Subject Profile for India and Bhutan - English PublicationsNote: Subjects preceded by an asterisk (*) are available in three levels of selectivity: a comprehensive set (90), a representative set (91), or a selective set (92). For an explanation of what is included in each set, please see Levels of Selectivity
*00 General reference tools, including collective biography (specific reference titles are included under subject) 01 Museums, galleries 02 Library and information science Humanities03 Philosophy (non-South Asian), logic, ethics, psychology 04 Occult sciences, including astrology 05 Comparative philosophy and religion * 06 Brahmanism, Hinduism, including philosophy (sacred books, history, general works, special topics, deities) 07 Brahmanism, Hinduism, including philosophy (individual sects and cults, and modern movements) 08 Jainism, including philosophy 09 Sikhism, including philosophy 10 Islam, including philosophy 11 Buddhism, including philosophy 12 Judaism 13 Christianity, Theosophy 14 Zoroastrianism, Bahaism 15 Religious sectarian literature, temple histories, folk religion, devotional literature and songs related to specific sects 16 Music (history, literature, performance, musical scores and notation, including folk music) * 17 Architecture * 18 Fine arts: Classical period, including painting, sculpture, and drawing * 19 Fine arts: Modern period, including painting, sculpture, and drawing * 20 Decorative arts, including jewelry, textiles, handicrafts, photography, metal working, wood working * 21 Photo-essays, photo-journalism * 22 Performing arts, including dance, theater 23 Linguistics, including grammars and dictionaries: about South Asian languages 24 Linguistics, including grammars and dictionaries: about English and non-South Asian languages 25 Translations of creative literature from South Asian languages into English 26 Creative Anglo-Indian literature: comprehensive collection 27 Creative Anglo-Indian literature: highly selective collection * 28 Literary history and criticism: about South Asian literatures including Anglo-Indian literature 29 Literary history and criticism: about non-South Asian literatures 30 Folk literature, e.g., collections of and individual folk tales, texts of folk songs, qissas, etc. 31 Children's literature Sciences32 Engineering 33 Home economics, including cooking, nutrition 34 Science, general * 35 Soil and water management, irrigation 36 Oceanography and marine biology 37 Biology (includes genetics) 38 Fisheries * 39 Botany 40 Zoology 41 Microbiology 42 Medicine: clinical medicine 43 Medicine: tropical diseases 44 Medicine: materia medica, systems of medicine indigenous to South Asia and homeopathy 45 Mathematics 46 Computer science 47 Chemistry 48 Physics Subject Categories with Geographic Area of Context subdivisionsNote: Books in the following subject categories are assigned a Geographic Area of Context (GAC) subdivision. Participants can chose to receive books that focus on any of 36 geographic areas. For a list of the Geographic Areas of Context available for selection in conjunction with the following subject categories please click above. * 49 Ecology, environmental planning, conservation, social forestry * 50 Energy and fuel, including issues, policy, exploration and production, nuclear power. 51 Forestry 52 Technical agriculture: Plants, technological advances 53 Technical agriculture: Animal husbandry, veterinary science and medicine, poultry, dairy industry, technological advances 54 Earth sciences (includes geology, climatology, meteorlogy and seismology) History55 History of countries and areas outside South Asia * 56 Civilization and general cultural history (South Asia) 57 Auxiliary sciences of history, including chronology, numismatics, epigraphy, genealogy 58 Archeology 59 History; ancient and medieval (to ca. 1000) * 60 History: Muslim period (ca. 1000-1765), including political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and military history; social conditions; politics and government * 61 History: European occupation, including political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and military history; social conditions; politics and government * 62 History: modern, 1947-, including political, economic, constitutional, diplomatic, and military history Social Sciences* 63 Political science, including politics and government since 1947, political theory, elections, defense/security issues, foreign affairs 64 Human rights and refugee issues 65 Geography, including cultural, political, economic, and physical geography 66 Sports and recreation, including Yoga 67 Travel and tourism * 68 Anthropology and folklore studies, including. physical anthropology, ethnology, ethnography, caste, community, folklore studies, manners and customs * 69 Sociology, including social conditions since 1947, family, marriage, methodology 70 Gender studies Law71 Law, general 72 Law, constitutional law 73 Law: laws, statutes, etc. (codes: subject, jurisdiction collections, excluding single acts) 74 Law: commentaries, notes on specific acts or groups of acts 75 Law: manuals, rules, regulations, compilations 76 Law: court decisions, rules, regulations - compilations 77 Law: personal and family law of various communities Social sciences (continued)78 Statistics, including collections of general and census statistics * 79 Economics: general; including economic liberalization, planning and policy * 80 Economics: Management, business, and public administration (incl. marketing and consumer behavior) 81 Economics: public finance, taxation 82 Economics: industry and commerce, private and public sectors 83 Economics: small industry, industrial cooperatives 84 Economics: trade, banking, finance 85 Economics: agri-economics, including land tenure, land reform, agri-cooperatives & labor 86 Economics: labor and labor organizations, employment (excluding agricultural labor) 87 Economics: transport, including infrastructure issues, roads, railroads, air travel * 88 Social welfare, population control, public health 89 Rural community development 90 Urban and regional planning land use, etc. + 91 Demography, migration, immigration, Indians abroad * 92 Mass media, mass communication, including radio, television, films and film industry, journalism, publishing, satellite communication 93 Education: general; including policy 94 Education: primary, secondary 95 Education: college, university, postgraduate 96 Education: non-formal, adult literacy + Subject category without Geographic Area of Context subdivision Library of Congress Comments: New Delhi Office (September 17, 2008) |