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Material Types

Architectural Drawing

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Archival Manuscript/Mixed Material

In general, a collection of materials under archival control such as letters, diaries, subject files, or family papers, often including material in a variety of formats, such as print material, photographs, and drawings.

Atlas

use Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

use Cartographic Material

Audio Recording

use Music Sound Recording
use Nonmusic Sound Recording

Audio Tape

use Music Sound Recording
use Nonmusic Sound Recording

Blueprints

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Cartographic Material

Cartographic Material (Manuscript)

CD-ROM

use Computer File
use category for the content of the CD-ROM (e.g., Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.), Cartographic Material)

Compact Disc (Audio)

use Music Sound Recording
useNonmusic Sound Recording

Computer File

Note:This limit term generally applies to software programs, games, web sites and online databases. Most recent catalog records use the limit term for the original format of the content of a computer file (e.g., Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.), Cartographic Material)

Digital File

use Computer File

Drawing

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Electronic Resource

use Computer File and/or the category for the content of the electronic resource (e.g., Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.), Cartographic Material)

Engineering Drawing

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Film

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Filmstrip

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Fine Print

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Globe

use Cartographic Material

Journal Publication

use Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.)

Language Material

use Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Magazine

use Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.)

Manuscript Cartographic Material

use Cartographic Material (Manuscript)

Manuscript Material

Note: Manuscript material cataloged by the Library of Congress Manuscript Division generally does not fall into this category; instead, it is categorized as Archival Manuscript/Mixed Material.

Manuscript Music

use Music (Manuscript)

Map

use Cartographic Material

Microform

use the limit term for the original format of the content of the microform (e.g., Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.), Cartographic Material)

Mixed Material

use Archival Manuscript/Mixed Material

Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Motion Picture

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Music (Manuscript)

Music (Printed)

Music Sound Recording

Newspaper

use Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.)

Nonmusic Sound Recording

Painting

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Pamphlet

use Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Periodical

use Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.)

Photograph, Print, Drawing

Photonegative

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Postcard

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Portrait

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Poster

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Print

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Printed Music

use Music (Printed)

Projected Medium

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Recording, Music

use Music Sound Recording

Recording, Nonmusic

use Nonmusic Sound Recording

Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.)

Sheet Music

use Music (Printed)
use Music (Manuscript)

Slide

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Software, Computer

use Computer File

Sound Recording, Music

use Music Sound Recording

Sound Recording, Nonmusic

use Nonmusic Sound Recording

Spoken Word Recording

use Nonmusic Sound Recording

Television Program

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Transparency

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Two-dimensional Nonprojectable Graphic

use Photograph, Print, Drawing

Videorecording

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

Videotape

use Moving Image or Slide/Transparency

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