News Release

2000-16

Canadian Subject Headings Now on the Web

Ottawa, October 26, 2000 -- Earlier this week, the National Library of Canada launched a new electronic product, Canadian Subject Headings on the Web. Formerly available in print only, this listing of more than 6 000 standard subject headings (in English) relating to Canada is now available free of charge on the Library's Web site at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/csh/index-e.html.

If you have a book on B.C.'s Bugaboo Park or a treatise on the formation of the new territory of Nunavut in 1999 but do not know if there are subject headings to describe them, you can find your answer in Canadian Subject Headings (CSH). The site is updated on a monthly basis, providing users with the most recent subject headings available for Canadian topics.

The listing can be searched by browsing or by exact or keyword searches. Extensive references and scope notes are provided, and full authority records are displayed in both MARC 21 and thesaurus formats. The French language equivalents provided are drawn from the standard list of French-language subject headings, Répertoire de vedettes-matière, published by Université Laval and also available on the Web.

For further information about Canadian Subject Headings, contact:
David Farris, Editor, Canadian Subject Headings Standards and Support Division
National Library of Canada
E-mail: cataloguing.standards@lac-bac.gc.ca