BISAC Subject Headings List
Biography & Autobiography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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BIO000000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
BIO023000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
BIO002010 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black
BIO002040 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern
BIO001000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
BIO002020 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Asian & Asian American
BIO034000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical
BIO003000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians see Music
BIO024000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
BIO029000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary
BIO002000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Doctors see Medical (incl. Patients)
BIO025000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
BIO019000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators
BIO005000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
BIO030000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Famous see Rich & Famous
BIO035000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Fashion
BIO036000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Fire & Emergency Services
BIO002030 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Hispanic & Latino
BIO006000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
BIO028000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous
BIO039000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island *
BIO037000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Judges see Lawyers & Judges
BIO027000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement
BIO020000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges
BIO031000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+
BIO007000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
BIO017000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
BIO026000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
BIO008000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
BIO004000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music
BIO040000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native American *
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Nurses see Medical (incl. Patients)
BIO033000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Performing Arts see Entertainment & Performing Arts
BIO009000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Photographers see Artists, Architects, Photographers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Physicians see Medical (incl. Patients)
BIO010000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
BIO011000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Psychologists see Social Scientists & Psychologists
BIO012000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference
BIO018000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
BIO013000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
BIO014000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty
BIO015000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
BIO032000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
BIO021000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists
BIO016000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Surgeons see Medical (incl. Patients)
BIO038000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Teachers see Educators
BIO022000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
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