The Type of Material
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Material Types
The following lists material types with references to the official
designation to use when setting limits (in bold):
- 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.)
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- Cartographic Material
-
- Cartographic Material (Manuscript)
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- 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)
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- Music Sound Recording
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- 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
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- 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.)
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- 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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