BISAC Subject Headings List

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BIO000000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General

BIO023000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers

 

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black see Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black

BIO001000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers

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, Ethnic & Regional / General

BIO002010

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black

BIO002040

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Arab & Middle Eastern

BIO002020

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American

BIO002030

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & Latino

BIO028000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous

 

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Native American see Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous

 

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

BIO006000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical

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)

BIO008000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military

BIO004000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music

 

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans see Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous

 

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Nurses see Medical (incl. Patients)

BIO033000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities

 

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Performing Arts see Entertainment & Performing Arts

BIO026000

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

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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