Issue 128

The following changes to SCIS Subject Headings List were approved by the SCIS Standards Committee November 2022 – October 2023.

Key

• BT – Broader term
• NT – Narrower term
• RT – Related term
• UF – Used for
• SN – Scope note
• SEN – Special example note
• In – Indexing note

New headings

Cosplay

• SN Use for works about the action or pastime of dressing up as a specific character in costume, especially as a character from anime, manga or video games; performances involving people dressed in this way.
• UF Costume play
• BT Role playing
• BT Popular culture
• RT Characters and characteristics in literature
• RT Characters and characteristics in films

Life change events

• SN Use for works on discrete experiences that disrupt an individual’s usual activities, causing substantial change and readjustment, e.g. marriage, divorce, retirement.
• UF Life events
• UF Life changing events
• NT Critical incidents
• BT Developmental psychology
• RT Change (Psychology)
• RT Coming of age
• RT Resilience (Psychology)
• RT Stress (Biology)

Picture dictionaries

• IN See also subdivision Picture dictionaries under other subjects for alphabetically or thematically arranged works, using pictures to illustrate the meaning of words related to a specific subject, e.g. Seasons – Picture dictionaries
• SEN See also subdivision Picture dictionaries under the names of languages, e.g. French language – Picture dictionaries
• SN Use for general works on Picture dictionaries
• UF Pictorial dictionaries
• UF Visual dictionaries
• BT Dictionaries

Sleepovers

• SN Use for works about school-age or younger children sleeping over at another person’s home.
• UF Sleep overs
• UF Sleep-overs
• UF Slumber parties
• BT Sleep
• RT Bedtime
• RT Amusements
• RT Children’s parties

Social and emotional learning

• SN Use for works about the process of developing the self-awareness, selfcontrol and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work and life success.
• UF Emotional learning • UF SEL (Social and emotional learning)
• UF Social learning
• BT Learning, Psychology of
• RT Emotional intelligence
• RT Empathy
• RT Life skills
• RT Personal development
• RT Resilience (Psychology)
• RT Self-perception
• RT Social skills

Wellbeing

• UF Personal wellbeing
• UF Well being
• UF Well-being
• RT Happiness
• RT Health
• RT Positive psychology
• RT Quality of life

New ‘see’ references

• Afghanistan War, 2001-2021 see Afghan War, 2001-2021
• Analytic phonics see Phonics
• Analytical phonics see Phonics
• Authors – Autobiography see Authors
• Book dealers see Booksellers and book selling
• Book sales see Booksellers and book selling
• Book shops see Booksellers and book selling
• Book stores see Booksellers and book selling
• Bookshops see Booksellers and book selling
• Bookstores see Booksellers and book selling
• Costume play see Cosplay
• Discovery and exploration see Exploration
• Emotional learning see Social and emotional learning
• Illustrators – Autobiography see Illustrators
• Life events see Life change events
• Life changing events see Life change events
• Literature – Autobiography see Authors
• Media literacy see Information literacy
• Media literacy see Mass media
• Pictorial dictionaries see Picture dictionaries
• SEL (Social and emotional learning) see Social and emotional learning
• Sleep overs see Sleepovers
• Sleep-overs see Sleepovers
• Slumber parties see Sleepovers
• Social learning see Social and emotional learning
• Synthetic phonics see Phonics
• Visual dictionaries see Picture dictionaries
• Well being see Wellbeing
• Well-being see Wellbeing

Revised subject headings

Afghan War, 2001-2021

• IN May subdiv. Like World War, 1939-1945
• UF Afghanistan War, 2001-2021
• BT Afghanistan – History – 21st century
• BT Military history
• BT War
• RT War on terrorism, 2001-

Critical incidents

• SEN See also specific critical incidents, e.g. Child abuse.
• SN Use for materials dealing with sudden and unexpected life events which have the potential to cause lasting emotional damage to a person, e.g. death, job loss, natural disaster, etc. Include here materials about preparing ways of responding to and managing critical incidents, and materials dealing with physical/emotional reactions to critical incidents.
• UF Crisis intervention
• UF Traumatic incidents
• NT Death
• NT Rape
• NT Accidents
• NT Disasters

Exploration

• SEN See also names of regions, countries* and geographic features* on Earth and in space with the subdivision Exploration, e.g. Australia – Exploration; New Zealand – Exploration; Everest, Mount – Exploration; Moon – Exploration. See also names of specific expeditions, e.g. Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861).
• SN Use for searching and discovery of regions, countries and geographic features on Earth and in space.
• UF Discovery and exploration
• UF Expeditions
• BT History
• NT Explorers
• NT Moon - Exploration
• NT Space – Exploration
• RT Scientific expeditions
• RT Voyages and travels

Shakespeare, William

• EH Example under Authors
• IN The following subdivisions are to be used for works about Shakespeare and about his writings. When applicable, these subdivisions may be used with the names of other voluminous authors.
• SN Use for general and biographical works.
• UF Shakespeare, William – Biography
• UF Shakespeare, William – Autobiography
• UF Shakespeare, William – Miscellany
• BT Authors

The new SCIS subject headings are included in the biannual SCIS Authority Files releases.