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Subject: Breakdown of research areas/topics
Category: Science
Asked by: smithsmith-ga
List Price: $70.00
Posted: 04 Jun 2006 20:34 PDT
Expires: 04 Jul 2006 20:34 PDT
Question ID: 735345
Require reasonably comprehensive non-copyrighted breakdown of 
research areas/topics.

For example some of the top level broad research areas are Physics,
Arts, Biology, Law, Engineering etc....

Engineering can be broken into Electrical engineering, Mechanical
engineering, Civil Engineering, Robotics etc.....

Mechanical Engineering can further be divided into Mechatronics, Fluid
mechanics, Lubrication, Accouostics, Heat Transfer , Engineering
design etc...

Fluid mechanics may be subdivided into Turbulence flow, Computational
fluid mechanics, Laminar flow  etc...


Probably you got an idea of what I am expecting. This breakdown should
cover almost all the research areas. I do not expect a comprehensive
list of all reasearch areas and division. But it would be nice if I
have it.

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 05 Jun 2006 05:33 PDT
smithsmith-ga,


The only system that's free of copyright restrictions is likely to be
the Library of Congress' classification system.


Take a look at the page for Science listings, for instance:



http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco_q.pdf


As a for instance, the listings for PHYSICS include:

QC1-999 Physics
QC1-75 General
QC81-114 Weights and measures
QC120-168.85 Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC170-197 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter
Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics 
QC221-246 Acoustics. Sound 
QC251-338.5 Heat 
QC310.15-319 Thermodynamics 
QC350-467 Optics. Light 
QC450-467 Spectroscopy 
QC474-496.9 Radiation physics (General) 
QC501-766 Electricity and magnetism 
QC501-(721) Electricity 
QC669-675.8 Electromagnetic theory 
QC676-678.6 Radio waves (Theory) 
QC701-715.4 Electric discharge 
QC717.6-718.8 Plasma physics. Ionized gases 
QC750-766 Magnetism 
QC770-798 Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity 
QC793-793.5 Elementary particle physics 
QC794.95-798 Radioactivity and radioactive substances 
QC801-809 Geophysics. Cosmic physics 
QC811-849 Geomagnetism 
QC851-999 Meteorology. Climatology Including the earth's atmosphere 
QC974.5-976 Meteorological optics QC980-999 Climatology and weather 
QC994.95-999 Weather forecasting


Is this the sort of thing you need?


pafalafa-ga
Answer  
Subject: Re: Breakdown of research areas/topics
Answered By: pafalafa-ga on 23 Jun 2006 11:01 PDT
 
smithsmith,

Well...here you go.  A catalog of just about everything researchable,
as based on the Libary of Congress classification system mentioned
above, but modified by me to make it a bit more manageable and on
point.

It's a bit of an odd list in some ways, especially in terms of the
'weights' given particular subjects, but not others.  Still, I think
you'll find that all in all it covers a great deal of territory in an
organized fashion.


I hope the formatting of the list will hold during the posting
process...that's always a bit of an iffy prospect.

Let me know if there's anything more you need on this.

pafalafa-ga


========================



PHILOSOPHY 


   History and systems

	By period

	Ancient

	Medieval
	Renaissance

	Modern

	By region or country


   Logic


   Speculative philosophy

	General philosophical works

	Metaphysics

	Epistemology. Theory of knowledge

	Methodology

	Ontology


	Cosmology



   Psychology and Psychoanalysis

	Experimental psychology

	Sensation. Aesthesiology

	Cognition. Perception. Intuition

   Motivation

	Emotion

	Will. Choice

	Applied psychology

	Comparative psychology

   Personality

	Genetic psychology

   Developmental psychology

	Child psychology

	Physiognomy

	Phrenology

	Graphology

	The hand. Palmistry

	
   Parapsychology
	hallucinations, sleep, dreams, hypnotism, telepathy, spiritualism, 
mediumship, clairvoyance, telekinesis

	Occult sciences
		ghosts, demonology, witchcraft, astrology, oracles, fortunetelling


   Aesthetics


   Ethics. Social usages. Etiquette


	Religious ethics

	Individual ethics. Character. Virtue

	Social usages. Etiquette

	Religion


RELIGIONS. MYTHOLOGY. RATIONALISM

	Religions of the world

	Natural theology

	The myth. Comparative mythology

	Religious doctrines 

	Eschatology

	Worship. Cultus

	Religious life

	History and principles of religions

	European. Occidental

	Hinduism

	Jainism

	Semitic

	African

	Rationalism

	Judaism

	Samaritans

	Islam

		Muhammad

		Islamic literature

		Sacred books

	
	Other beliefs and movements

	Buddhism
	


CHRISTIANITY

	Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.

	History
	
	The Bible

	Works about the Bible

	Old Testament

	New Testament

   Doctrinal theology

	Doctrine and dogma

	God

	Holy Spirit. The Paraclete

	Christology

	Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ. Mariology

	Creation
   Salvation

	Eschatology

	Future life

	Apologetics. Evidences of Christianity

	History of specific doctrines and movements


   Practical theology

	Worship (Public and private)

	Ecclesiastical theology

	Missions

	Evangelism. Revivals

	Pastoral theology

	Practical religion. The Christian life


   Christian denominations

	Eastern churches. Oriental churches

	Orthodox Eastern Church

	Roman Catholic Church

	Protestantism


HISTORY 

	Ancient history

	Medieval history

	Modern history

	World War I

	World War II

	Postwar history,

	Developing countries

	Eastern Hemisphere

	Europe 

   Great Britain

	England

	Local history and description

	London

	Wales

	Scotland

	Ireland


   Central Europe


	Austria

	Liechtenstein

	Hungary

	Czechoslovakia


   France

	Alsace-Lorraine

	Paris

	Andorra

	Monaco


   Germany

	West Germany

	East Germany

	Prussia

	Local history and description


   The Mediterranean Region. The GrecoRoman World


   Greece

	Ancient Greece

	Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire,

	Modern Greece

	Athens


   Italy

	Ancient Italy. 

	Rome 

	Medieval and Modern Italy,
	
	Venice

   	Vatican City

	Sicily

	Malta


 

   Belgium

   Luxemburg

   Netherlands (Holland)

   Soviet Union

	Leningrad

	Moscow

	Siberia

	Poland


   Northern Europe -- Scandinavia

	Denmark

	Iceland

	Norway

	Sweden

	Finland


   Spain

	Local history and description

	Madrid

	Portugal

	Lisbon


   Switzerland

	Cantons

	Alps


   Balkan Peninsula

	Bulgaria

	Romania

	Turkey

	Istanbul

	Albania

	Yugoslavia


Asia
	
   The Islamic World

   Arab countries

	Iraq

	Lebanon

	Syria

	Israel (Palestine). 
		The Jews

		Jews outside of Palestine
	Jordan

	Asia Minor

	Armenia

	Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia

	Iran

	Afghanistan

	Pakistan

	Bangladesh

	India

	Sri Lanka

	Nepal

	Goa

	Burma

	Cambodia

	Laos

	Vietnam

		Vietnamese Conflict

	Thailand

	Malaysia

	Malay Archipelago

	Indonesia

	Philippines

	China
	
		People's Republic,
	
		Manchuria

		Tibet

		Taiwan

	Japan

	Korea

		Democratic People's Republic


Africa

	Egypt

	Sudan

	Maghrib. Barbary States

	Libya

	Tunisia

	Algeria

	Morocco

	Sahara

	Ethiopia

	Somalia

		Djibouti
	
	Uganda

	Kenya

	Tanzania

	Rwanda
	
	Burundi

	Islands 
		Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, etc.

	Gambia
	
	Ghana

	Nigeria

	Sierra Leone

	Benin

	Guinea

	Ivory Coast

	Gabon

	Congo (Brazzaville)

	Central African Republic

	Chad

	Niger

	Senegal

	Mali

	Mauritania

	Burkina Faso

	Cameroon

	Togo

	Guinea-Bissau

	Sao Tome and Principe

	Equatorial Guinea

	Liberia

	Zaire

	Angola

	Namibia

	South Africa

		Cape Province. Cape of Good Hope

		Orange Free State. Oranje Vrystaat

		Natal

		Transvaal. South African Republic

	Botswana. Bechuanaland

	Lesotho. Basutoland

	Swaziland

	Zimbabwe. Southern Rhodesia

	Zambia. Northern Rhodesia

	Malawi. Nyasaland

	Mozambique


   Oceania 
	Australia

	New Zealand

   Melanesia 

   Micronesia 

   Polynesia 

	Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii

	New Guinea

	Samoan Islands





AMERICA

	North America

	Indians. Indians of North America

	Discovery of America and early explorations

   	UNITED STATES 

   		Population

			AfroAmericans

		Colonial history

		Revolution

		Revolution to the Civil War

		War with Mexico

		Slavery

		Civil War

		Confederate States of America

		Late nineteenth century

		Spanish-American War

		Twentieth century

	 

	Canada

	Mexico

	Latin America 

	Central America

	British Honduras

	Belize (Belice)

	Guatemala

	Salvador (El Salvador)

	Honduras

	Nicaragua

	Costa Rica

	Panama

	West Indies

	South America 

	Colombia

	Venezuela

	Guianas. Guyana. Surinam. French Guiana

	Brazil

	Paraguay

	Uruguay

	Argentina

	Chile

	Bolivia

	Peru

	Ecuador


MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY -- CARTOGRAPHY


PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY


	Geomorphology

	Hydrology. Water
		Including ground water, rivers, lakes, glaciers

	Natural disasters


OCEANOGRAPHY

	Chemical oceanography

	Physical oceanography

	Dynamics of the ocean

	Marine sediments

	Marine resources. Applied oceanography

	Marine pollution


HUMAN ECOLOGY -- ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY

	Man's relationship to specific environments

	By region or country


ANTHROPOLOGY

	Physical anthropology. Somatology

	Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology


FOLKLORE

	Folk literature 

	Folklore relating to special subjects


MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

Houses. Dwellings

	Custom relative to private and public life
		Including love, marriage, eating, smoking, treatment of the dead, 
		town life, customs of chivalry, festivals and holidays

	Customs relative to special classes. By birth, occupation, etc.


RECREATION -- LEISURE
	
	Outdoor life -- Outdoor recreation
		Including camping, organized camps, trailer camping, hiking,
mountaineering, wilderness survival, caving

	Physical education and training

	Games and amusements

	Dancing

	Circuses, spectacles, etc.


SOCIAL SCIENCES 


STATISTICS

ECONOMICS

   Demography

   Economic theory
	Including value, price, wealth, capital, interest, profit, consumption



   Business cycles. Economic fluctuations


   Economic history and conditions

	
   Economic history and conditions

   Production

	Including industrial management

	Land use

	Agriculture

	Industry

	Corporations. Cartels. Trusts

	Industrial cooperation

	Labor
		Including wages, strikes, unemployment, labor unions, 
		industrial relations, social security, professions, state labor.




TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

	Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. Streets

	Water transportation

	Railways

	Automotive transportation

	State lines. Ferries. Express service

	Postal service. 
		Stamp collecting

	Telecommunication industry.

	Radio and television broadcasting

	Telephone

	Artificial satellite telecommunications

	Air transportation


COMMERCE

	Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce

	Tariff policy

	Business. Business administration

	Personnel management

	Accounting

	Advertising


FINANCE

	Money

	Banking

	Credit

	Foreign exchange

	Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance

	Trust services

	Stocks, investment, speculation

	Lotteries

	Insurance

	Public finance

	Income and expenditure. The budget

	Revenue. Taxation

	Customs

	Expenditure

	Public credit. Debts. Loans. Claims

	Local finance

	Public accounting

	


SOCIOLOGY 

	Social psychology


	The family.

		Sexual life

		Erotica

		Including child study, eugenics, desertion, adultery, divorce, polygamy, the aged

	Women. Feminism. Women's clubs

	Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills


	Societies: Secret, benevolent, etc. Clubs

	Communities. Classes. Races

		Human settlements

		Urban sociology. The city

	Regional planning

	Rural sociology

	Social classes
		Including middle class, serfdom, slavery

	Races


	Social pathology. 

	Social and public welfare. 

	Social service. 

	Charities

		Protection, assistance, and relief

	Substance abuse

		Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform

		Tobacco habit

		Drug habits. Drug abuse

	Criminology

		Crimes and offenses

		Criminal justice and administration

		Penology
			Including police, prisons, punishment 
			and reform, juvenile delinquency


	Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

	Utopias

	Anarchism


POLITICAL THEORY -- THEORY OF THE STATE

	Nationalism

	Nature, entity, concept of the state

	Symbolism, emblems of the state: Arms, flag, seal, etc.

	Forms of the state
		Including imperialism, the world state, monarchy, 
		aristocracy, democracy, fascism, dictatorships

	Purpose, functions, and relations of the state

	The state and individual. Individual rights. Liberty

	Constitutional history and administration


	Organs and functions of government
		Including executive branch, cabinet and 
		ministerial government, legislative bodies

	Federal and state relations

	Political rights and guaranties
		Including citizenship, suffrage, electoral 
		systems, representation, the ballot

	Government. Administration

	Political parties

	Local government

	Municipal government


	Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration


	International law. International relations

		Diplomatic relations 

		Treaties 

	International relations. Foreign relations

	Diplomacy. The diplomatic service

	International arbitration. World peace. International organization
		Including peace movements, League of Nations, United Nations, 
		arbitration treaties, international courts

	International law 



EDUCATION

   History of education


   Theory and practice of education

	Systems of individual educators and writers

   Teaching (Principles and practices)

	Including programmed instruction, remedial teaching, nongraded 
	schools, audiovisual education, methods of study, reading 

   Educational psychology

	Child study

	Psychical development

   Preschool education

   Kindergarten

   Primary education

   Elementary or public school education

   Secondary education. High schools

   Education and training of teachers

   Higher education

   School administration and organization

   School architecture and equipment

   School hygiene

   Special days. School life. Student manners and customs

   Forms of education
	Including self, home, and private school education

   Social aspects of education
	Including education and the state, religious instruction in 
	public schools, compulsory education, illiteracy, educational sociology, 
	community and the school, endowments

   Moral and religious education. Education under church control


   Types of education
	Including humanistic, vocational, and professional education

	Education of special classes of persons
		Including women, Blacks, gifted and handicapped 
		children, orphans, middle class

	Education extension. Adult education



MUSIC

Instrumental music

   

	Including chamber music not orchestral

	Orchestral music

	Vocal music

		Secular vocal music

Dramatic music

	Choral music, part songs, etc.

	Songs for one voice

	Songs (Part and solo)

	National music
		Including primitive, folk, traditional, patriotic, 
		political, and typical music

	Sacred vocal music

	Orations, masses, services, etc.

	Hymn, psalm, and choral books

	Liturgy and ritual

	Temperance, revival, rescue, and gospel songs


	Dance music

	Popular music

	

Philosophy and physics of music

	Including physiology, psychology, color, aesthetics, ethics, therapeutics

	


Musical instruction and study

	Composition

		Including rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, modulation, counterpoint

	Improvisation

	Orchestra and orchestration, conducting, etc.

	


VISUAL ARTS


History of art

Technique, composition, style, etc.

Art criticism

Portraits

Religious art

Examination and conservation of works of art

Economics of art

Art and the state. Public art


ARCHITECTURE

History. Historical monuments

Architectural design and drawing

Architectural details, motives, decoration, etc.

Special classes of buildings

Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautification



SCULPTURE


DRAWING. DESIGN. ILLUSTRATION


Commercial art. Advertising art

Caricature. Pictorial humor and satire

Posters




PAINTING

	Special subjects
		Including human figure, landscapes, animals, still life, flowers

	Watercolor painting

	Mural painting

	Illuminating of manuscripts and books


PRINT MEDIA

	Printmaking and engraving

	Wood engraving. Woodcuts. Xylography. Block printing

	Metal engraving. Copper, steel, etc.

	Etching and aquatint

	Serigraphy

	Lithography

	Printing of engravings


DECORATIVE ARTS. APPLIED ARTS. DECORATION AND ORNAMENT

Arts and crafts movement

	Interior decoration. House decoration

	Other arts and art industries

	Ceramics. Pottery. Porcelain

	Costume and its accessories

	Enamel. Glass. Glyptic arts
		Including gems, jade, ivory, bone

	Metalwork
		Including armor, jewelry, plate, brasses, pewter

	Textile arts and art needlework

	Woodwork
		Including carvings, fretwork, inlaying


ARTS IN GENERAL

	Religious arts

	Patronage of the arts

	Special arts centers


PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS 

	Communication. Mass media

	Language 

	Philosophy, origin, etc. of language

	Science of language. Linguistics

	Comparative grammar
		Including origin of the alphabet, phonetics, morphology, parts of speech, syntax

	Style. Composition. Rhetoric

	Translating and interpreting

	Prosody. Metrics. Rhythmics

   Lexicography

	Linguistic geography

	IndoEuropean philology

	Extinct (Ancient or Medieval) Asian and European languages


CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

	Greek philology and language

	Latin philology and language

	Greek literature

	Ancient (Classic) 

   	Medieval and modern authors writing in classical Greek

	Byzantine and modern

	Latin literature

	Ancient Roman

	Medieval and modern

	Modern European languages

	Celtic languages and literatures

	Irish

	Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic

	Manx

	Pict

	Brythonic group
		Including Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Gallic


Romance languages

	Romanian language and literature

	Italian

	French. Provencal

	Catalan language and literature

	Spanish

	Portuguese



Germanic languages

	Old Germanic dialects
		Including Gothic, Vandal, Burgundian, Langobardian

	Scandinavian. North Germanic

	Old Norse. Old Icelandic and Norwegian

	Icelandic

	Norwegian

	Danish

	Swedish



West Germanic

	Dutch

	Flemish

	Friesian language and literature

	German



Slavic. Baltic, Albanian languages and literature

	Slavic

	Church Slavic

	Bulgarian. Macedonian

	SerboCroatian

	Slovenian

	Russian. White Russian. Ukrainian

	Czech. Slovak

	Polish. Sorbian

	Baltic

	Lithuanian

	Latvian

	Albanian


FinnoUgrian, Basque languages and literatures

	Finnish

	Finnish (Proper)

	Estonian

	Lapp

	Mari

	Ugrian. Hungarian

	Basque

	Oriental languages and literatures

Other works

	Egyptian. Coptic

	Libyan group

	Berber

	Cushitic

	Semitic

	Assyrian. Sumerian

	Hebrew

	Aramaic

	Syriac

	Arabic

	Ethiopian


   	IndoIranian
	
	Armenian

	Caucasian. Georgian


Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

	UralAltaic languages

	Japanese language and literature

	Korean language and literature

	Chinese language and literature

	Oceanic languages and literatures

	African languages and literatures



Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial languages

	Hyperborean languages of America

	American Indian languages

	Artificial languages

	Literature



Literary history
	Including folk literature, fables, prose romances

	Poetry

	The performing arts. Show business

	Drama

	Dramatic composition

	Special types of drama
		Including tragedy, comedy, vaudeville, 
		puppet plays, pantomimes, ballet, 
		radio and television broadcasts, motion pictures

	Dramatic representation. The theater
		Including management, the stage and accessories, 
		amateur theatricals, tableaux and pageants

	Prose. Prose fiction

	Oratory. Elocution, recitations, etc.

	Letters

	Essays

	Journalism. The periodical press, etc.

	Collections of general literature

	Quotations

	Poetry

	Drama

	Fiction

	Orations

	Letters

	Essays

	Wit and humor. Satire

	Miscellaneous
		Including anecdotes, aphorisms, maxims, 
		mottoes, toasts, riddles, proverbs, 
		comic books, comic strips



Romance literatures

	French literature

	Italian literature

	Spanish literature

	Portuguese literature


English literature


American literature



Germanic literatures

	German literature

	Dutch literature

	Flemish literature

	Afrikaans literature

	Scandinavian literature

	General works

	Old Norse. Old Icelandic

	Modern Icelandic literature

	Danish literature

	Norwegian literature

	Swedish literature


SCIENCE 

	

MATHEMATICS

Mathematical logic
	Computer science. Electronic data processing

Elementary mathematics. Arithmetic

	Algebra
		Including machine theory, game theory
Probabilities

Mathematical statistics

Numerical analysis

Analysis
	Including analytical methods connected with physical problems

Geometry

Topology

Analytic mechanics



ASTRONOMY

Practical and spherical astronomy

Geodesy

Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics
	Including perturbations, tides

Astrophysics

Nonoptical methods of astronomy

Descriptive astronomy
	Including stellar spectroscopy, cosmogony



PHYSICS

Weights and measures

Descriptive and experimental mechanics

Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter
	Including quantum theory, solidstate physics

Acoustics. Sound

Heat

Optics. Light
	Including spectroscopy

Radiation physics 

Electricity and magnetism

Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity

Geophysics. Cosmic physics

Geomagnetism

Meteorology. Climatology


CHEMISTRY
	
Alchemy
	
Analytical chemistry

Inorganic chemistry

Organic chemistry

Physical and theoretical chemistry
	including quantum chemistry, stereochemistry, chemical reactions, 
	surface chemistry, thermochemistry, solution chemistry, 
	electrochemistry, radiochemistry, radiation chemistry, photochemistry

	
Crystallography



GEOLOGY

Mineralogy

Petrology

Dynamic and structural geology

Stratigraphic geology

Paleontology
	Including paleozoology and paleobotany





BIOLOGY

Nature conservation. Landscape protection

Microscopy	

Genetics

Reproduction

Life

Ecology

Cytology

Economic biology



BOTANY

Plant anatomy

Plant physiology

Plant ecology


ZOOLOGY

Animal behavior and psychology

Morphology

Anatomy

Embryology


HUMAN ANATOMY

Human embryology


PHYSIOLOGY

Neurophysiology. Neuropsychology

Animal biochemistry

Experimental pharmacology


MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteria

Immunology

Virology



MEDICINE 

History of medicine

Medical education

Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine


Public aspects of medicine

Medicine and the state
	Including medical statistics, medical economics, 
	provisions for medical care, medical sociology

Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
	Including environmental health, disposal of the dead, 
	transmission of disease, epidemics, quarantine, personal hygiene

Medical geography. Medical climatology and meteorology

Medical centers. Hospitals. Clinics

Forensic medicine

Toxicology

Pathology

Internal medicine. Practice of medicine
	Including diagnosis, individual diseases and 
	special types of diseases, diseases of systems or organs

First aid in illness and injury

Neurology and psychiatry

Geriatrics

Arctic and tropical medicine

Industrial medicine

Military medicine

Transportation medicine
	Including automotive, aviation and space medicine

Sports medicine

Surgery

Wounds and injuries

Orthopedics

Ophthalmology


Otorhinolaryngology


Gynecology and obstetrics


Pediatrics


Dentistry


Dermatology


Therapeutics. Pharmacology

Diet therapy. Diet and dietetics in disease

Serum therapy. Immunotherapy

Endocrinotherapy

Drugs and their action

Physical medicine. Physical therapy

Medical radiology


Pharmacy and materia medica


Nursing


Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine


Homeopathy

Chiropractic

Osteopathy

Mental healing



AGRICULTURE 

Farm economics

Farm management

Agricultural chemistry and physics

Soils

	Reclamation and irrigation of farm land


	Soil conservation

	Fertilizers and soil improvement

Organic farming

Farm machinery and engineering

Land conservation


Plant culture

Economic botany

Methods for special areas
	Including dryland and tropical agriculture, irrigation farming
	
Seeds
	
Nurseries. Nursery industry

	
Propagation

	
Field crops
	
Horticulture

Vegetables

	
Fruit culture and orchard care

Flowers. Ornamental plants

Flower arrangement and decoration

Gardens and gardening

Landscape gardening

	
Parks and public reservations

Diseases and pests
	Including treatment and control



Forestry

   Sylviculture

   Conservation and protection
	Including forest reserves

   Exploitation and utilization
	Including timber trees, logging, transportation, valuation

   Forest policy and administration


Animal culture

   Housing and environmental control. Equipment and supplies

   Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition

   Breeds and breeding
	Including artificial insemination, stock farms

   Exhibitions. Judging. Stock shows

   Cattle

   Dairying. Dairy products

   Horses
	Including horsemanship, racing

   Sheep. Wool

   Goats

   Swine

   Furbearing animals

   Laboratory animals

   Pets

   Birds
	Including cage birds, pigeons, poultry, game birds

   Insects
	Including bees, silkworm, cochineal

   Veterinary medicine


Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
	Including shellfish, lobsters, crabs, sealing, whaling

	


Hunting

	
Wildlife management. Game protection



TECHNOLOGY 

Industrial safety
	
Industrial engineering
	Including operations research, systems analysis, management 
	information systems, production efficiency, human engineering 
	in industry, work measurement, methods engineering

Patents

Trademarks

Mechanical drawing. Engineering graphics

Exhibitions. World's fairs



ENGINEERING 

Civil engineering 

Human engineering

Systems engineering

Engineering economy

Mechanics of engineering

Applied mechanics

Materials of engineering and construction
	Including strength of materials, testing and properties of materials

Surveying

Structural engineering 

Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics

	Earthwork. Foundations

	Tunneling. Tunnels

Transportation engineering 

Applied optics. Lasers
	Including applied holography, optical data processing

Plasma engineering. Applied plasma dynamics


Hydraulic engineering
	Including harbors and coast protective works, 
	watersupply engineering, dams, canals, 
	irrigation projects, drainage, ocean engineering


Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

Municipal engineering

Environmental protection

   Environmental pollution

   Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
	Including water quality and pollution, 
	treatment, saline water conversion, distribution systems

	Sewage collection and disposal systems. Sewerage

   Municipal refuse. Solid wastes

	Street cleaning. Litter and its removal

   Special types of pollution
	Including soil, air, noise pollution

   Industrial sanitation. Industrial wastes

   Rural and farm sanitary engineering

 
Highway engineering. Roads and pavements

 
Railroad engineering and operation
	Including street railways and subways


Bridge engineering


Building construction

   Architectural engineering. Structural engineering of buildings

   Systems of building construction
	Including fireproof, wood, masonry, 
	concrete and steel construction

   Details
	Including foundations, walls, chimneys, roofs, floors

   Buildings: Construction with reference to use
	Including public buildings, factories, dwellings, farm buildings

   Construction by phase of work (Building trades)
	Including masonry, carpentry, metalworking

   Environmental engineering
	Including plumbing, heating, ventilation, lighting

   Protection of buildings
	Including protection from dampness, fire prevention 
	and extinction, protection from burglary


Mechanical engineering and machinery

   Control engineering

   Steam engineering
	Including boilers, engines, locomotives

   Machine shops and machine shop practice
	Including machine and hand tools

   Agricultural machinery


Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering

   Production of electric energy. Powerplants

	Dynamoelectric machinery
		Including generators, motors, transformers

	Distribution or transmission of electric power. The electric power circuit

	Electric lighting

	Telecommunication

	Electronics

	Computer engineering

	Nuclear engineering. Atomic power

	Electricity for amateurs




Motor vehicles

Aeronautics
	Rockets

Astronautics


Mining engineering

Metallurgy


Chemical technology

	Chemical engineering

	Manufacture and use of chemicals

	Fuel

	Food processing and manufacture

	Low temperature engineering. Refrigeration

	Fermentation industries. Beverages. Alcohol


Petroleum refining and products

	Gas industry

	Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass. Cement industries

	Textile dyeing and printing

	Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc.

	Polymers, plastics and their manufacture





MANUFACTURES

   Production management
	Including quality control, production control, 
	inventory control, product engineering, 
	process engineering, plant engineering

   Packaging

   Metal manufactures. Metalworking
	Including forging, casting, stamping, 
	instrument making, firearms, clocks, 
	metal finishing, jewelry

   Wood technology

   Leather industries. Tanning

   Paper manufacture. Woodpulp industry

   Textile industries

   Rubber industry

   Animal products

   Cereals and flour. Milling industry

   Tobacco industry


HANDICRAFTS. ARTS AND CRAFTS


   Woodworking. 

	Furniture making
	Upholstering

   Metalworking

   Painting

   Soft home furnishings

   Clothing manufacture. Dressmaking. Tailoring

   Needlework. Decorative crafts

   Hairdressing. Barbers' work

   


HOME ECONOMICS

   The house
	Including arrangement, care, pests, finance, servants

   Nutrition. Foods and food supply

   Cookery

   Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service

   Building operation and maintenance

   Mobile home living


MILITARY SCIENCE 

Military life, manners and customs

History of arms and armor


Armies: Organization, description, facilities, etc.
	Including the military situation, 
	policy, defenses of individual countries


Military administration


Maintenance and transportation


Infantry


Cavalry. Armored and mechanized cavalry


Artillery


Military engineering. Air forces. Air warfare
	Including fortification, chemical warfare, signaling

Air forces. Air warfare

Military astronautics. Space warfare


Other services
	Including medical and sanitary services, 
	public relations, social welfare services, recreation


Naval science 

   Naval life, manners and customs

   War vessels; Construction, armament, etc.

   Fleet ballistic missile systems


Navies: Organization, description, facilities, etc.
	Including the naval situation and policy of individual countries


Naval administration


Naval maintenance


Naval seamen


Marines


Naval ordnance


Minor services of navies
	Including communities, bands, air service, 
	medical service, public relations, social work, recreation


Navigation. Merchant marine

   Marine hydrography. Hydrographic surveying

   Tide and current tables

   Sailing directions. Pilot guides

   Lighthouse service

   Shipwrecks and fires

   Saving of life and property

   Pilots and pilotage


Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering

Diving



BOOKS 
	
History of books and bookmaking

Writing
   Autographs. Signatures

   Calligraphy. Penmanship

Copying processes

Typewriting

Word processing

Shorthand

Cryptography

Paleography

Book industries and trade

Printing

Bookbinding

Bookselling and publishing

Copyright

Freedom of the press

Censorship

Libraries and library science

   Architecture and planning of the library

   The collections. The books
	Including acquisition, cataloging, classification, shelflisting, 
	information storage and retrieval systems, 
	reference work, circulation

   Libraries
	Including histories, reports, statistics of individual libraries

	Library catalogs and bulletins

	Private libraries. Book collecting

Booksellers' catalogs. Book prices

Bibliography

   Anonyms and pseudonyms

   National bibliography

   Subject bibliography

   Personal bibliography
Comments  
Subject: Re: Breakdown of research areas/topics
From: stanmartin1952-ga on 05 Jun 2006 03:04 PDT
 
Google Directory?
Subject: Re: Breakdown of research areas/topics
From: redfoxjumps-ga on 09 Jun 2006 18:43 PDT
 
The Library of Congress subject headings index is a very good suggestion.

It is now in three large red books any of which would badly damage
your feet should you drop them on them. Just the science section would
make them ache.

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