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• List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries, Including Practical Suggestions for the Beginner in Subject Heading Work (fourth edition reprinted; New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1941), ed. by Minnie Earl Sears, contrib. by Isabel Stevenson Monro (page images at HathiTrust)

• Decimal Clasification and Relativ Index for Libraries and Personal Use in Arranjing for Immediate Reference Books, Pamflets, Clippings, Pictures, Manuscript Notes and Other Material (11th edition, 1922), by Melvil Dewey
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Dewey Decimal Classification, Centennial 1876-1976, by Melvil Dewey (Gutenberg text)

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• Library of Congress Classification Outline (current edition), by Library of Congress (PDF files at loc.gov)

• Fantasy Fiction Decimal Classification (reprinted as a supplement to Dynatron 25; Albuquerque, NM: R. Tackett, ca. 1964), by Jack Speer (PDF at fanac.org)

• Fantasy Fiction Decimal Classification (reprinted as a supplement to Dynatron 25; Albuquerque, NM: R. Tackett, ca. 1964), by Jack Speer (PDF at fanac.org)

• Library of Congress Classification Outline (current edition), by Library of Congress (PDF files at loc.gov)

• Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification, ed. by Donald Michie, D. J. Spiegelhalter, and Charles C. Taylor (PDF and gzipped Postscript in the UK)

• Synopsis of the Classification of the Animal Kingdom (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882), by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• On the Systematic Position of the Brachiopoda (Boston: Press of A. A. Kingman, 1873), by Edward Sylvester Morse (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Classification of the Sciences; To Which Are Added Reasons for Dissenting From the Philosophy of M. Comte (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864), by Herbert Spencer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Pantology: or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge, Proposing a Classification of All Its Branches and Illustrating Their History, Relations, Uses, and Objects (Philadelphia: Hogan and Thompson, 1841), by Roswell Park (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Circumstantial Deliveries (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981), by Rodney Needham (HTML at UC Press)

• Type Specimens of Reptiles and Amphibians in the U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum bulletin #220; 1961), by Doris M. Cochran (page images at HathiTrust)

• Diseases Transmitted by Foods (A Classification and Summary) (second edition; Atlanta: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Professional Development and Training, 1982), by Frank L. Bryan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Methods of Descriptive Systematic Botany (book starts a few pages in; New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, 1925), by A. S. Hitchcock (page images at Gallica)
• Botany for Ladies: or, A Popular Introduction to the Natural System of Plants, According to the Classification of De Candolle (London: J. Murray, 1842), by Mrs. Loudon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera, ed. by Werner Greuter, Richard K. Brumitt, Ellen R. Farr, Norbert Kilian, Paul M. Kirk, and Paul C. Silva (searchable HTML in Germany)
• Philosophia Botanica (in Latin; Madrid: P. Marin, 1792), by Carl von Linné, ed. by Casimiro Gómez Ortega (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Philosophia Botanica: In Qua Explicantur Fundamenta Botanica Cum Definitionibus Partium, Exemplis Terminorum, Observationibus Rariorum, Adjectis Figuris Aeneis (in Latin; Stockholm: G. Kiesewetter, 1751), by Carl von Linné
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (partial serial archives)
• European Journal of Taxonomy (2011-) (full serial archives)

• Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera, ed. by Werner Greuter, Richard K. Brumitt, Ellen R. Farr, Norbert Kilian, Paul M. Kirk, and Paul C. Silva (searchable HTML in Germany)

• The Anthropological Treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (London: Published for the Anthropological Society, by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865), by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, trans. by Thomas Bendyshe, contrib. by K. F. H. Marx, P. Flourens, Rudolf Wagner, and John Hunter
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (amended edition, 1989), ed. by V. B. D. Skerman, Vicki F. McGowan, and P. H. A. Sneath (Javascript-dependent HTML at NIH)

• Bantu Historical Linguistics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, ed. by Jean Marie Hombert and Larry M. Hyman (PDF at Stanford)

• Phylogenetic Analysis of Avian Hindlimb Musculature (1991), by Mary C. McKitrick (PDF at Michigan)
• Type Specimens of Birds in the Collections of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (1988), by Robert W. Storer (PDF at Michigan)
• Systematics and Evolutionary Relationships Among the Herons (Ardeidae) (1976), by Robert B. Payne and Christopher J. Risley (PDF at Michigan)

• Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae With a Revision of the Genus Menneus (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012), by Jonathan A. Coddington, Matjaž Kuntner, and Brent D. Opell (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013), by Stephen M. Jackson and Richard W. Thorington (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Atlas of World Cultures (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1981), by George Peter Murdock (page images with commentary at Pitt)

• Finger Prints (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1892), by Francis Galton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at galton.org

• Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013), by Stephen M. Jackson and Richard W. Thorington (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013), by Stephen M. Jackson and Richard W. Thorington (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends (revised and enlarged edition; 6 volumes; Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1955-1958), by Stith Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera, ed. by Werner Greuter, Richard K. Brumitt, Ellen R. Farr, Norbert Kilian, Paul M. Kirk, and Paul C. Silva (searchable HTML in Germany)

• Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites For Remedial Action, by National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (page images at NAP)

• Nonnuclear Industrial Hazardous Waste: Classifying for Hazard Management (OTA-TM-M-9; 1981), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files with commentary at Princeton

• The Veiled Species of Hebeloma in the Western United States (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1983), by Alexander H. Smith, Vera Stucky Evenson, and Duane H. Mitchel (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lepidoptera of the Congo: Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species (1920), by W. J. Holland (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Mammal Species of the World (electronic third edition, 2005), ed. by Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder (searchable HTML at Bucknell)

• Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae With a Revision of the Genus Menneus (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012), by Jonathan A. Coddington, Matjaž Kuntner, and Brent D. Opell (PDF with commentary at Smithsonian)

• The Conchologist's Nomenclator: A Catalogue of All the Recent Species of Shells (London: Reeve Brothers, 1845), by Agnes Catlow, contrib. by Lovell Reeve (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, ed. by Ann R. Miller (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Revised Classification of the Onagraceae (Systematic Botany Monographs #87; Ann Arbor: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, c2007), by Warren Lambert Wagner, Peter C. Hoch, and Peter H. Raven (PDF at Smithsonian)

• Keys to Soil Taxonomy (current edition (at this writing, 2014)), by United States Department of Agriculture (PDF at usda.gov)

• In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender (New York and London: New York University Press, c1994), by Barbara Fass Leavy (HTML with commentary at NYU Press)

• Fairy Tales From Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2007), by Jan M. Ziolkowski (page images at HathiTrust)

• Species Limits in the Indigobirds (Ploceidae, Vidua) of West Africa: Mouth Mimicry, Song Mimicry, and Description of New Species (1982), by Robert B. Payne (PDF at Michigan)

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