The following is a list of every subdivision for which there is a specific provision in the Sears List. This list is meant for handy reference only. For instructions on the use of a particular subdivision, see the entry for that subdivision in the main body of the alphabetical List. The following list is not exhaustive. It does not, for example, contain geographic or chronological subdivisions, which should be established by the cataloger as needed. Further topical and form subdivisions may also be required in libraries that contain specialized material, and they too should be established as needed and used consistently.
| Accidents | Errors of usage | Nomination |
| Accounting | Estimates | Nursing |
| Accreditation | Ethical aspects | Nutrition |
| Adaptations | Ethics | Obituaries |
| Administration | Ethnic identity | Occupied territories |
| Aerial operations | Ethnic relations | Ordnance |
| African American authors | Ethnobiology | Officers |
| Age | Ethnobotany | Officials and employees |
| Aging | Ethnozoology | Origin |
| Agriculture | Etymology | Outlines, syllabi, etc. |
| Air conditioning | Evacuation of civilians | Packaging |
| Alcohol use | Evaluation | Painting |
| Allusions | Evidences, authority, etc. | Parachute troops |
| Almanacs | Evolution | Paralysis |
| Alphabet | Examinations | Parasites |
| Amphibious operations | Exhibitions | Parodies, imitations, etc. |
| Analysis | Experiments | Parts of speech |
| Anatomy | Exploration | Patients |
| Anecdotes | Exploring expeditions | Patterns |
| Anniversaries | Facsimiles | Peace |
| Antiquities | Faculty | Pensions |
| Apologetic works | Family | Periodicals |
| Appointment | Fiction | Persecutions |
| Appointments and retirements | Filmography | Personal finance |
| Appropriations and expenditures | Finance | Personal narratives |
| Archives | Finishing | Personnel management |
| Armed forces | Fires and fire prevention | Philosophy |
| Armistices | First editions | Physical fitness |
| Army | Flight | Physical therapy |
| Art and the war | Folklore | Physiological aspects |
| Art collections | Food | Physiological effect |
| Assassination | Food supply | Physiology |
| Atlases | Forced repatriation | Pictorial works |
| Atrocities | Forecasting | Piloting |
| Attitudes | Foreign countries | Planning |
| Audiences | Foreign economic relations | Poetry |
| Audiovisual aids | Foreign influences | Political activity |
| Auditing | Foreign opinion | Political aspects |
| Autographs | Foreign relations | Politics and government |
| Authorship | Foreign words and phrases | Population |
| Automation | Forgeries | Portraits |
| Awards | Friends and associates | Posters |
| Battlefields | Fuel consumption | Practice |
| Behavior | Funeral customs and rites | Prayers |
| Biblical teaching | Gazetteers | Preservation |
| Bibliography | Genealogy | Press coverage |
| Bio-bibliography | Genetic aspects | Press relations |
| Biography | Geographical distribution | Prevention |
| Bishops | Geography | Price guides |
| Black authors | Geology | Prices |
| Blockades | Gold discoveries | Prisoners and prisons |
| Book reviews | Government | Problems, exercises, etc. |
| Books and reading | Government ownership | Production standards |
| Boundaries | Government policy | Programmed instruction |
| Brakes | Government relations | Pronunciation |
| Breeding | Governments in exile | Propaganda |
| Buildings | Grammar | Prophecies |
| Calendars | Graphic novels | Protection |
| Campaigns | Grooming | Protest movements |
| Captivities | Growth | Provincialisms |
| Care | Guidebooks | Psychological aspects |
| Cartoons and caricatures | Habitations | Psychology |
| Case studies | Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Public opinion |
| Casualties | Health and hygiene | Publishing |
| Catalogs | Health aspects | Purchasing |
| Catechisms | Heating and ventilation | Quality control |
| Catholic Church | Hispanic American authors | Queens |
| Causes | Historical geography | Quotations |
| Censorship | Historiography | Race identity |
| Census | History | Race relations |
| Centennial celebrations, etc. | History and criticism | Rates |
| Chaplains | History of doctrines | Rating |
| Characters | Home care | Reading materials |
| Charities | Homes | Recruiting |
| Charts, diagrams, etc. | Homonyms | Recruiting and enlistment |
| Chemical warfare | Housing | Recycling |
| Children | Humor | Refugees |
| Christian missions | Hunting | Regimental histories |
| Chronology | Identification | Registers |
| Church history | Identity | Rehabilitation |
| Citizen participation | Idioms | Relations with Congress |
| Civil rights | Illustrations | Religion |
| Civilian relief | Immigration and emigration | Religious aspects |
| Civilization | Impeachment | Religious life |
| Claims | In art | Relocation |
| Classification | Inaugural addresses | Remedial teaching |
| Cleaning | Inauguration | Remodeling |
| Clergy | Indexes | Repairing |
| Climate | Industrial applications | Reparations |
| Clothing | Industries | Research |
| Coaching | Infinitive | Reservations |
| Collaborationists | Influence | Resignation |
| Collectibles | Information resources | Reviews |
| Collection and preservation | Information services | Rhyme |
| Collections | In literature | Riots |
| Collectors and collecting | In-service training | Rites and ceremonies |
| Colonies | Insignia | Romances |
| Color | Inspection | Rural conditions |
| Comic books, strips, etc. | Institutional care | Safety devices |
| Commentaries | Intellectual life | Safety measures |
| Commerce | Interactive multimedia | Safety regulations |
| Communication systems | International cooperation | Salaries, wages, etc. |
| Comparative studies | Internet resources | Sanitation |
| Comparison | Interviews | Satellites |
| Competitions | Jargon | Scholarships |
| Composition | Journalists | Secret service |
| Composition and exercises | Juvenile drama | Security measures |
| Computer networks | Juvenile fiction | Segregation |
| Computer software | Juvenile literature | Separatist movements |
| Computer simulation | Juvenile poetry | Sermons |
| Computer-assisted instruction | Kings and rulers | Services for |
| Concordances | Kinship | Sexual behavior |
| Conduct of life | Knowledge | Signaling |
| Conference proceedings | Labeling | Slang |
| Conferences | Laboratory manuals | Social aspects |
| Conscientious objectors | Labor productivity | Social conditions |
| Conservation and restoration | Language | Social life and customs |
| Control | Languages | Societies |
| Controversial literature | Law and legislation | Songs |
| Conversation and phrase books | Legal status, laws, etc. | Sound recordings |
| Correspondence | Legends | Sources |
| Corrupt practices | Library resources | Specifications |
| Cost effectiveness | Licenses | Spelling |
| Costs | Life cycles | Staff |
| Counseling of | Life skills guides | Stage history |
| Courts and courtiers | Lighting | Standards |
| Creeds | Lists | Statistics |
| Cross-cultural studies | Literary collections | Storage |
| Curricula | Literature and the war | Stories |
| Customs and practices | Liturgy | Stories, plots, etc. |
| Data processing | Local history | Strategic aspects |
| Databases | Localisms | Study and teaching |
| Death | Maintenance and repair | Study guides |
| Death and burial | Malpractice | Succession |
| Defenses | Management | Suffrage |
| Demobilization | Manpower | Suicide |
| Dental care | Manuscripts | Supply and demand |
| Deregulation | Maps | Surgery |
| Description and travel | Marketing | Surveys |
| Desertions | Marks | Synonyms and antonyms |
| Design | Material culture | Tables |
| Design and construction | Materials | Tank warfare |
| Designs and plans | Mathematical models | Taxation |
| Destruction and pillage | Mathematics | Technique |
| Dialects | Measurement | Technological innovations |
| Diaries | Medals, badges, decorations, etc. | Telephone directories |
| Dictionaries | Medical care | Terminology |
| Diet therapy | Medical examinations | Terms and phrases |
| Diplomatic history | Meditations | Territorial expansion |
| Directories | Memorizing | Territorial questions |
| Discography | Mental health | Territories and possessions |
| Diseases | Mental health services | Testing |
| Diseases and pests | Mergers | Textbooks |
| Dissection | Messages | Texts |
| Doctrines | Metamorphosis | Theater and the war |
| Documentation | Methodology | Therapeutic use |
| Draft resisters | Mexican American authors | Thermodynamics |
| Drama | Microbiology | Tombs |
| Dramatic production | Migration | Tournaments |
| Drug testing | Military history | Toxicology |
| Drug therapy | Military intelligence | Trademarks |
| Drug use | Military life | Training |
| Drying | Militia | Transplantation |
| Dwellings | Miscellanea | Transportation |
| Early works to 1800 | Missing in action | Travel |
| Earthquake effects | Missions | Treaties |
| Ecology | Models | Tropical conditions |
| Economic aspects | Monuments | Tropics |
| Economic conditions | Moral conditions | Tuning |
| Economic policy | Morphology | Underground movements |
| Editing | Mortality | Uniforms |
| Education | Motion pictures and the war | Usage |
| Education and the war | Motors | Vaccination |
| Eggs | Museums | Vital statistics |
| Election | Name | Vocational guidance |
| Employees | Names | War use |
| Employment | Naval history | War work |
| Encyclopedias | Naval operations | Wars |
| Endowments | Navy | Waste disposal |
| Engineering and construction | Nazi persecution | Weight |
| Entrance examinations | Nests | Women authors |
| Entrance requirements | Noise | Wounds and injuries |
| Environmental aspects | Nomenclature | Writing |
| Equipment and supplies | Nomenclature (Popular) |