BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS

2007 Edition
Approved: September 28, 2007
Posted: October 23, 2007
 

SCIENCE
For subheadings that overlap those in the NATURE section, use subjects in this section for scholarly works and/or works aimed at professionals and use subjects in the NATURE section for works aimed at a lay audience.

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

An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2007 Edition.

Step 2:  Once you have selected your major heading, determine the specific term which describes your book. 
 

SCI000000     SCIENCE / General

SCI001000     SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound

SCI003000     SCIENCE / Applied Sciences

SCI004000     SCIENCE / Astronomy

SCI005000     SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science

                     SCIENCE / Atomic Physics see Nuclear Physics

SCI010000     SCIENCE / Biotechnology

SCI012000     SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems

SCI013000     SCIENCE / Chemistry / General

SCI013010     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Analytic

SCI013020     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical

SCI013060     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical

SCI013030     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic

SCI013040     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic

SCI013050     SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical

SCI015000     SCIENCE / Cosmology

SCI016000     SCIENCE / Crystallography

                     SCIENCE / Developmental Biology see Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology

                     SCIENCE / Dynamics see headings under Mechanics / Dynamics

SCI019000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General

SCI030000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography

SCI031000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology

SCI081000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology

SCI042000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology

SCI048000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy

SCI052000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography

SCI082000     SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism

SCI021000     SCIENCE / Electricity

SCI022000     SCIENCE / Electromagnetism

SCI023000     SCIENCE / Electron Microscopes & Microscopy

SCI024000     SCIENCE / Energy

                     SCIENCE / Entomology see Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology

SCI026000     SCIENCE / Environmental Science

SCI080000     SCIENCE / Essays

SCI028000     SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects

                     SCIENCE / Geography see Earth Sciences / Geography

                     SCIENCE / Geology see Earth Sciences / Geology

SCI032000     SCIENCE / Geophysics

SCI033000     SCIENCE / Gravity

SCI034000     SCIENCE / History

SCI086000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General

SCI056000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (see also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology)

SCI006000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Bacteriology

SCI007000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry

SCI088000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity

SCI008000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General

                     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Cellular Biology see Life Sciences / Cytology

SCI072000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology

SCI039000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Marine Biology

SCI045000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology

SCI049000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Molecular Biology

SCI009000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics

SCI011000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany

SCI017000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cytology

SCI020000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology

SCI027000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution

SCI029000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics

SCI073000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture

SCI036000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology

                     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Physiology see Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology

SCI087000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy

SCI070000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General

SCI025000     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology

SCI070010     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology

SCI070020     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates

SCI070030     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals

SCI070040     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology

SCI070050     SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology

SCI037000     SCIENCE / Light

SCI083000     SCIENCE / Limnology

SCI038000     SCIENCE / Magnetism

                     SCIENCE / Marine Biology see Life Sciences / Biology / Marine Biology

SCI040000     SCIENCE / Mathematical Physics

SCI041000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / General

SCI018000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics / General

SCI084000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics / Aerodynamics

SCI085000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics

SCI065000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics / Thermodynamics

SCI079000     SCIENCE / Mechanics / Statics

                     SCIENCE / Meteorology see Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology

                     SCIENCE / Methodology see Research & Methodology

SCI044000     SCIENCE / Metric System

                     SCIENCE / Microbiology see Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology

SCI047000     SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy

                     SCIENCE / Mineralogy see Earth Sciences / Mineralogy

                     SCIENCE / Molecular Biology see Life Sciences / Biology / Molecular Biology

SCI074000     SCIENCE / Molecular Physics

SCI050000     SCIENCE / Nanostructures

SCI051000     SCIENCE / Nuclear Physics

                     SCIENCE / Oceanography see Earth Sciences / Oceanography

SCI053000     SCIENCE / Optics

SCI054000     SCIENCE / Paleontology

SCI075000     SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects

SCI055000     SCIENCE / Physics

                     SCIENCE / Projects see Experiments & Projects

SCI057000     SCIENCE / Quantum Theory

SCI058000     SCIENCE / Radiation

SCI059000     SCIENCE / Radiology

SCI060000     SCIENCE / Reference

SCI061000     SCIENCE / Relativity

SCI043000     SCIENCE / Research & Methodology

SCI076000     SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments

                     SCIENCE / Social Aspects see Philosophy & Social Aspects

SCI077000     SCIENCE / Solid State Physics

                     SCIENCE / Sound see Acoustics & Sound

                     SCIENCE / Space Science see Astrophysics & Space Science

SCI078000     SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis

                     SCIENCE / Statics see Mechanics / Statics

SCI063000     SCIENCE / Study & Teaching

SCI064000     SCIENCE / System Theory

                     SCIENCE / Thermodynamics see Mechanics / Dynamics / Thermodynamics

SCI066000     SCIENCE / Time

SCI067000     SCIENCE / Waves & Wave Mechanics

SCI068000     SCIENCE / Weights & Measures

 

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