NLM Subject Areas for Vision

WW. Ophthalmology

General Outline

WW 1-100. Reference Works. General Works

WW 101-170. Eye

    WW 101-113. Anatomy. Physiology. Hygiene

    WW 140-160. Diseases. Color Perception

    WW 166-170. Therapeutics. Eye Banks

WW 202-290. Eye Structures

WW 300-340. Refraction. Errors of Refraction

WW 350-358. Corrective Devices

WW 400-460. Neuromuscular Mechanism. Neurologic Manifestations of Disease

WW 475-480. Manifestations of Disease. Poor Vision

WW 505-525. Occupational Ophthalmology. Eye Injuries

WW 600-620. Age Groups

WW 704-722.1. Optometry

Reference Works. General Works

WW 1

Societies (Cutter from name of institution)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.

Collected works (General)

By several authors

By individual authors

Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

History of ophthalmology and optometry (Table G, Geographic Notation)

General coverage (Not Table G)

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify tables used in optical dispensing calculations in WW 352.

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here also atlases on a specific part of the eye.

Education

Classify here works about education.

Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials)

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

Schools and colleges
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

Research (General)

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

Ophthalmology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on optometry and opticianry in WW 721.

Ophthalmic assistants

Directories (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify directories of optometrists and/or opticians in WW 722.

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Laboratories, institutes, eye banks, etc.

Collective

Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

Classify works on organ banks in WO 23-24; works on tissue banks in QS 23-24.

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.

Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc.

Collective (Table G)

General coverage (Not Table G)

Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)

Museums, exhibitions, etc.

Collective

Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

Laws. Estimation of disability for compensation (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Discussion of law (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Popular works (General)

General works

Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WW 140.

Eye Anatomy. Physiology. Hygiene

Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Biochemistry. Abnormalities

Physiology of the eye. Vision (General)

Visual perception. Space perception

Cf. WW 150 Color perception.

Ocular accommodation. Ocular adaptation

Hygiene. Eye protective devices

Cf. WW 80 Popular works.

Eye Diseases. Color Perception

Eye diseases. Vision disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on eye infections or hypersensitivity diseases in WW 160.

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General). Monitoring

Classify works on the examination of a part with the part.

Objective methods
(e.g., Ophthalmoscopy. Slit lamp microscopy. Tonometry)

Classify works on electronystagmography in WW 410; on electroretinography in WW 270; on gonioscopy in WW 210; on retinography in WW 300.

Subjective methods. Evaluation of function
(e.g., Visual acuity testing. Perimetry)

Neoplasms

Classify works on neoplasms of parts of the eye with the part.

Color perception. Color blindness

Cf. WW 105 Visual perception

Eye infections. Hypersensitivity diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify here diseases or infections whether caused by bacteria, parasites, or viruses or hypersensitivity. Classify works on eye diseases in general in WW 140.

Eye Therapeutics

Ocular therapeutics

Cf. WW 168 Ophthalmological surgery.

Ophthalmological surgery (General)

Classify works on surgery for a particular disorder with the disorder. Cf. WW 340 Refractive surgery.

Eye Banks

Eye bank procedures (including those for specific parts of the eye)

Classify material on eye banks in WW 23-24.

Eye Structures

Orbit

Eyelids. Eyebrows

Cf. WR 390-465 Skin appendage diseases.

Lacrimal apparatus

Anterior chamber. Posterior chamber. Aqueous humor (Eyeball)

Conjunctiva

Trachoma

Cornea

Sclera

Uvea. Iris. Ciliary body

Choroid

Vitreous body

Crystalline lens. Cataract

Retina

Blindness. Amblyopia

Optic nerve

Glaucoma

Refraction. Errors of Refraction

General works

Astigmatism

Myopia

Refractive surgery

Corrective Devices

Optical dispensing. Spectacle fitting. Opticianry

Classify works on optometry and opticianry as specialties in WW 704-722.1.

Principles. Calculations. Tables

Frames. Eyeglasses

Classify works on intraocular lenses in WW 358 or if exclusively for cataract therapy, in WW 260.

Contact lenses

Prosthesis

Neuromuscular Mechanism. Neurologic Manifestations of Disease

General works

Orthoptics (General)

Disorders of ocular motility

Strabismus

Disorders due to diseases of the central nervous system. Neurologic manifestations of eye diseases (General)

Manifestations of Disease. Poor Vision

Eye manifestations of general disease

Classify works on eye manifestations of specific diseases with disease.

Medical aspects of reading problems associated with poor vision.

Occupational Ophthalmology. Eye Injuries

Occupational ophthalmology

Foreign bodies. Injuries. Toxic injuries

Age Groups

Pediatric ophthalmology and optometry

Classify works on particular disorders with the disorder.

Geriatric ophthalmology and optometry

Classify works on particular disorders with the disorder.

Optometry

General works. Office management

Classify works on the specific functions of the optometrist in the WW number for the function; on functions of the optician in WW 350-355

Optometry and opticianry as professions. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on history of the professions in WW 11-11.1

Directories (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

HV1573-HV2349 (LCC)

Social rehabilitation of the blind

HV1618-HV2349 (LCC)

 Education of the blind

QC350-467 (LCC)

Optics (General)

QC370.5-379 (LCC)

Optics. Instrumentation

SF891 (LCC)

Veterinary. Eye Diseases.

WD 110

Vitamin A deficiency. Night blindness

WG 595.O7

Ophthalmic artery

Retinal Artery

Retinal vein

Brain Stem. Optic Lobe

Cranial nerves (General or not elsewhere classified). Includes Ophthalmic nerve. Oculomotor nerve

Psychiatry. Neuroses. Hysteria and associated Diseases. Conversion Disorder. Hysterical Blindness.

Nursing Techniques in Special Fields of Medicine. Ophthalmic Nursing

Collective biography, By specialty. Ophthalmologists, optometrists, etc.