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Book Classification

A general term covering bibliographical and bibliothecal classifications. It mostly refers to library CLASSIFICATION for arrangement of books and documents on the shelves. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p85)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A general term covering bibliographical and bibliothecal classifications. It mostly refers to library CLASSIFICATION for arrangement of books and documents on the shelves. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p85)

MeSH Record

Classification

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Classification, Book
  • Book Classifications
  • Classifications, Book

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. L01w.462w.750.245w.250w.150w
  2. L01w.462w.750.819w.250w.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Book Classification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001867. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001867
  2. Book Classification. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification
  3. Book Classification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48473