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Ex am ple: Art
SA head ings of the type [topic] in art, e.g., Christian
saints in art

Complex top ics in many cases are listed with sub divisions. Sub-di -
visions ex ist to ex press dif ferent con cepts or per spectives of the
topic. A sub division fol lows a dash (–) un der the head ing. If two sub -
divisions are used, the sec ond one fol lows the first one with two
dashes (– –).

Ex am ple: Art
–Pri vate col lec tions
– – Italy

Using this ex ample, the complete sub ject heading should be:

Art–Private collections–Italy
Or, if it is on the computer screen, it would look like this:

650 0 Art $x Private collections $z Italy

Some sub divisions are listed and can be found in the text of LCSH,
while oth ers may be as signed ac cording to the rules spec ified in the
Library of Con gress Sub ject Head ings Man ual: Sub ject Head ings.
There are four cat e go ries of sub di vi sions.

1. Top i cal subdivisions are used to limit the con cept of the topic.
Following is how it will appear on a card and in MARC for mat on the
com puter screen:

Ex am ple: Art–Mar keting
650 0 Art $x Mar keting

2. Form sub divisions rep resent what a work is as far as form is
concerned, not what the work is about.

Ex am ple: Art–Slides
650 0 Art $v Slides