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Stan dard ized sub di vi sions used un der dif fer ent pat tern head ings
are called free-float ing sub divisions. A Li brary of Con gress pub lica-
tion ti tled Free-Floating Sub di vi sions: An Al pha bet i cal In dex should
be con sulted for what sub divisions are avail able and how they may be
used.

Example: Subdivision Category
Methods–Group instruction Musical instruments
In this case, the sub division and the sub ject heading are linked to -
gether as fol lows:

Saxophone–Methods–Group instruction
650 0 Saxophone $x Methods $x Group instruction

Some cat egories of head ings are omitted from the LCSH list. They in -
clude head ings that ap pear in the following name au thority files: Name
Au thor ities Cu mu la tive Mi cro form Edi tion, NACO Par tic i pants’ Man-
ual, or other name authority lists pro vided by com mercial au tomation
vendors. For more in formation on name authority files, see the fol lowing
Web site: <http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/name_aut.tml>: head ings that are cre -
ated by need but are not those in the au thority re cord, and cer tain mu sic
head ings. TheMan ual should be con sulted when add ing head ings in these
cat e go ries to en sure the prac tice is consistent with the rules.
“The An notated Card Pro gram: AC Sub ject Head ings” sec tion in the
LCSH lists sub ject headings used ex clusively for the ju venile col lection,
tailored to the needs of chil dren and young adults. Some headings are
standard sub ject headings taken from the main vol ume of LCSH, some
are mod ified sub ject headings from the same source, and some are new
headings es tablished to use only when as signing sub ject headings to ju -
ve nile lit er a ture with spe cial sub di vi sions. These spe cial sub di vi sions in-
clude Bi og ra phy, Col lec tions, Fic tion, Guides, Habits and be hav ior,
Illustrations, Pic torial works, or Wit and hu mor.
The pri mary in tention of “AC Sub ject Head ings” is to pro vide a
liberal ex tension of Li brary of Con gress sub ject headings so that a
more ap propriate and in-depth sub ject treatment can be achieved for
ju ve nile ti tles.
In ap plying AC sub ject headings, some prac tices dif fer from LC
sub ject headings: