Library of Congress Subject Headings (February 2026)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS
APPROVED MONTHLY LIST 02 LCSH (February 2026)


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LCSH TERMS
 
150
Adventure playgrounds    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002344]
 
053
GV424.7
 
450
UF Junk playgrounds
 
550
BT Playgrounds
 
 
150
African American women prisoners    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002364]
(A) (C)
450
UF Women prisoners, African American
 
550
BT Women prisoners--United States
 
 
150
Architecture, Italian colonial    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002306]
 
450
UF Italian colonial architecture
 
550
BT Architecture, Colonial
 
 
151
Asahan River (Aceh, Indonesia)    [sp2025002379]
 
072
H 1145.5
 
451
UF Aek Asahan (Aceh, Indonesia)
 
451
UF Sungai Asahan (Aceh, Indonesia)
 
550
BT Rivers--Indonesia
 
781
Indonesia--Asahan River (Aceh)
 
 
150
Asset-based teaching    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000033]
(C)
450
UF Strengths-based teaching
 
550
BT Teaching
 
 
151
Ba wu ling nong chang (China)    [sp2025001540]
(C)
451
UF 850 nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Heilongjiang 850 nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Heilongjiang ba wu ling nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Heilongjiang Sheng 850 nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Heilongjiang Sheng ba wu ling nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Heilongjiang Sheng wei xing nong chang (China)
 
451
UF Wei xing nong chang (China)
 
451
UF State Farm No. 850 (China)
 
550
BT State farms--China
 
781
China--Ba wu ling nong chang
 
 
151
Basing Island (Indonesia)    [sp2026000062]
 
451
UF Pulau Basing (Indonesia)
 
550
BT Islands--Indonesia
 
667
Undifferentiated geographic heading. Covers all islands named Pulau Basing in Kepulauan Riau Province, Indonesia.
 
781
Indonesia--Basing Island
 
 
150
Batanga language    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2024002017]
 
450
UF Bapoko language ADD FIELD
 
450
UF Bapuku language ADD FIELD
 
450
UF Bapuu language ADD FIELD
 
450
UF Naka language ADD FIELD
 
450
UF Puku language ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Belief and doubt in motion pictures    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000002]
(A) (C)
550
BT Motion pictures
 
680
Here are entered works on the depiction of belief and doubt in motion pictures.
 
 
100
Bilson family    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000058]
 
072
H 1120
 
400
UF Billson family
 
400
UF Bylson family
 
 
150
Body language on television    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000052]
(A)
550
BT Television
 
680
Here are entered works on the depiction of body language on television.
 
 
110
Bogk House (Milwaukee, Wis.)    [sp2025002399]
 
410
UF F. C. Bogk House (Milwaukee, Wis.)
 
410
UF Frederick C. Bogk House (Milwaukee, Wis.)
 
550
BT Dwellings--Wisconsin
 
 
150
Boundary layer separation    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002400]
(C)
450
UF Boundary layer flow separation
 
450
UF Flow separation
 
450
UF Separation, Boundary layer
 
450
UF Separation, Flow
 
550
BT Fluid dynamics
 
 
150
Calico Critters toys    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026001298]
 
053
NK4894.3.C35 (Decorative arts)
 
550
BT Character toys
 
 
150
Canals--Indonesia    [sp2025002384]
 
 
110
Central Park Conservatory (New York, N.Y.)    [sp2025002395]
(C)
550
BT Conservatories--New York (State)
 
 
150
Children's periodicals, Bosnian    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025000556]
 
450
UF Bosnian children's periodicals
 
550
BT Bosnian periodicals
 
 
150
Children's songs, Buriat    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000035]
(C)
450
UF Buriat children's songs
 
 
150
Cities and towns in the Avesta    [sp2025002172]
 
 
150
Climate fiction    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000022]
(A)
053
PN3448.E36 (History and criticism)
 
450
UF Cli-fi
 
450
UF Climate change fiction
 
550
BT Ecofiction
 
 
150
Codpieces    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025001804]
(C)
550
BT Men's clothing
 
 
151
Collect Pond (N.Y.)    [sp2026000031]
 
072
H 1145.5
 
451
UF Fresh Water Pond (N.Y.)
 
451
UF Freshwater Pond (N.Y.)
 
550
BT Ponds--New York (State)
 
781
New York (State)--Collect Pond
 
 
150
College students' writings, Colombian    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002377]
 
450
UF Colombian college students' writings
 
550
BT Colombian literature
 
 
150
Community centers--Greece    [sp2025002389]
 
 
150
Conservatories--New York (State)    [sp2026000019]
 
 
151
Daikō Mountain Range (Japan)    [sp2026000030]
 
451
UF Daikō Sanmyaku (Japan)
 
550
BT Mountains--Japan
 
781
Japan--Daikō Mountain Range
 
 
150
Deaf people, Black    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002326]
 
450
UF Black Deaf people
 
550
BT Deaf people
 
 
150
Electronic nematicity    [sp2025002367]
(C)
550
BT Nematicity
 
 
150
Etulo language    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002356]
 
053
PL8160.E88-PL8160.E8895
 
450
UF Eturo language
 
450
UF Turumawa language
 
450
UF Utur language
 
550
BT Benue-Congo languages
 
551
BT Nigeria--Languages
 
 
150
Faults (Geology)--New Zealand    [sp2026000239]
 
 
100
Feng family    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2015001746]
 
500
RT Pang family ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Fiat 147 automobile    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2025002370]
 
072
H 1195
 
550
BT Fiat automobiles
 
 
150
Filipino American boys    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002362]
(C)
450
UF Boys, Filipino American
 
550
BT Boys--United States
 
 
150
Ford Corcel automobile    [sp2025002371]
 
072
H 1195
 
450
UF Corcel automobile
 
550
BT Ford automobile
 
 
150
Forest reserves--Sierra Leone    [sp2026000060]
 
 
150
Fraxinus angustifolia    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002238]
 
053
QK495.O44 (Botany)
 
053
SD397.F73 (Forestry)
 
072
H 1180
 
450
UF Narrow-leaved ash
 
550
BT Ash (Plants)
 
 
150
GDScript (Computer program language)    [sp2026000010]
(A)
550
BT Object-oriented programming languages
 
550
BT Scripting languages (Computer science)
 
 
151
Gorama North Forest Reserve (Sierra Leone)    [sp2026000029]
 
550
BT Forest reserves--Sierra Leone
 
781
Sierra Leone--Gorama North Forest Reserve
 
 
150
Gorges--Alabama    [sp2025002382]
 
 
150
Gorges--Tennessee    [sp2025002383]
 
 
150
Gut (The German word)    [sp2026000016]
 
550
BT German language--Etymology
 
 
100
Habsburg, House of    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp 85058164 ]
(A)
400
UF Austrian Habsburg dynasty ADD FIELD
 
400
UF Habsburg dynasty ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Hoplites    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025000324]
(C)
550
BT Soldiers
 
680
Here are entered works on a specific type of Ancient Greek foot soldier who fought in close formation.
 
 
150
Horizon in art    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2025002320]
 
053
N8217.H677
 
550
BT Art
 
 
150
Imperialism and tourism    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000011]
 
450
UF Tourism and imperialism
 
550
BT Tourism
 
 
150
Insurgency--Wales    [sp2026000009]
 
 
150
Iron-based superconductors    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2012002039]
(C)
450
UF Fe-based superconductors ADD FIELD
 
450
UF FeSCs (Superconductors) ADD FIELD
 
450
UF IBSCs (Superconductors) ADD FIELD
 
 
151
Isle Royale National Park (Mich.)    [sp 85068619 ]
 
667
This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision. ADD FIELD
 
781
Michigan--Isle Royale National Park DELETE FIELD
 
 
150
Japanese American baseball managers    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002329]
(C)
450
UF Baseball managers, Japanese American
 
550
BT Baseball managers--United States
 
 
150
Jewish naturalists    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000283]
(A)
550
BT Naturalists
 
550
BT Jewish scientists
 
 
150
Jones, Indiana (Fictitious character) CANCEL HEADING    [sp 92001311 ]
(C)
682
This authority record has been deleted because the subject heading is covered by an identical name heading (DLC)n 2022046993
 
 
150
Justice in the Qurʼan    [sp2026000023]
(C)
053
BP134.J87
 
 
110
Kahal Shalom Synagogue (Kos, Greece)    [sp2025002307]
 
410
UF Havra (Kos, Greece)
 
410
UF Kahal Shalom Synagogue of Kos (Kos, Greece)
 
410
UF Kal Shalom Synagogue (Kos, Greece)
 
410
UF Synagogue of Kos (Kos, Greece)
 
550
BT Community centers--Greece
 
550
BT Synagogues--Greece
 
 
151
Kaiserstrasse (Mainz, Germany)    [sp2025001259]
(C)
550
BT Streets--Germany
 
667
This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
 
 
150
Komering (Indonesian people)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002346]
 
053
DS632.K66
 
450
UF Jolma Kumoring (Indonesian people)
 
450
UF Njo (Indonesian people)
 
450
UF Suku Komering (Indonesian people)
 
550
BT Ethnology--Indonesia
 
550
BT Lampung (Indonesian people)
 
 
150
Kuntao    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002398]
 
053
GV1114.713
 
450
UF Kuntau
 
450
UF Kuntaw
 
550
BT Martial arts
 
 
150
Lariangi (Dance)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000015]
 
053
GV1796.L37
 
550
BT Dance--Indonesia
 
 
150
Lattice quantum chromodynamics    [sp2026000005]
(C)
450
UF Lattice QCD (Lattice quantum chromodynamics)
 
450
UF LQCD (Lattice quantum chromodynamics)
 
550
BT Lattice gauge theories
 
550
BT Quantum chromodynamics--Graphic methods
 
 
150
Lele (Guinean people)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002336]
(C)
053
DT543.45.L45
 
550
BT Ethnology--Guinea
 
 
150
Lele language (Guinea)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002337]
(C)
053
PL8453.16-.1695
 
551
BT Guinea--Languages
 
550
BT Mande languages
 
 
150
Lighthouses in literature    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2025002319]
 
053
PN56.L533
 
 
150
Lullabies, Danish    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002374]
 
450
UF Danish lullabies
 
 
150
Magic realism (Motion pictures)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002359]
(A)
450
UF Magical realism (Motion pictures)
 
550
BT Fantasy films
 
550
BT Surrealism
 
 
150
Mavilan (Indic people)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002351]
(A)
550
BT Ethnology--India
 
551
BT India--Scheduled tribes
 
 
150
Mentalization Based Therapy for children    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002393]
(A)
053
RJ505.M46
 
550
BT Child psychotherapy
 
 
150
Mexican American young women    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025001119]
(C)
450
UF Young women, Mexican American
 
550
BT Young women--United States
 
 
151
Mono Lake Watershed (Calif.)    [sp2025002042]
(A) (C)
451
UF Mono Basin (Calif.)
 
451
UF Mono Lake Basin (Calif.)
 
550
BT Watersheds--California
 
781
California--Mono Lake Watershed
 
 
150
Morbid curiosity    [sp2025002357]
(C)
450
UF Morbidly curious behavior
 
550
BT Curiosity
 
 
100
Mossel family    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2024002930]
 
072
H 1120
 
 
150
Names, Personal--Lele (Guinea)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002338]
(C)
450
UF Lele (Guinea) personal names
 
 
150
Nematicity    [sp2025002366]
(C)
550
BT Broken symmetry (Physics)
 
 
150
Operation Petsamo-Kirkenes, 1944    [sp2026000012]
(A)
450
UF Operation Pechenga-Kirkenes, 1944
 
450
UF Pechenga-Kirkenes Operation, 1944
 
450
UF Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation, 1944
 
550
BT World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Arctic regions
 
 
150
Pachucas    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025001118]
(C)
550
BT Mexican American young women
 
 
151
Pader River (Germany)    [sp2026000043]
(C)
072
H 1145.5
 
550
BT Rivers--Germany
 
781
Germany--Pader River
 
 
151
Paektu Taegan (Korea)    [sp2025002363]
 
451
UF Baekdu-daegan (Korea)
 
451
UF Baekdudaegan (Korea)
 
451
UF Paektudaegan (Korea)
 
550
BT Mountains--Korea (North)
 
550
BT Mountains--Korea (South)
 
781
Paektu Taegan (Korea)
 
 
100
Pang family    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2013000168]
 
072
H 1120 ADD FIELD
 
500
RT Feng family ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Paperboys in motion pictures    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000046]
(A)
550
BT Motion pictures
 
680
Here are entered works on the depiction of paperboys in motion pictures.
 
 
150
Plunderphonics    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025001396]
(A)
550
BT Electronic music
 
 
150
Proverbs, Lele (Guinea)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002339]
(C)
450
UF Lele proverbs (Guinea)
 
 
150
Quantization conditions    [sp2026000006]
(C)
550
BT Quantum theory
 
 
150
Radio--Interference    [May Subd Geog]    [sp 85110402 ]
(C)
450
UF RFI (Radio frequency interference) ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Radio cosmology    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000004]
(C)
550
BT Cosmology
 
550
BT Radio astronomy
 
 
151
Rasian River (Indonesia)    [sp2025002378]
 
072
H 1145.5
 
451
UF Alur Rasian (Indonesia)
 
451
UF Krueng Rasian (Indonesia)
 
451
UF Kuala Rasian (Indonesia)
 
451
UF Sungai Rasian (Indonesia)
 
550
BT Rivers--Indonesia
 
781
Indonesia--Rasian River
 
 
150
Religious drama, Russian    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2019103633]
(C)
450
UF Russian religious drama
 
550
BT Russian drama
 
 
150
Representations of groups    [sp 85112944 ]
 
450
UF Representation theory (Mathematics) ADD FIELD
 
 
150
Reproductive rights in literature    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000038]
(A)
 
150
Revolutionary literature, Chinese    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002396]
(C)
053
PL2275.R49 (History and criticism)
 
450
UF Chinese revolutionary literature
 
550
BT Chinese literature
 
 
150
Romani language--Written Romani    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002392]
(A)
450
UF Written Romani
 
550
BT Written communication
 
 
151
Sadang River (Indonesia) CHANGE HEADING
 
151
Sadang River (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)    [sp 86000309 ]
 
072
H 1145.5
 
451
UF Sadang River (Celebes, Indonesia) [Former heading]
 
451
UF Sadang River (Indonesia) [Former heading]
 
451
UF Saddang River (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
 
451
UF Salo Sadang (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
 
451
UF Salo Sa'dang (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
 
451
UF Sungai Sadang (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
 
451
UF Sungai Saddang (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
 
550
BT Rivers--Indonesia
 
688
Heading changed from Sadang River (Indonesia) to Sadang River (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia) in June 2026.
 
781
Indonesia--Sadang River (Sulawesi Selatan)
 
 
151
Sadang River Watershed (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)    [sp2026000007]
 
550
BT Watersheds--Indonesia
 
781
Indonesia--Sadang River Watershed (Sulawesi Selatan)
 
 
110
Schloss Horst (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)    [sp2026000036]
(C)
410
UF Haus Horst (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
 
410
UF Horst Castle (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
 
550
BT Castles--Germany
 
550
BT Multipurpose buildings--Germany
 
 
150
Serbian diaspora    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000044]
 
450
UF Diaspora, Serbian
 
550
BT Human geography
 
550
RT Serbs--Migrations
 
680
Here are entered works on the movement of Serbs beyond Serbia. For works on Serbs who have settled outside Serbia, an additional heading is assigned to designate the place where they have settled, e.g., Serbs--Foreign countries; Serbs--France.
 
 
150
Serbs--Foreign countries    [sp2026000832]
 
681
Example under Serbian diaspora
 
 
150
Serbs--France    [sp2026000833]
 
681
Example under Serbian diaspora
 
 
150
Serbs--Migrations    [sp2026000061]
 
550
RT Serbian diaspora
 
 
150
Sex crimes in correctional institutions    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000045]
 
550
BT Correctional institutions
 
 
150
Sexual minorities in engineering    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002387]
(A)
550
BT Engineering
 
 
150
Sexual minorities in mathematics    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002388]
(A)
550
BT Mathematics
 
 
150
Sexual minorities in science    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002385]
(A)
550
BT Science
 
 
150
Sexual minorities in technology    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002386]
(A)
550
BT Technology
 
 
100
Siboro family    [Not Subd Geog]    [sp2026000008]
 
072
H 1120
 
400
UF Cibero family
 
400
UF Cibro family
 
400
UF Purba Girsang family
 
400
UF Purba Siboro family
 
400
UF Tarigan Sibero family
 
 
150
Slavic poetry, Eastern    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002305]
(C)
450
UF Eastern Slavic poetry
 
550
BT Slavic literature, Eastern
 
 
151
Smolenskai͡a krepostʹ (Smolensk, Russia)    [sp2025002372]
 
451
UF Smolensk Kremlin (Smolensk, Russia)
 
451
UF Smolenskaya Fortress (Smolensk, Russia)
 
550
BT Fortification--Russia (Federation)
 
667
This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
 
 
150
Speeches, addresses, etc., Burkinabe (French)    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000028]
 
450
UF Burkinabe orations (French)
 
450
UF Burkinabe speeches (French)
 
450
UF Speeches, address, etc., French--Burkina Faso
 
 
150
Spirits writers    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002380]
(A)
450
UF Liquor writers
 
550
BT Authors
 
 
151
Sulawesi Canal (Indonesia)    [sp2025002275]
 
072
H 1145.5
 
451
UF Terusan Sulawesi (Indonesia)
 
550
BT Canals--Indonesia
 
781
Indonesia--Sulawesi Canal
 
 
150
Survivors of intimate partner violence    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002394]
(C)
450
UF Intimate partner violence survivors
 
550
BT Intimate partner violence
 
550
BT Victims of crimes
 
 
150
Synagogues--Greece    [sp2025002390]
 
 
151
Tennessee River Gorge (Tenn. and Ala.)    [sp2025002376]
(C)
451
UF Cash Canyon (Tenn. and Ala.)
 
451
UF Walden Gorge (Tenn. and Ala.)
 
550
BT Gorges--Alabama
 
550
BT Gorges--Tennessee
 
781
Tennessee River Gorge (Tenn. and Ala.)
 
 
150
Textile design--China--History--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912    [sp2026000034]
 
 
150
Textile fabrics in the theater    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025001863]
(A)
053
PN2091.T49
 
550
BT Theater
 
 
150
Tree of vices    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000018]
(A)
450
UF Arbor vitiorum (Art)
 
450
UF Tree of corruption
 
450
UF Vices, Tree of
 
550
BT Charts, diagrams, etc.
 
550
BT Christian art and symbolism
 
 
150
Tree of virtues    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2026000017]
(A)
450
UF Arbor virtutum (Art)
 
450
UF Virtues, Tree of
 
550
BT Charts, diagrams, etc.
 
550
BT Christian art and symbolism
 
 
150
Turnhout, Battle of, Belgium, 1789    [sp2025001805]
 
551
BT Belgium--History--Revolution, 1789-1790
 
 
151
Ulica Piotrkowska (Łódź, Poland)    [sp2025002343]
(C)
451
UF Pietryna (Łódź, Poland)
 
451
UF Piotrkowska Street (Łódź, Poland)
 
550
BT Streets--Poland
 
667
This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
 
 
151
ʻUtthayān hǣng Chāt Thap Lān (Thailand)    [sp2025002369]
 
451
UF Thap Lan National Park (Thailand)
 
550
BT National parks and reserves--Thailand
 
781
Thailand--ʻUtthayān hǣng Chāt Thap Lān
 
 
151
Wales--History--Glyndŵr Rebellion, 1400-ca. 1415    [sp2025002333]
(C)
450
UF Glyndŵr Rebellion, 1400-ca. 1415
 
450
UF Gwrthryfel Glyn Dŵr, 1400-ca. 1415
 
450
UF Rising of Glyndŵr, 1400-ca. 1415
 
550
BT Insurgency--Wales
 
 
150
Women horticulturists    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002361]
(C)
550
BT Horticulturists
 
 
150
Women poets, Macedonian    [May Subd Geog]    [sp2025002252]
 
450
UF Macedonian women poets