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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

For subheadings that overlap those in the SCIENCE section, use subjects in this section for works dealing with practical applications and use subjects in the SCIENCE section for works of a theoretical or historical nature.

Use subjects beginning with "TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture" for works aimed at farmers or agronomists (or for general works on the specified topics).  For works on practical operations in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants, use subjects in the GARDENING section.  For works on the commercial cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and ornamental plants, use "SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture".

Use subjects beginning with "TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction" for works concerning the technical or trade aspects of construction.  For historical works and/or works aimed at architects or design professionals, use subjects in the ARCHITECTURE section.  For similar works aimed at nonprofessionals, use subjects in the HOUSE & HOME section.

TEC000000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General

TEC001000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Acoustics & Sound

TEC002000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics

TEC003000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

TEC003080   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General

TEC003030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science

TEC003060   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science

TEC003020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry

TEC003100   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Beekeeping

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Business Aspects see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness

TEC003110   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Enology & Viticulture

TEC003040   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry

TEC003050   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Irrigation

TEC003090   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Organic

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Pest Control see Pest Control

TEC003070   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture

TEC003010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture

TEC003120   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Urban Farming

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aquaculture see Fisheries & Aquaculture

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Astronautics see Aeronautics & Astronautics

TEC004000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation

TEC009090   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive

TEC059000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical

TEC048000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography

TEC009010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical

TEC009020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General

TEC009100   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Bridges

TEC009110   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs

TEC009120   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake

TEC009130   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Flood Control

TEC009140   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Highway & Traffic

TEC009150   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock

TEC009160   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation

TEC005000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General

TEC005010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Carpentry

TEC005020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Contracting

TEC005030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Electrical

TEC005040   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Estimating

TEC005050   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

TEC005060   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Masonry

TEC005070   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Plumbing

TEC005080   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / Roofing

TEC071000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Data Transmission Systems / General

TEC071010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Data Transmission Systems / Broadband

TEC006000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing

TEC007000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical

TEC008000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General

TEC008010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / General

TEC008020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / Integrated

TEC008030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / Logic

TEC008050   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Circuits / VLSI & ULSI

TEC008060   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Digital

TEC008070   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Microelectronics

TEC008080   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Optoelectronics

TEC008090   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Semiconductors

TEC008100   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Solid State

TEC008110   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Transistors

TEC065000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Energy Resources see headings under Power Resources

TEC009000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)

TEC010000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General

TEC010010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control

TEC010020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management

TEC010030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply

TEC074000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Explosives & Pyrotechnics

TEC011000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fiber Optics

TEC045000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fire Science

TEC049000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture

TEC012000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General

TEC012010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Chemistry & Biotechnology

TEC012020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Packaging & Processing

TEC012030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Safety & Security

TEC012040   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Types

TEC013000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fracture Mechanics

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Geographic Information Systems see Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems

TEC056000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History

TEC050000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Holography

TEC014000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydrology see SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology

TEC015000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Imaging Systems

TEC075000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Indigenous Knowledge & Perspectives *

TEC016000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General

TEC016010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / Packaging

TEC016020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / Product

TEC009060   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering

TEC017000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety

TEC018000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology

TEC057000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions

TEC019000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics

TEC046000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Machinery

TEC020000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing

TEC060000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval

TEC021000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General

TEC021010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Ceramics

TEC021020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Electronic Materials

TEC021030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Metals & Alloys

TEC021040   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / Thin Films, Surfaces & Interfaces

TEC022000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Measurement

TEC009070   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical

                      TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical Drawing see Drafting & Mechanical Drawing

TEC023000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Metallurgy

TEC024000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Microwaves

TEC025000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science

TEC026000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining

TEC061000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications

TEC027000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS

TEC029000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations Research

TEC030000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics

TEC058000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pest Control

TEC047000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum

TEC072000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pharmaceutical

                      TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Polymers see Textiles & Polymers

TEC031000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General

TEC031010   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable

TEC031020   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Electrical

TEC031030   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels

TEC028000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear

TEC062000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Project Management

TEC032000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control

TEC033000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radar

TEC034000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radio

TEC035000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference

TEC036000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems

TEC066000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research

TEC037000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics

TEC064000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Sensors

TEC067000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Signals & Signal Processing

TEC052000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Sound see Acoustics & Sound

                     TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Spectroscopy see SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis

TEC063000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural

TEC039000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Superconductors & Superconductivity

TEC054000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Surveying

TEC073000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Systems Engineering

TEC040000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades

TEC044000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical Writing

TEC041000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications

TEC043000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video

TEC055000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers

TEC070000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / 3D Printing

TEC068000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Tribology

TEC069000   TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Welding

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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