Source Codes for Genre

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Source Codes for Genre

aat
AAT: Art & architecture thesaurus (New York, NY: Oxford University Press)
amg
Audiovisual material glossary (Dublin, OH: Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
bgtchm
Basic Genre Terms for Cultural Heritage Materials (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
bt
Bioethics thesaurus. (Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown Univ.)
dct
Dublin Core list of resources types (URL: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/dcmitype/ )
ericd
Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors (Washington: Educational Resources Information Center, National Institute of Education, U.S. Dept. of Education)
estc
Eighteenth century short title catalogue, the cataloguing rules. New ed (London: The British Library)
fast
Faceted application of subject terminology (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC)
-ftamc
Form terms for archival and manuscripts control. (Stanford: The Research Libraries Group, Inc.) [Obsolete: Used prior to August 1991; term list subsumed by AAT at that time.]
gem
GEM controlled vocabularies (Syracuse, NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, Gateway to Educational Materials)
gmgpc
Thesaurus for graphic materials: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
gsafd
Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc (Chicago: American Library Association)
gtlm
Genre terms for law materials: a thesaurus (Littleton, CO: Rothman Pubs.)
ilot
ILO thesaurus: labour, employment and training terminology = Thésaurus BIT: terminologie du travail, de l'emploi et de la formation = Tesauro OIT: terminología de trabajo, empleo y formación (Geneva: International Labour Office)
lcsh
Library of Congress subject headings. (Washington: Library of Congress)
lcshac
Library of Congress subject headings: Annotated Card Program., AC Subject headings (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
lctgm
Thesaurus for graphic materials: TGM I, Subject terms. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
local
Locally assigned term. [See the explanation in the Introduction]
marcgt
MARC genre terms (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information records in fields 655) Online: www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/genre/genrelist.html [use after March 10, 2003]
mesh
Medical subject headings (Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine) [Used when the second indicator is not adequate to identify the source]
migfg
Moving image genre-form guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress. MBRS)
mim
Moving image materials: genre terms (Washington: Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)
ngl
Newspaper genre list (Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside, Center for Bibliographic Studies, California Newspaper Project)
nimafc
NIMA form codes (Bethesda, MD: National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
nmc
Revised nomenclature for museum cataloging: a revised and expanded version of Robert C. Chenhall's system for classifying man-made objects (Nashville: American Association for State and Local History)
radfg
Radio form / genre terms guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section)
rbbin
Binding terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
rbgenr
Genre terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries)
rbpap
Paper terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [Used for printing terms.]
rbpri
Printing & publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [Used for printing terms.]
rbprov
Provenance evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
rbpub
Printing and publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [Used for publishing terms.]
rbtyp
Type evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [Used for printing terms.]
sao
Svenska ämnesord (Stockholm: Kunglige Biblioteket, LIBRIS-avdelningen)
tsht
Thesaurus of subject headings for television (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press)


Code Maintenance

The Library of Congress is the maintenance agency for this source list. Questions and requests for information should be sent to: Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20540-4402; Fax: +1-202-707-0115; Internet: ndmso@loc.gov. Requests for additions to the source list should include a full bibliographic citation (and photocopy of the title page, if available) for the item to be added.

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