & architecture thesaurus (Los Angeles, CA: Getty Research Institute, Getty Vocabulary Program)
- acapub
- Academische publicatie: karakteristiek (Leiden: OCLC)
- agricola
- AGRICOLA subject category codes (Agriculture Network Information Center)
- agrissc
- AGRIS: subject categories (Rome: AGRIS Coordinating Centre)
- brclbps
- Brinkman’s classification for book production statistics (Den Haag: KB)
- biccbmc
- BIC Children's Books Marketing Classifications (London: Book Industry Communication)
- bicssc
- BIC standard subject categories (London: Book Industry Communication)
- biosissg
- BIOSIS search guide (Philadelphia: BioSciences Info. Service, Biological Abstracts)
- bisacmt
- BISAC Merchandising Themes
- bisacrt
- BISAC Regional Themes
- bisacsh
- BISAC Subject Headings
- cbkcd
- Centraal Bestand Kinderboeken codering (Den Haag: KB)
- cosatisc
- COSATI subject category list (Washington: Federal Council for Science and Technology, Committee on Scientific and Technical Information)
- cyac
- Library of Congress Children's and Young Adults' Cataloging Program (Washington, D.C. Children’s and Young Adults’ Cataloging Program)
- dissao
- "Dissertation abstracts online" in Search tools: the guide to UNI/Data Courier Online (Louisville, KY: UNI/Data Courier Online)
- dit
- Defense intelligence thesaurus (Washington, DC: Defense Intelligence Agency)
- dtict
- Defense Technical Information Center thesaurus (Fort Belvoir, VA: DTIC)
- edbsc
- Energy data base: subject categories and scope (Oak Ridge, Tenn.: Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
- edupool
- Edupool subject categories (Kiel: Antares Project GmbH)
- eflch
- E4Libraries Category Headings
- ekz
- Systematiken der ekz
- electre
- Electre [online database] (Paris: Editions du Cercle de la librarie)
- fiaf
- Moulds, Michael. Classification scheme for literature on film and television (London: International Federation of Film Archives)
- francis
- Base de donnés FRANCIS: plan de classement = FRANCIS database classification scheme (Vandoeuvre: Centre national de la recherche scientifique)
- georeft
- GeoRef thesaurus (Alexandria, VA: American Geological Institute)
- hornsach
- "Hornbostel-Sachs classification" in Galpin Society journal, no. 14, March 1961 (Leamington, Eng.: Galpin Society)
- hraf
- "Human Relations Area Files classification" in Outline of world cultures, 6th rev. ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files)
- idas
- ID-Archivschlüssel [Informationsdienst zur Verbreitung unterbliebener Nachrichten] (Amsterdam: Internationales Institut für Sozialgeschichte)
- iescs
- International energy subject categories and scope (Paris: International Energy Agency)
- ilot
- ILO thesaurus: labour, employment and training terminology (Geneva: International Labour Office)
- inissc
- INIS: subject categories and scope descriptions (Vienna: IAEA)
- inspec
- INSPEC classification (Edison, NJ: INSPEC Inc.)
- inspect
- INSPEC thesaurus (London: Institution of Electrical Engineers)
- ipsp
- Defense intelligence production schedule (Washington, DC: Defense Intelligence Agency)
- kdm
- Khung dê muc hê thông thông tin khoa hoc và ky thuât quôc gia (Hà Nôi: Viên Thông Tin Khoa Hoc Và Ky Thuât Trung Uong)
- kfsb
- Klassifikationssystem för svenska bibliotek (Stockholm: Bibliotekstjänst)
- kkaa
- Kokoelmien kuvailun aihealueet (Kokoelmakartta)
- lacc
- Library and Archives Canada collection codes (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada)
- lcco
- LC classification outline (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
- lcg
- Table IV, "Table of subject subdivisions" in Library of Congress classification schedule: Class G (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- lcmd
- Library of Congress, Manuscript Division field of history codes (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- lcsh
- Library of Congress subject headings (Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service)
- matcdbr
- Brieven - fysiek-inhoudelijke aspecten (Leiden: OCLC)
- matcdsof
- Software - fysiek-inhoudelijke aspecten (Leiden: OCLC)
- meshscr
- Medical subject headings (Bethesda, Md.: National Library of Medicine)
- mesh
- MeSH supplementary records (Bethesda, Md.: National Library of Medicine)
- mmm
- "Subject key" in Marxism and the mass media (New York: International General)
- nasasscg
- NASA scope and subject category guide (Hanover, MD: NASA, Scientific and Technical Information Program)
- nimacsc
- NIMA cartographic subject categories (Bethesda, MD: National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
- nsnr
- Nomenklatura spetsial'nostei nauchnykh rabotnikov (Moskva: Vysshaíà attestatsionnaíà komissiíà Ministerstva obrazovaniíà Rossiiskoi Federatsii)
- ntcpsc
- "National Translations Center primary subject classification" in National Translations Center primary subject classification and secondary descriptors (Washington, DC: National Translations Center, Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)
- ntissc
- NTIS subject categories (Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service)
- nugi
- NUGI - Nederlandse Uniforme Genre Indeling
- nur
- NUR - Nederlandstalige Uniforme Rubrieksindeling (Culemborg: CB)
- odfysin
- Oude drukken - fysiek-inhoudelijke aspecten (Leiden: OCLC)
- pascal
- Base de données PASCAL: plan de classement = PASCAL database classification scheme (Vandoeuvre: Centre national de la recherche scientifique)
- proqsc
- ProQuest subject categories
- quiding
- Quiding, Nils Herman. Svenskt allmänt författningsregister för tiden från år 1522 till och med år 1862 (Stockholm: Norstedt)
- rero
- RERO code sujets (Martigny: Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale)
- sao
- Svenska ämnesord (Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket, LIBRIS-avdelningen)
- scgdst
- Subject categorization guide for defense science and technology (Alexandria, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, Defense Logistics Agency)
- sddoeur
- Standard distribution for unclassified scientific and technical reports arranged by category number (Oak Ridge, TN: Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Info.)
- sicm
- Standard industrial classification manual (Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service)
- sigle
- SIGLE [System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe] manual, Part 2, Subject category list (Den Haag: European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation)
- skon
- Att indexera skönlitteratur: Ämnesordslista, vuxenlitteratur (Stockholm: Svensk biblioteksförening)
- svs
- SVS leermiddelenclassi ficatiecode
- thema
- Thema (Editeur.org)
- ukslc
- UK Standard Library Categories (London: BIC)
- wsb
- Warengruppen-Systematik des Buchhandels (Frankfurt am Main: Buchhändler-Vereinigung GmbH)
Subject Category Source Code Usage in MARC
MARC 21 Formats and Fields
- Bibliographic records
- 072 $2 (Subject Category Codes / Source)
- Authority records
- 072 $2 (Subject Category Codes / Source)
- 073 $z (Subdivision Usage / Code source)