📰Genres
Optional subfields:
|x General subdivision
|y Chronological subdivision
|z Geographical subdivision
The optional subdivisions refer to the GENRE, not the subject matter, e.g. a 14th century herbal would be coded: 655_7 Herbals|y14th century.|2rbgenr
Do not use more than one subfield. Avoid them unless you feel they add very useful information or help avoid ambiguity. Prefer fields 648_4 and 651 for this info.
THESAURI WE USE
Rare Books & Manuscripts (rbgenr)
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (Library of Congress) (gmgpc)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Getty) (aat)
Library of Congress (general) (lcgft)
Local to Wellcome Collection (local)
GENRES
Copy & paste genres into a new field in Sierra. They will format automatically with correct field tag
m655 7 Abstracts.|2aat
m655 7Academic dissertations.|2rbgenr
m655 7Activity books.|2lcgft
m655 7Acrylic paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Addresses.|2rbgenr
m655 7Advertisements.|2gmgpc
m655 7Advertising cards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Albumen prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Albums.|2rbgenr
m655 7Allegorical drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Allegorical paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Allegorical prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Almanacs.|2rbgenr
m655 7Anatomical atlases.|2rbgenr
m655 7Anatomical fugitive sheets.|2local
m655 7Anecdotes.|2aat
m655 7Annual reports.|2rbgenr
m655 7Anthologies.|2rbgenr
m655 7Aquatints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Architectural drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 0Archives.
m655 7Artists' books.|2rbgenr
m655 7Asylum reports.|2local
m655 7Atlases (Geographic).|2rbgenr
m655 7Atlases (Scientific).|2rbgenr
m655 7Auction catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Autobiographies.|2rbgenr (see note 1 below)
m655 7Badges.|2gmgpc
m655 7Bags.|2gmgpc
m655 7Banners.|2gmgpc
m655 0Bestiaries.
m655 7Bibliographies.|2rbgenr (see note 1 below)
m655 7Billheads.|2gmgpc
m655 0Bio-bibliographies. (see note 1 below)
m655 7Biographies.|2rbgenr (see note 1 below)
m655 7Bird's-eye views.|2gmgpc
m655 7Blank forms.|2rbgenr
m655 7Body art (visual works, performance).|2aat
m655 7Book illustrations.|2gmgpc
m655 7Bookmarks.|2gmgpc
m655 7Bookplates.|2gmgpc
m655 7Booksellers' advertisements.|2rbgenr
m655 7Booksellers' catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Boxes.|2gmgpc
m655 7Braille books.|2lcgft (Braille periodicals is also available)
m655 7Broadsides.|2gmgpc
m655 7Business cards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cabinet photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Calendars.|2gmgpc
m655 7Captivity narratives.|2rbgenr
m655 7Cards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Caricatures.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cartes de visite.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cartoons (Commentary).|2gmgpc
m655 0Case studies.
m655 7Catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 0CD-ROMs.
m655 7Certificates.|2gmgpc
m655 7Chalk drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Charcoal drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Charts.|2gmgpc
m655 7Children's books.|2local (see note 2 below)
m655 7Chine collé prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Chromolithographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cityscape photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cityscape prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Clippings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Clothing.|2aat
m655 7Collages.|2gmgpc
m655 7Collected biographies.|2local
m655 7Collected correspondence.|2local
m655 7Collected works.|2local
m655 7Collotypes.|2gmgpc
m655 7Colonial reports.|2local
m655 7Coloring books.|2lcgft
m655 7Comic books.|2rbgenr (see note 3 below)
m655 7Comics.|2gmgpc (see note 3 below)
m655 7Concert programmes.|2local
m655 7Condoms.|2local
m655 7Conference proceedings.|2local
m655 7Conference programs.|2rbgenr
m655 7Cookbooks.|2rbgenr
m655 7Crayon drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Crayon manner prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Cut-paper works.|2gmgpc
m655 7Design drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Devotional images.|2gmgpc
m655 7Devotional literature.|2rbgenr
m655 7Diagrams.|2gmgpc
m655 7Diaries.|2rbgenr
m655 7Dictionaries.|2rbgenr (see note 4 below)
m655 7Dictionaries, Medical.|2local
m655 7Digital photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Digital zines.|2local (see note 5 below)
m655 7Diptychs.|2aat
m655 7Directories.|2rbgenr
m655 0Distemper painting.
m655 7Documentary television programmes.|2local
m655 7Drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 0DVDs.
m655 0Electronic books.
m655 0Electronic journals.
m655 7Encoded moving images.|2local
m655 7Encyclopedias.|2rbgenr
m655 7Engravings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Envelopes.|2gmgpc
m655 7Ephemera.|2rbgenr
m655 7Erotica.|2gmgpc
m655 7Essays.|2rbgenr
m655 7Etchings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Exhibition catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Exhibition posters.|2gmgpc
m655 7Exploration literature.|2rbgenr
m655 7Facsimiles.|2gmgpc
m655 7Festschriften.|2rbgenr
m655 7Fiction.|2rbgenr
m655 7Flag books.|2lcgft
m655 7Fliers (Printed matter).|2gmgpc
m655 7Flip books.|2lcgft
m655 7Floor plans.|2gmgpc
m655 7Folk tales.|2rbgenr
m655 7Formularies.|2rbgenr
m655 7Frontispieces.|2gmgpc
m655 7Funeral addresses.|2rbgenr
m655 7Gazetteers.|2rbgenr
m655 7Gelatin silver prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Genre photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Genre prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Glass negatives.|2gmgpc
m655 7Glossaries.|2rbgenr (see note 4 below)
m655 0Goigs.
m655 7Gouaches.|2gmgpc
m655 7Grammars.|2rbgenr
m655 7Graphic medicine (Comics)|2lcgft (see note 3 below)
m655 7Graphic novels.|2lcgft (see note 3 below)
m655 7Graphite drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Group portraits.|2gmgpc
m655 7Guidebooks.|2rbgenr
m655 7Halftone photomechanical prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Handbills.|2gmgpc
m655 7Herbals.|2rbgenr
m655 7Historical fiction.|2rbgenr
m655 7Hospital reports.|2local
m655 7Humorous pictures.|2gmgpc
m655 7Humor.|2lcgft
m655 7Hymns.|2rbgenr
m655 7Illustrated works.|2rbgenr
m655 7Illustrations.|2gmgpc
m655 7Incunabula.|2local
m655 7Indexes.|2rbgenr
m655 7Ink drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Instructional and educational works.|2lcgft
m655 7Intaglio prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Interviews.|2rbgenr
m655 7Interviews, Recorded.|2local
m655 7Juvenile literature.|2rbgenr (see note 2 below)
m655 7Juvenilia.|2rbgenr (see note 2 below)
m655 7Labels.|2gmgpc
m655 0Laboratory manuals.
m655 7Landscape drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Landscape paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Landscape photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Landscape prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Laws.|2rbgenr
m655 7Leaflets.|2gmgpc
m655 7Lectures.|2rbgenr
m655 7Letterheads.|2gmgpc
m655 7Letters.|2rbgenr
m655 7Library catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Line photoengravings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Linocuts.|2gmgpc
m655 0Lithographed books.
m655 7Lithographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Local histories.|2rbgenr
m655 7Magazine inserts.|2local
m655 7Manga (comic books).|2aat
m655 7Manuals (Handbooks).|2rbgenr
m655 7Manufacturers' catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 0Manuscripts.
m655 7Maps.|2gmgpc
m655 7Medical formularies.|2rbgenr
m655 7Medical illustrations.|2gmgpc
m655 7Memoirs.|2rbgenr
m655 7Menus.|2gmgpc
m655 7Mezzotints.|2gmgpc
m655 0Microfiches.
m655 7Miniatures (Paintings).|2gmgpc
m655 7MOH reports.|2local
m655 7Motion picture posters.|2gmgpc
m655 7Motion pictures.|2lcgft
m655 7Motion study photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Museum catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Musical works.|2rbgenr
m655 7Myths and legends.|2rbgenr
m655 7Narratives.|2rbgenr
m655 7News recordings.
m655 7Newsletters.|2rbgenr
m655 7Newspapers.|2rbgenr
m655 7Novels.|2rbgenr
m655 7Novelty works.|2gmgpc
m655 7Novenas.|2rbgenr
m655 7Obituaries.|2rbgenr
m655 7Oil paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 0Online databases.
m655 7Oral histories.|2rbgenr
m655 0Outlines.
m655 7Packaging.|2gmgpc
m655 7Paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Pamphlets.|2gmgpc
m655 7Panoramic views.|2gmgpc
m655 7Pastels (Visual works).|2gmgpc
m655 7Patents.|2lcgft
m655 7Pathographies.|2local
m655 7Pencil works.|2gmgpc
m655 7Periodical illustrations.|2gmgpc
m655 7Periodicals.|2rbgenr (underground periodicals also exists, for radical/grassroots etc.)
m655 7Perzines.|2local (See note 5 below)
m655 7Pharmacopoeias.|2rbgenr
m655 7Photobooks.|2lcgft
m655 7 Photocopies.|2aat
m655 7Photograph albums.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photographic postcards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photographic prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photogravures.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photolithographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Photomechanical prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Plans.|2gmgpc
m655 7Platinum prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Plays.|2rbgenr
m655 7Poems.|2rbgenr
m655 7Political cartoons.|2gmgpc
m655 7Political posters.|2gmgpc
m655 0Popular works.
m655 0Pop-up books.|2lcgft
m655 7Portrait drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Portrait paintings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Portrait photographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Portrait prints.|2gmgpc
m655 0Portrait sculpture.
m655 7Portraits.|2gmgpc
m655 7Postage stamps.|2gmgpc
m655 7Postal stationery.|2gmgpc
m655 7Postcards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Posters.|2gmgpc
m655 7Prayer books.|2rbgenr
m655 7Prayers.|2rbgenr
m655 7Price lists.|2rbgenr
m655 7Prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Proclamations.|2rbgenr
m655 7Programmes.|2local
m655 7Prospectuses.|2rbgenr
m655 7Protest works.|2gmgpc
m655 7Publishers' catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Puzzles.|2gmgpc
m655 7Quadriptychs.|2aat
m655 7Questions and answers.|2rbgenr
m655 7Quick Ref. Collection.|2local
m655 7Radiographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Readers.|2rbgenr
m655 0Recipes.
m655 0Registers.
m655 7Regulations.|2rbgenr
m655 7Resource guides.|2local
m655 7Review literature.|2local
m655 7Risographs.|2lcgft
m655 7Sales catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Satires.|2rbgenr
m655 7Satires (Visual works).|2gmgpc
m655 7Science fiction.|2rbgenr
m655 7Scores.|2rbgenr
m655 7Scrapbooks.|2gmgpc
m655 7Screen prints.|2gmgpc
m655 7Sculpture.|2gmgpc
m655 7Self-help publications.|2lcgft
m655 7Self-portraits.|2gmgpc
m655 7Sermons.|2rbgenr
m655 7Short stories.|2rbgenr
m655 7Signs (Notices).|2gmgpc
m655 7Silhouettes.|2gmgpc
m655 7Sketchbooks.|2gmgpc
m655 7Sketches.|2gmgpc
m655 7Soft-ground etchings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Song sheets.|2rbgenr
m655 7Songs.|2rbgenr
m655 0Sound recordings.
m655 7Stationery.|2gmgpc
m655 7Statistics.|2local
m655 7Steel engravings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Stereographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Stereoscopes.|2aat
m655 7Stickers.|2gmgpc
m655 7Stipple engravings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Student works.|2gmgpc
m655 7Student Collection.|2local
m655 7Studio debates.|2local
m655 7Study guides.|2local
m655 7Subscribers' lists.|2rbgenr
m655 0Tables (Systematic lists).
m655 0Tankas (Tibetan scrolls).
m655 7Tarot cards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Textbooks.|2rbgenr
m655 7Theater programs.|2rbgenr
m655 7Then & now comparisons.|2gmgpc
m655 7Thesauri.|2rbgenr
m655 7Tickets.|2gmgpc
m655 7Title pages.|2gmgpc
m655 7Toy and movable books.|2lcgft
m655 7Trade cards.|2gmgpc
m655 7Trade catalogues.|2rbgenr
m655 7Travel literature.|2rbgenr
m655 7Travel sketches.|2gmgpc
m655 7Treaties.|2rbgenr
m655 7Trial proceedings.|2rbgenr
m655 7Triptychs.|2aat
m655 7Tunnel books.|2lcgft
m655 7Underground periodicals.|2lcgft
m655 7Union lists.|2local
m655 7Urban landscapes.|2aat
m655 0Vanitas (Art).
m655 0Video recordings.
m655 0Videocassettes.
m655 7Viewbooks.|2rbgenr
m655 0Votive offerings.
m655 7Wash drawings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Watercolors.|2gmgpc
m655 7Wet collodion negatives.|2gmgpc
m655 7Women in filmmaking.|2local
m655 7Women in printmaking.|2local
m655 7Wood blocks (printing blocks).|2aat
m655 7Wood engravings.|2gmgpc
m655 7Woodburytypes.|2gmgpc
m655 7Woodcuts.|2gmgpc
m655 7Yearbooks.|2rbgenr
m655 7Zincographs.|2gmgpc
m655 7Zines.|2lcgft (see note 5 below)
m655 7Zines about zines.|2local (see note 5 below)
NOTES
Biographies, bibliographies, autobiographies, bio-bibliographies
Do not bring these subjects out by the use of subject headings unless the work is actually about the biographical/bibliographical process.
Typically you should use a topical main heading for the specialty/specialist and a separate 655 for the genre, e.g.
60010Franklin, Rosalind,|d1920-1958.
650_0Crystallographers.
655_7Biographies.|2rbgenr
Children's books / Juvenilia
Use 655_7Children’s books.|2local for works created for children (i.e. picture books).
Use 655_7Juvenile literature.|2rbgenr for works created for older children/teenagers.
Use 655_7Juvenilia.|2rbgenr for works created by children.
Comic books / Graphic novels / Graphic medicine
Use 655_7Graphic novel.|2lcgft for collections of comic book series which are bound volumes, or a long-form narrative in comic-strip format (includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work)
Use 655_7Comic books.|2rbgenr for comics/cartoons/sequential art in pamphlet form (usually part of a series/periodical)
Use 655_7Comics.|2gmgpc for comics or cartoon strips (i.e. comic zines, or anthologies with comic strips in other collected works)
Use 655_7Webcomics.|2lcgft for online comics, or Internet comics are published on a website; while most are published exclusively on the web.
Use 655_7Graphic medicine.|2local alongside one of the above genres when material fits with Graphic Medicine's manifesto, which describes the term as representing "the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare".
Dictionaries, glossaries
When subdividing Dictionaries or Glossaries by language, you may use subfield |x, e.g. 655_7Dictionaries|xFinnish.|2rbgenr
Let English language be assumed, so that even in the case of a two-way translating dictionary (English-Finnish, Finnish-English), the heading above will suffice.
However, a heading such as 655_7Dictionaries|xGreek-Latin.|2rbgenr is permissible.
Zines / Perzines
655_7Zines.|2lcgft will be in every zine record as standard.
m655 7Digital zines.|2local will be added ONLY to born digital zines ingested through Goobi
m655 7Zines about zines.|2local add for "professional collection" type zines, ensure additional note is included
Add extra heading 655_7Perzines.|2local when a work describes itself as a perzine or is predominantly autobiographical in nature.
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