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Issue 120

Term 1 2022

New and revised subject headings

By Renate Beilharz

Cataloguing Library catalogues SCIS School library staff

New headings

Biomimicry

Use for works on the imitation of nature in manufacture and design.

Cryptocurrencies

Use for works on currencies that use cryptography to secure and verify transactions and to control the creation of new currency units.

Computational thinking

Use for works on problem-solving methods that involve various techniques and strategies, e.g. Computer programming, Lateral thinking.

Family secrets

(No scope note)

Food allergy

Use for works on immune responses to specific foods. Works on difficulties digesting certain foods, which lead to physical symptoms, are entered under food intolerance. Works on the toxic effects of food containing naturally poisonous substances or toxic chemical residues are entered under Food - Toxicology.

Food science

Use for works about the application of science in the improvement of food products, their processing and handling for the consuming public. For works on the processing of food in general and on the marketing of processed food products use Food industry. Use for textbooks about Food science as a subject.

Positive psychology

Use for works about developing positive
attitudes and outlooks on life.

New ‘see’ references

  • Bio-inspired engineering see Biomimicry
  • Biomimetics see Biomimicry
  • Bitcoin see Cryptocurrencies
  • Cryptocurrency see Cryptocurrencies
  • Food technology see Food science
  • First Nations (Australia) see Aboriginal
    Peoples
  • First Nations (Australia) see Torres Strait
    Islanders
  • First Nations (Canada) see Canadian
    Indians
  • First Nations (North America) see
    American Indians
  • First Peoples (Australia) see Aboriginal
    Peoples
  • First Peoples (Australia) see Torres Strait
    Islanders
  • Positivity see Positive psychology
  • Secrets, Family see Family secrets

Revised subject headings

  • Aboriginal peoples
  • Agricultural workers
  • Allergy
  • Attitude (Psychology)
  • Canadian Indians
  • Cooking
  • Ecommerce
  • Family relations
  • Farm life
  • Farmers
  • Food
  • Food handling
  • Food industry
  • Food preservation
  • Food supply
  • Home economics
  • Money
  • North American Indians

 

  • Nutrition
  • Problem solving
  • Programming (Computers)
  • Psychology
  • Resilience (Psychology)
  • Secrecy
  • Thought and thinking
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • War on Terrorism 2001 

    NOTE for War on Terrorism (2001):
    Use for works on the military
    operations, diplomatic activities and
    other counter-terrorist measures
    undertaken by the United States and
    allied countries in response to the
    September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
    on the United States.

The full reference structure for SCIS subject headings can be found in the SCIS Standards for Cataloguing and Data Entry

Renate Beilharz

Content Manager

Schools Catalogue Information Service

Renate has worked for SCIS since 2018. A qualified teacher librarian, Renate worked in secondary school libraries for 20 years before teaching library and information services at Box Hill TAFE. She is passionate about ensuring that schools receive the quality data needed to empower information discovery for students.