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Classification 2024 Summer Edition

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WP

Gynecology. Andrology

  • Classify works on pediatric female genitalia and genital diseases in WS 320-321.
  • Classify gynecological nursing and nursing of gynecological diseases in WY 156.7.
  • Classify human reproduction in WQ 205, etc.

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WP 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WP 23-24.


Collected works by several authors

Collected works by individual authors

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

History (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here also atlases on specific organs.

Education

Classify here works about education.

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

Schools, departments, and faculties of gynecology (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify works on schools of obstetrics and gynecology in WQ 19. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

Gynecology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WP 100.

Andrology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WP 95.

Directories (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

Sperm banks (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

Collective hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Individual hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum, etc.) (Table-G)

Laws (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Malpractice (Table-G)

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

Genitalia (General)

Classify here general works on genitalia and genital diseases. Classify works on specific genitalia with the genitalia. Classify works on diseases only in WP 130

Male genitalia (General)

Classify here general works on andrology, male genitalia, and male genital diseases. Classify works on andrology as a specialty only in WP 21.5. Classify works on diseases only in WP 135. Classify works on semen analysis in QY 190.

Female genitalia (General)

Classify here general works on gynecology, female genitalia and female genital diseases. Classify works on gynecology as a specialty only in WP 21. Classify works on diseases only in WP 140.

Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities

Popular works (General)

Genital diseases (General)

Male genital diseases (General)

Female genital diseases (General)

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Monitoring

Genital neoplasms

Classify works on neoplasms of specific organs with the organ. 

[This number not used]

Classify works on abnormalities of genitalia in WP 101.

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Classify works on the pelvis in WE 760.

[This number not used]

Classify works on gonorrhea in WC 150.

Genital tuberculosis

[This number not used]

Classify works on the perineum in WE 760

[This number not used]

Classify urethrocele, cystocele, rectocele in WP 180; WP 250.

Rectovaginal fistula. Vesicovaginal fistula

Vulva

Vagina

Vaginal smears. Papanicolaou test

Vaginitis. Leukorrhea

Trichomonas vaginitis

Adnexa uteri

Fallopian tubes

Classify works on tubal pregnancy in WQ 220.

Ovary

Cf. WP 520 Endocrine functions of the ovaries.

Ovarian neoplasms. Ovarian cysts

Endometriosis

General works

Uterine diseases (General)

[This number not used]

Classify works on endometritis at WP 400.

Uterine prolapse

Uterine neoplasms

Leiomyoma

[This number not used]

Classify works on uterine carcinoma or sarcoma in WP 458.

Trophoblastic neoplasms

Surgery (General)

Cervix uteri

Cervicitis

Uterine cervical neoplasms. Uterine cervical dysplasia

Physiology (General)

Endocrine functions of the ovaries

Estrogenic hormones and antagonists

Corpus luteum hormones and related compounds

Classify works on progestational hormones here unless those produced by other organs are discussed exclusively.

Ovulation. Ovarian function. Menstrual cycle

Menstruation. Menstruation disturbances (General)

Amenorrhea. Oligomenorrhea

Menorrhagia

Dysmenorrhea. Premenstrual syndrome

Fertility (General)

Infertility (General)

Female infertility

Male infertility

[This number not used]

Classify works on menopause in QT 108.

Physiological sexual dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction

Contraception

Classify works on religious and sociological aspects in HQ 763-766.5.  Classify works on contraceptive agents (chemical) in QV 177.

Contraceptive devices (General)

Classify works on contraceptive agents (chemical) in QV 177.


Reproductive sterilization

Therapy of genital diseases (General)

Gynecological surgical procedures

Classify works on female sexual sterilization here. Classify works on surgery of particular organs with the organ. For urologic surgical procedures, see WJ 168. Classify reproductive sterilization in WP 645. Classify works on female circumcision in WJ 170.

General works

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Monitoring

Functional changes of the breast during pregnancy and lactation

Breast diseases

Breast neoplasms

Therapy

Surgery

[This number not used]

Classify radiation (Therapy) in WP 900.

Prostate

Prostatic diseases

Prostatic hyperplasia

Prostatic neoplasms

Prostate surgery (General)

Penis

Testis

Testicular diseases

Testicular neoplasms