Skip to Main Content

Cataloging Toolbox for International Government Information

Cataloging, classification and subject vocabularies used in creating metadata description for International Governmental Organizations.

Classification Schemes Codes

Library of Congress Classification Scheme Source Codes

Contains a list of global classification schemes and assigns a code to each scheme. The purpose of this list is to enable the scheme of classification number(s) contained in metadata records to be identified by a code.

For code assignment, general structure, usage, and maintenance guidelines see Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes, which contains codes, the name of the scheme, and some links. 

Example:

undocs
United Nations document series symbols: 1946-77 cumulative (New York: UN)
 
See undocs example in MARC21 by consulting OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, field 086 Government Documents Classification Number, subfield 2 'Number Source', https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/0xx/086.html.