| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The need for classification | p. 4 |
| First principles of classification | p. 6 |
| Grouping | |
| Ordering | |
| Compound subjects | |
| Problems of linear order | |
| Citation order | |
| Distributed relatives | |
| The variety of classification: systems and structures | p. 12 |
| Scientific classifications | |
| Taxonomies | |
| Tree structures | |
| Folk classifications | |
| Bibliographic classifications | |
| Aspect classifications | |
| The classification scheme: internal structure | p. 21 |
| Grouping of concepts | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Semantic relationships | |
| Syntactic relationships | |
| Pre-coordination | |
| Types of classification scheme | p. 30 |
| Enumerative classifications | |
| 'Top-down' classifications | |
| Analytic-synthetic classifications | |
| Faceted classifications | |
| 'Bottom up' classifications | |
| Order in the classification scheme | p. 38 |
| Main classes | |
| Phenomena classes | |
| Main class order | |
| Schedule order and filing order | |
| General-before-special | |
| Literary warrant and educational consensus | |
| Notation | |
| Notational symbols | |
| Expressiveness | |
| Mnemonics | |
| Flexibility and hospitality | |
| Content analysis I: document description | p. 52 |
| The problem of 'aboutness' | |
| Where to look for content | |
| Constructing the document description | |
| Sought terms | |
| Common categories of terms (place, time, form, persons) | |
| Ordering the description | |
| Content analysis 2: practical constraints | p. 69 |
| Broad and close classification | |
| Specifity and exhaustivity | |
| Difficult subjects | |
| Biography | |
| Primary texts | |
| Controlled indexing languages | p. 83 |
| Natural language indexing and searching | |
| The meaning of words | |
| Synonyms and homonyms | |
| Sought terms | |
| Controlled indexing languages | |
| Standards for document description | |
| Word-based approaches to retrieval | p. 91 |
| Subject heading lists | |
| Thesauri | |
| Alphabetical arrangement | |
| Synonymy and related matters | |
| Form and structure of subject headings | |
| Modern developments in subject indexing | |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings I: basic headings | p. 103 |
| History of LCSH | |
| Literary warrant | |
| Cutter's Rules and the form of entry | |
| Uniform headings | |
| Valid headings | |
| Thesaural cross references | |
| Selecting headings | |
| Multiple-headings | |
| Entering headings onto a record | |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings 2: structured headings | p. 121 |
| Topical subdivisions | |
| Pattern headings | |
| Geographical subdivisions | |
| Free-floating subdivisions | |
| Name headings | |
| Classification scheme application | p. 137 |
| Appearance of classification schemes | |
| The index | |
| The schedules | |
| Classes | |
| Captions and headings | |
| Schedule layout | |
| Scope notes | |
| Instructions | |
| Library of Congress Classification I: basic classmark construction | p. 143 |
| History of LCC | |
| General principles | |
| Literary warrant | |
| Enumerative classification | |
| Alphabetization | |
| Notation | |
| Practical classification | |
| Cutter numbers | |
| Library of Congress Classification 2: use of tables | p. 163 |
| Tables | |
| Content of tables | |
| How tables work | |
| Geographical subdivision | |
| Form subdivision | |
| Subject subdivision | |
| Tables for classes using Cutter numbers | |
| Tables embedded in the schedules | |
| Tables used in combination | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | p. 176 |
| History DDC | |
| Structure of DDC | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Notation | |
| Compound subjects and number building | |
| Citation order | |
| Preference order | |
| Practical classification | |
| Using the relative index | |
| First-of-two rule and the rule of three | |
| Approximation to the whole | |
| Use of tables | |
| Standard subdivisions | |
| Place and time | |
| Persons | |
| Adding notations from the main schedules | |
| Universal Decimal Classification 1: general properties and basic number building | p. 207 |
| History of UDC | |
| Structure of UDC | |
| An analytico-synthetic classification | |
| Notation | |
| Symbols | |
| Expressiveness | |
| Schedule display | |
| Main tables | |
| Number-building | |
| The colon | |
| The plus sign | |
| The oblique stroke | |
| Universal Decimal Classification 2: auxiliary tables | p. 229 |
| Systematic auxiliary tables | |
| Language, form, place, ethnicity, time, materials, persons | |
| Special auxiliaries | |
| Language and literature | |
| Faceted classification | p. 257 |
| History of facet analysis | |
| Building blocks of classification | |
| Fundamental categories | |
| Arrays | |
| Relationships between terms | |
| Citation order | |
| Schedule order | |
| Inversion | |
| Managing classification | p. 284 |
| Management and maintenance of schemes | |
| Revision | |
| Costs of classification | |
| Copy cataloguing | |
| Print and electronic format | |
| Choosing a classification | |
| General versus special schemes | |
| Glossary | p. 294 |
| Bibliography and further reading | p. 310 |
| Index | p. 314 |
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