BT, NT and RT

Exercise 6

Use Broader Terms, Narrower Terms and Related Terms to guide you in determining which of the subject headings from the following groups you would assign to a work on the set topics.

a. Topic: Needlework
Subject headings:
Handicrafts (BT)
Embroidery (NT)
Needlework
Sewing (RT)
Appropriate subject heading: Needlework

b. Topic: Children's diseases
Subject headings:
Children - Care and health (BT)
Children - Diseases
Children's hospitals (RT)
Terminally ill children (NT)
Appropriate subject heading: Children - Diseases

c. Topic: Sea shanties
Subject headings:
Sea poetry (BT)
Sea songs
Appropriate subject heading: Sea songs

d. Topic: The process of banning books and films
Subject headings:
Freedom of information (RT)
Pornography (NT)
Censorship
Libraries and censorship (NT)
Appropriate subject heading: Censorship