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garding changes of sub ject headings. The first one is Sub ject Cat a -
loging Man ual: Sub ject Head ings, Fifth Edi tion (1996). This is a
very use ful how-to guide for as signing sub ject headings and sub-
divisions in a con sistent way, as is prac ticed by the cat alogers in the
Li brary of Con gress. A sep a rate up date, pub lished an nu ally, in cludes
new head ings and pro vides cross-ref erences for changes. Cat a loging
Ser vice Bul le tin con tains sub ject headings of cur rent in terest that have
been re cently changed since the latest edi tion of the Man ual. An other
sup ple ment pub lished an nu ally for the LCSH is ti tled Free-Floating
Sub di vi sions: An Al pha bet i cal In dex, Eleventh Edi tion (1999). This
volume lists the sub divisions that do not ap pear in the sub ject au thority
file in the main vol ume but may be at tached to certain sub ject head-
ings. An other pub li ca tion is LC Pe riod Sub di vi sions Un der Names of
Places, Fifth Edi tion (1994), which lists sub ject headings for place
names, with date sub di vi sions listed chro no log i cally.
A new edi tion of Library of Con gress Sub ject Head ings is pub lished
every year. The latest edi tion is in five vol umes, usu ally re ferred to by
library staff as “the big red books.” To keep in formation cur rent, a
weekly up date is posted in an elec tronic ver sion ti tled LC Sub ject
Headings Weekly Lists, which is made available through the Li brary of
Congress Cat aloging Pol icy and Sup port Of fice Web page, <lcweb.
loc.gov/catdir/cpso/>. It pro vides up-to-date information on new ad -
ditions, de letions, or changes of sub ject headings, which have been
examined, dis cussed, and ap proved by the ed itorial board composed
of the Li brary of Con gress staff and rep resentatives from the library
world. An other way to keep up with the changes and up dates of all the
Li brary of Con gress pub li ca tions, in clud ing LCSH, is through sub scrip-
tion to the electronic publication LC Cat a loging Newsline (LCCN). This
title is pub lished ir regularly and is available free of charge in electronic
form only through the LCCN Web page <www.lcweb.loc.gov/catdir >.
Also, reg ular read ing of the aforementioned Cat a loging Ser vice Bul le -
tin en ables cat alogers to keep up with the changes.
Besides the print volumes, a mi crofiche edi tion is pro duced quar -
terly for sub scribers. LCSH can be found in Clas si fi ca tion Plus, a full-
text, Win dows-based CD-ROM prod uct that includes the Li brary of
Con gress Clas si fi ca tion Sched ules and Library of Con gress Sub ject
Head ings. Clas si fi ca tion Plus is avail able from the Li brary of Con -
gress as an an nual sub scription with quar terly is sues. Some com mer-