MARC21-008: Nature of contents
abstracts/summaries
Abstracts or summaries of other publications.
a
bibliographies
Significant part of the item is a bibliography or bibliographies.
b
biography
Significant part of the item contains biographical material, whether autobiography, individual biography, or collective biography.
h
Not used for genealogy.
calendars
Published systems of organizing days. These may be academic calendars or almanacs, calendars published by bodies, such as labor organizations, library associations, etc.
5
catalogs
List of items in a collection.
c
Also includes lists of collectible objects, such as stamps and coins, or trade catalogs.
comics or graphic novels
Instances of "sequential art" in which a story (whether fact or fiction) is told primarily through a set of images (often in the form of multiple "panels" per page) presented concurrently but meant to be "read" sequentially by the viewer. The accompanying narrative and/or dialog text, when it occurs, works integrally with the images to tell the story.
6
dictionaries
Dictionaries.
d
Used for a glossary or a gazetteer. Not used for concordance or serial biographical dictionaries.
directories
Directory or register of persons or corporate bodies.
r
Not used for serial biographical dictionaries.
discographies
Significant part of the item is a discography or discographies, or other bibliography of recorded sound.
k
encyclopedias
Encyclopedia or an encyclopedic treatment of a specific topic.
e
filmographies
Significant part of the item is a filmography or other bibliography of moving images.
q
handbooks
Handbooks.
f
indexes
Index to bibliographical material other than itself (e.g., an indexing journal).
i
Not used when a publication contains an index to its own content.
law reports and digests
Texts of decisions of courts or administrative agencies.
w
Also used when an item includes texts of digests of such decisions.
legal articles
Substantive articles on legal topics, such as those published in law school reviews.
g
legal cases and case notes
Discussions, such as those in the case comments section of law school reviews, of particular legal cases that have been decided by, or that are pending before, courts or administrative agencies.
v
legal cases and case notes [obsolete]
n
legislation
Full or partial texts of enactments of legislative bodies, published either in statute or in code form, or texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
l
no specified nature of contents
No specified nature of contents.
#
programmed texts
Programmed texts.
p
reviews
Reviews.
o
Includes critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
standards or specifications
Either an international, national or industry standard or a specification which gives a precise statement of a process or a service requirement.
u
statistics
Significant part of the item is a collection of statistical data on a subject.
s
Not used for works about statistical methodology.
surveys of literature in a subject area
Surveys of literature in a subject area.
n
Includes authored surveys that summarize what has been published about a subject
technical reports
Work that is the result of scientific investigation or technical development, testing, or evaluation, presented in a form suitable for dissemination to the technical community.
t
theses
Thesis, dissertation, or work identified as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an academic certification or degree.
m
treaties
Treaty or accord negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.
z
yearbooks
y
Reference publication issued on an annual or less frequent basis that contains articles summarizing the accomplishments or events of a particular year within a specific discipline or area of endeavor.
Not used for annual reports, which are administrative overviews of an organization.
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