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A subject-specific, hierarchical classification scheme prepared by the American Institute of
Physics (AIP) in collaboration with certain other members of the International Council on
Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI). The site provides the 1996, 1998, and 1999
versions, browsable on-line, or downloadable in PDF, text, or WordPerfect format.
http://www.aip.org/pacs/
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NLM (National Library of Medicine) Classification
Covers the field of medicine and related sciences. Designed to enable integration into an LCC
environment, it utilizes schedules QS-QZ and W-WZ, permanently excluded from the LC Classification
Schedules.
http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/
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Lesbian & Gay Newsmedia Archive Subject Classification
Simplified classification devised for the Hall-Carpenter Archive of news clippings covering
lesbian, gay and bisexual life in Britain.
http://hallcarpenter.tripod.com/hca/classification.html
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The Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser
"The Art & Architecture Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary that can be used to improve
access to cultural heritage information in the global networked environment. ... The AAT is a
comprehensive vocabulary of nearly 120,000 terms for describing objects, textural materials,
images, architecture and material culture from antiquity to the present."
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html
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Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR)
Outlines the major categories of the ANSCR classifiction system and provides a brief explanation of
the call number composition. ANSCR is the system used by many public and academic libraries for the
arrangement of sound recordings.
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/anscr_class.htm
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Preservation Descriptors & Classification Schemes
Classification schema related to preservation, drawn from a number of sources, including LISA,
ERIC, Art Index, Applied Science and Technology Index, and seven others.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/lex/kessecls/
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Mathematical Subject Classification
A detailed outline of the classification scheme used by the American Mathematical Society for
papers on mathematical subjects.
http://www.ams.org/msc/
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Medical Subject Headings
The Medical Subject Headings comprise the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used
for indexing articles, for cataloging books and other holdings, and for searching MeSH-indexed
databases, including MEDLINE. This site includes Changes in 1999 MeSH; MeSH files available for
download, MeSH publications ordering information, MeSH Browser, MeSH Staff biographies and email
addresses, and Suggestions for MeSH vocabulary.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
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