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    Nationality Designation of Classes of Persons H 350

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    This document provides guidelines for using geographic subdivisions or adjectival qualifiers when designating the nationality or location of classes of persons in subject headings. The general rule is to use geographic subdivisions rather than adjectival qualifiers to represent jurisdictions or regions. Exceptions are made for classes of authors and students of other countries.

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    This document provides guidelines for using geographic subdivisions or adjectival qualifiers when designating the nationality or location of classes of persons in subject headings. The general rule is to use geographic subdivisions rather than adjectival qualifiers to represent jurisdictions or regions. Exceptions are made for classes of authors and students of other countries.

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    Nationality Designation of Classes of Persons H 350

    BACKGROUND: It was formerly Library of Congress practice to modify the headings for
    individual classes of persons as follows:

    Modification Example Purpose


    Geographic EngineersCUnited Designate location
    subdivision States
    Adjectival Engineers, American Designate nationality
    qualifier
    Combination of the Engineers, AmericanC Designate both
    above France nationality and
    location

    Although in theory each file created by means of the geographical subdivision or qualifier
    should have been unique and significant, in actual practice this was not the case. The file of
    titles under the heading with geographic subdivision frequently represented contents identical to
    those under the heading with the adjectival qualifier. In addition, catalog users encountered
    difficulty in understanding the distinctions that were intended. It was therefore decided in 1973
    to combine the files where possible.

    1. General rule. Do not use adjectival qualifiers that represent jurisdictions or geographic
    regions in connection with classes of persons. Use geographic subdivision instead.
    Examples:

    650 #0 $a Engineers $z United States.


    [instead of 650 #0 $a Engineers, American.]

    650 #0 $a Engineers $z Europe.


    [instead of 650 #0 $a Engineers, European.]

    Use geographic subdivision to mean either "currently in" or "originally from." For example,
    use the combination of the following two headings to designate American engineers in France:

    650 #0 $a Engineers $z France.


    650 #0 $a Engineers $z United States.

    Exception: This policy does not extend to persons associated with the field of
    belles-lettres, nor to headings of the type [ . . . ] students. For qualified headings in
    these categories, see sec. 3-4, below.

    Subject Headings Manual H 350 Page 1


    June 2013
    H 350 Nationality Designation of Classes of Persons

    2. Other types of qualifiers. The provision above does not apply to other types of qualifiers.
    Use adjectival qualifiers with classes of persons to designate ethnic group, religion, sex, etc., and
    divide these headings geographically if appropriate. See H 306, H 320, and H 351, sec. 2, for
    instructions on establishing such headings in inverted or uninverted form. Examples:

    Muslim students (May Subd Geog)


    African American scientists (May Subd Geog)
    Women scientists (May Subd Geog)
    Women, Maori (May Subd Geog)

    3. Nationality qualifiers for classes of authors. Use adjectival qualifiers for the various
    categories of literary authors, such as Poets, Dramatists, Humorists, etc., since they may
    designate not only nationality but also language. Divide these headings geographically if
    appropriate. Example:

    650 #0 $a Poets, English $z France.

    The adjectival qualifier for headings of the type [class of authors], [nationality] or [class of
    authors], [ethnic group] is not added to the heading on a free-floating basis; establish each
    heading editorially as needed.

    4. Nationality qualifiers for students. Use adjectival qualifiers for students of various
    countries studying in other countries. Establish these headings in uninverted form and
    authorize them to be geographically divided. Examples:

    American students (May Subd Geog)


    Chinese students (May Subd Geog)

    To works about students in their own countries, assign the heading StudentsB[place].

    H 350 Page 2 Subject Headings Manual


    June 2013

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