Frontmatter:  View Table of Contents  |  Preface  |  A History of the Sears List  |  Principles of the Sears List
Headings:  Headings to be Added by the Cataloger  |  "Key" Headings  |  List of Canceled and Replaced Headings
Subdivisions:  The Use of Subdivisions in the Sears List  |  List of Subdivisions Provided for in the Sears List
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“Key” Headings


Certain headings in the Sears List have been chosen to serve as examples, at which the subdivisions particularly applicable to certain categories of headings are given. If a subdivision is provided under the “key” heading, it may also be used under any heading of that type.


Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under any voluminous author, and in some cases other individual persons)


Ethnic groups: Native Americans (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under any ethnic group or native people)


Languages: English language (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under any language or group of languages)


Literature: English literature (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under any literature)


Places: United States
             Ohio
             Chicago (Ill.)
(to illustrate the subdivisions — except for historical periods— that may be used under any country, state, or city)


Public figures: Presidents — United States (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under the presidents, prime ministers, governors, and rulers of any country, state, etc., and in some cases under the names of individual presidents, prime ministers, etc.)


Wars: World War, 1939-1945 (to illustrate the subdivisions that may be used under any war, and in some cases individual battles)




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