Providing a subject heading for every idea, object, process or relationship that catalogers might encounter is an impossible task. EBSCO offers a practical solution. Since 1923, this resource has served the unique cataloging needs of small and medium-sized libraries by providing a flexible, extendable vocabulary in natural language.
“The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by OCLC since 1988, provides a dynamic structure for the organization of library collections. Now in its 22nd edition, and available in print and Web versions, the DDC is the world’s most widely used library classification system.”
“The Subject Codes is a three level system for describing content by a well defined set of terms. Topics of level Subject provide a description of the editorial content of a News at a high level, a SubjectMatter provides a description at a more precise level and finally a SubjectDetail at a rather specific level. Currently about 1400 terms are available - and several of them could be assigned to a single news object enabling a very narrow description of the content.”
“The Global Industry Classification Standard is an enhanced industry classification system jointly developed by Standard & Poor's (S&P) and MSCI Barra in 1999. GICS was developed in response to the global financial community’s need for one complete, consistent set of global sector and industry definitions.”
“ICB is a detailed and comprehensive structure for sector and industry analysis, facilitating the comparison of companies across four levels of classification and national boundaries. The system allocates companies to the Subsector whose definition most closely describes the nature of its business.”
A system for classifying industries. Established in 1937. Similar to and generally superseded by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Still used by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
“The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.”
This site contains brief explanations of mathematical terms and ideas. Part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, which has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. This is the highest award for achievement to the higher and further education sector and is the educational and research counterpart of the Queen's Award to Industry.
“Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme® (PACS®) is an internationally adopted, hierarchical subject classification scheme, designed by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) to classify and categorize the literature of physics and astronomy.
“The Inspec Classification is the subject guide to the Inspec Database and print publications. Each code represents a specific subject area. When searching the Inspec Database the codes are useful in refining a search to a particular subject e.g. mechanical engineering applications, which improves the retrieval accuracy.”
