Review of subject headings

The final exercise of 5.8... Wow, quite the sense of achievement!

I will check the answers to these ones as I go, and put thoughts and comments in brackets.

Exercise 20

Assign the pertinent subject headings for works on the following topics.

a. A street directory covering the cities of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong in New South Wales.
Sydney (N.S.W.) - Maps
Newcastle (N.S.W.) - Maps
Wollongong (N.S.W.) - Maps
(Forgot to put heading: Road maps, which could be found as a 'broader term' in "Melbourne (Vic.) - Maps)

b. A street directory covering all the cities and major towns in New South Wales.
New South Wales - Maps (Based on "Victoria - Maps", and limited to NSW because of limit of 10 subject headings - see 4.6 of Guidelines)
Road maps

c. 100 experiments exploring and explaining key concepts in Science and Technology
Science - Experiments
Technology - Experiments (Experiments is a restricted subdivision, 6.5.2 of Guidlines. There is also a specific example note (SEN) when you look up "experiments" in SCISSHL explaining this.)
Science (should I include this as well? Or is it too general - we need to be specific remember... Answers say not to include it. But I got the other two right :))

d. The early European explorers of inland Australia.
Explorers, European
Australia - Discovery and exploration
Australia - History - 19th Century (Apparently there is no need for this last one - that is being too specific).

e. A novel which explores the themes of friendships, jealousy and honesty. The novel is set in Australia in the 1990s and won the Young Australians’ Best Book Award.
Australia - History - 1991-2000 - Fiction
Friendship - Fiction
Jealousy - Fiction
Honesty - Fiction
Literary prizes (this is not needed)
Young Australians' Best Book Award
(forgot heading: "Australian stories")

f. How animals and plants survive in Australia’s grasslands and wetlands (grasslands and wetlands are treated separately):
Animals - Australia
Plants - Australia
Grasslands (This does not have subdiv. geog., so cannot be subdivided geographically)
Wetlands - Australia
(I got the last two wrong, will fix after I've had a cup of tea...)
Okay, so instead of the general terms "Grasslands" and "Wetlands - Australia" I should have had:
Grassland ecology (which is an allowed term in SCISSHL)
Wetland ecology (which is a devised term in the SCIS OPAC, fitting with 6.2 of the guidelines).

I guess what I have learned from this last one, is to always search without the s initially, as you might get ideas from that. If I had searched for Grassland, then grassland ecology would have come up and may have given me the idea without me having to check the answers first. Ok moving on...