The Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) list is the 11th controlled vocabulary to be included in the OCLC Terminologies Service, which provides access to multiple thesauri to help librarians create consistent metadata for library, museum or archive collections.
CSH is an English-language vocabulary that has been created specifically for the Canadian context, intended to align with and supplement Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Library and Archives Canada develops and maintains this list, and uses it—along with LCSH and Université Laval’s Répertoire de vedettes-matière—to provide subject headings for bibliographic records in Canadiana, the national bibliography and in the AMICUS database. CSH is available online at Library and Archives Canada’s Web site.
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