RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms

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: Purpose of work (Gathering term; do not assign)

:     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

Reference works

    SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

. Academic catalogs

.     SN: Use for publications issued by an educational institution
. listing course offerings, calendars, and programs.

. Almanacs

.     SN: Use for works containing a calendar of days, weeks, and
. months, together with information such as astronomical
. data, various statistics, etc. Do not use for modern
. factual compendia such as the World Almanac.

. Alphabets (Writing systems)

. Armorials

.     HN: 1/98 Term added.

.     SN: Use for books containing depictions of coats of arms.

. Atlases (Geographic)

.     HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Atlases (Geographic)" may have
. been indexed as "Atlases.

.     SN: Use for collections of maps in book form.

. Atlases (Scientific)

.     HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Atlases (Scientific)" may have
. been indexed as "Atlases.

.     SN: Use for comprehensive, systematically arranged collections
. of plates, charts, etc. that illustrate a scientific or
. technical subject.

.. Anatomical atlases

. Bibliographies

. Brand books

.     HN: 1/98 Term added.

.     SN: Use for books containing illustrations of livestock brands.

. Calendars

.     SN: Use for tabular registers of days, not for lists of
. manuscripts or documents; subdivide by date.

.. Perpetual calendars

..     HN: 6/98 Term added.

..     SN: Use for tables that allow determination of the correct day
.. of the week for any given date over a wide range of years.

. Celestial atlases

. Directories

.. City directories

..     HN: 1/98 Term added.

..     SN: Use for works containing names, addresses, and other
.. identifying data of inhabitants and/or businesses of a city
.. or cities.

. Ephemerides

.     SN: Use for works giving the computed positions of celestial
. bodies for each day or other regular interval; used by
. navigators and astronomers.

. Exhibition catalogs

. Formularies

.. Legal formularies

.. Medical formularies

..     SN: Use for works not having the contemporary status of a
.. standard. For works having the status of a standard, use
.. "Pharmacopoeias." When in doubt, use "Medical formularies.

.. Technical formularies

. Gazetteers

. Herbals

. Indexes

. Library catalogs

. Museum catalogs

. Pattern books

.     SN: Use for books of actual patterns.

. Pharmacopoeias

.     SN: Use for works having the contemporary status of a standard.
. When in doubt, use "Medical formularies.

. Quotations

. Wordbooks

.     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Alphabet books

..     HN: Changed 1/91. Formerly, "Alphabet books" may have been
.. indexed as "Alphabets (Primers).

..     SN: Use for both alphabet books meant as primers for teaching
.. the alphabet and those intended as vehicles for an
.. illustrator’s art.

... Alphabet rhymes

...     SN: Use for works consisting of short rhymes for teaching the
... alphabet.

.. Concordances

.. Dictionaries

... Etymological dictionaries

... Reverse dictionaries

.. Encyclopedias

.. Glossaries

.. Phrase books

.. Thesauri

. Yearbooks

.     SN: Use for annual compendia of facts and statistics of the
. preceding year, frequently limited to a special subject.

Send comments to Ryan Hildebrand, Controlled Vocabularies editor.