BISAC Subject Headings List, Reference |
Note: If you need to download and incorporate this list into your databases and systems, you need to purchase an End Users' License Agreement. If you need more information on how to select a BISAC code go to our, we have a page that walks you through the process. If you can't find the code you're looking for please go back and review other Major Subjects to find an alternate code or use our Suggestion Form to suggest revisions to the next version of the list. Step 2: Determine the specific term which describes your book. An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2019 Edition. REFERENCEUse subjects in this section for works of a general nature or for works about the topics found in this section (note that there is a subheading "Reference" in most other sections and some sections also have a subheading "Dictionaries & Terminology"). Subjects in this section may be used with those in other sections for reference works on topics not found in this section, but it is recommended that topical subjects be assigned first: for example, a bibliography of medical books could be assigned "MEDICAL / Reference" and "REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes"; a bibliography of books about pediatrics could be assigned "MEDICAL / Pediatrics", "MEDICAL / Reference" and "REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes". REF000000 REFERENCE / General REF001000 REFERENCE / Almanacs REFERENCE / Annuals see Yearbooks & Annuals REF002000 REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases) REFERENCE / Basic Skills see Personal & Practical Guides REFERENCE / Biographical Dictionaries see BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference REF004000 REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes REFERENCE / Business Skills see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Skills REF030000 REFERENCE / Consumer Guides REF007000 REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders REF008000 REFERENCE / Dictionaries REF009000 REFERENCE / Directories REF010000 REFERENCE / Encyclopedias REF011000 REFERENCE / Etiquette REFERENCE / Etymology see LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology REF032000 REFERENCE / Event Planning REF013000 REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry REFERENCE / Indexes see Bibliographies & Indexes REF015000 REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides REF033000 REFERENCE / Personal & Private Investigations REF035000 REFERENCE / Planners * REFERENCE / Public Speaking see LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking & Speech Writing REFERENCE / Publishing see LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishers & Publishing Industry REF018000 REFERENCE / Questions & Answers REF019000 REFERENCE / Quotations REF020000 REFERENCE / Research REFERENCE / Secretarial Aids & Training see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Secretarial Aids & Training REF034000 REFERENCE / Signs & Symbols REF031000 REFERENCE / Survival & Emergency Preparedness REFERENCE / Synonyms & Antonyms see Thesauri REF022000 REFERENCE / Thesauri REF023000 REFERENCE / Trivia REF024000 REFERENCE / Weddings REF025000 REFERENCE / Word Lists REFERENCE / Writing Skills see headings under LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES REF027000 REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals
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