Hello
Not sure if there's an answer to this (or if anyone cares), but I've just been
cataloguing a book on Ancient American civilizations and one of the correct LC
subject heading seems to be "Indians"! The heading for people living in India
is "East Indians". (The scope note reads: Here are entered works on the
aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, including Eskimos. Works on the
inhabitants of India in general are entered under East Indians.) Is it just me,
or is this way out of date?
I'd be interested to hear anyone else's views on this.
Thanks, Barbara
Barbara Thompson
Metadata & eTechnologies Section (MeTS)
University of Sheffield Library
St. George's Library
Mappin Street
Sheffield S1 4DT
Ext 27259
Tel +44 (0)114 222 7259
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