| MeSH Heading | Ephemera |
|---|---|
| Tree Number | V02.355 |
| Annotation | this heading is used as a Publication Type. Used by catalogers only; ephemera as a subject is indexed under main heading for specific type of ephemeron such as ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; PAMPHLETS; etc |
| Scope Note | Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983) |
| History Note | 2008(1997) |
| Date of Entry | 19960621 |
| Unique ID | D019502 |
| Return to Entry Page | Link to NLM Cataloging Classification |