BISAC Subject Headings List, Reference
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Step 2: Determine the specific term which describes your book.
An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2012 Edition.
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".
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
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
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 Contact 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 2012 Edition.
REFERENCE
Use 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 | |
| REF004000 | REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes |
| REFERENCE / Biographical Dictionaries see BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference | |
| REFERENCE / Business Skills see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Skills | |
| REF006000 | REFERENCE / Catalogs |
| 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 | |
| REF013000 | REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry |
| REF028000 | REFERENCE / Handbooks & Manuals |
| REFERENCE / Indexes see Bibliographies & Indexes | |
| REF015000 | REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides |
| REFERENCE / Public Speaking see LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking | |
| REFERENCE / Publishing see LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishing | |
| REF018000 | REFERENCE / Questions & Answers |
| REF019000 | REFERENCE / Quotations |
| REF020000 | REFERENCE / Research |
| REFERENCE / Secretarial Aids & Training see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Secretarial Aids & Training | |
| REFERENCE / Synonyms & Antonyms see Thesauri | |
| REF022000 | REFERENCE / Thesauri |
| REF023000 | REFERENCE / Trivia |
| REF024000 | REFERENCE / Weddings |
| REF025000 | REFERENCE / Word Lists |
| REF026000 | REFERENCE / Writing Skills |
| REF027000 | REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals |
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
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.