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It is my understanding that the vast majority of searches will work, but it's complicated. If you want the complicated explanation you might want to take a look at this PowerPoint and/or some of the resources listed on the page that you identified: <http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/activities/fast/ala06-taylor.ppt> Roy On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To my understanding, FAST is a simplified subset of LCSH that is compatible with the LCSH dictionary. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/fast.html > > Am I wrong? If so, please let me know. It will take me about 10 minutes to change my app from FAST back to the official LOC API. > > Josh Welker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ross Singer > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 5:14 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API > > Do FAST headings match anything? > > I guess what I mean is, do you have data that uses FAST headings? If not, what is it matching? > > -Ross. > > On Thursday, June 6, 2013, Joshua Welker wrote: > >> I finished the project. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! >> >> I ended up using the OCLC Fast API >> (fast.oclc.org/searchfast/fastsuggest) >> rather than saving everything locally. Tracking down the entire LCSH >> authority listing and parsing it into a simple data format was just >> unwieldy. >> >> The search box I built suggests the LCSH terms from OCLC as well as >> LibGuides and LibraryH3lp FAQ links. jQuery UI Autocomplete is used >> for the suggestion functionality. The search box send actual searches >> to EBSCO Discovery Service. You can see it below on our homepage: >> >> https://library.sbuniv.edu >> >> >> Josh Welker >>