MARC21-008: Nature of entire work of continuing resource
abstracts or summaries
Abstracts or summaries of other publications.
a
bibliographies
b
biography
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, such as a collection of books, a collection of art objects, etc.
c
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
d
Also includes glossaries or gazetteers. Not used for concordances or serial biographical dictionaries.
directories
Directory or register of persons or corporate bodies.
r
Not used for serial biographical dictionaries.
discographies
Discography or other bibliography of recorded sound.
k
encyclopedias
e
filmographies
Filmography or other bibliography of moving images.
q
handbooks
f
indexes
Index to bibliographical material other than itself (e.g., an indexing journal).
i
law reports and digests
Texts of decisions of courts or administrative agencies.
w
Also used when a work consists of 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 or texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
l
Also used when a work consists of texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
no specified nature of entire work
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programmed texts
p
reviews
Critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
o
standards or specifications
Either an international, national, or industry standard or a specification which gives a precise statement of a process or service requirement.
u
statistics
Collection of statistical data on a subject.
s
Not used for works about statistical methodology.
surveys of literature in a subject area
Authored surveys that summarize what has been published about a subject.
n
technical reports
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
Treaties or accords negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.
z
yearbook [obsolete]
y
yearbooks
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.
y
Not used for annual reports, which are administrative overviews of an organization.
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