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EntW  Nature of Entire Work


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 CNR: 008/24; 006/07

Input Standards

 CNR: Optional. One-character code. Default: blank character

Definition
CNR, 006

The nature of an item if it consists entirely of a certain type of material. Use to specify what type of publication the item is as opposed to what it contains. If the item can be considered more than one type of material, record the types in Cont and leave EntW blank.

Codes
blank character Not specified. The nature of the entire item is not specified.
a Abstracts/summaries. The entire item consists of abstracts or summaries of other publications.
b Bibliographies. The entire item is a bibliography or bibliographies.
c Catalogs. The entire item is a catalog (i.e., a list of items in a collection, such as a collection of books, a collection of art objects, etc.).
d Dictionaries. The entire item is a dictionary, glossary or gazetteer. Code concordances as Indexes (code i). Code serial biographical dictionaries as Biography (code h).
e Encyclopedias. The entire item is an encyclical or an encyclopedic treatment of a specific topic.
f Handbooks. The entire item is a handbook.
g Legal articles. The entire item contains substantive articles on legal topics, such as those published in law school reviews.
h Biography. The entire item contains biographical material, whether autobiography, collective biography or individual biography. Do not code genealogy as biography.
i Indexes. The entire item is an index to bibliographical material other than itself (e.g., an indexing journal).
k Discographies. The entire item is a discography or discographies or other bibliography of recorded sound.
l Legislation. The entire item contains full or partial texts of enactments of legislative bodies, published either in statute or in code form. Use code l also when a work consists of texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
m Theses. The entire item contains theses, dissertations or works identified as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an academic certification or degree.
n Surveys of the literature in a subject area. The entire item contains authored surveys that summarize what has been published about a subject, usually with a list of references either in the body of the work or as a bibliography.
o Reviews. The entire item is devoted entirely to critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
p Programmed texts. The entire item is a programmed text.
q Filmographies. The entire item is a filmography, filmographies or other bibliography of moving images.
r Directories. The entire item is a directory or register of persons or corporate bodies. Code serial biographical dictionaries as Biography (code h).
s Statistics. The entire item is a collection of statistical data on a subject. Do not use for works about statistical methodology.
t Technical reports. The entire item contains technical report material. This is an item that is the result of scientific investigation or technical development, testing or evaluation, presented in a form suitable for dissemination to the technical community.
u Standards/specifications. The item is either a national, international or industry standard or a specification giving a precise statement of a process or a service requirement.
v Legal cases and case notes. The entire item contains discussions, such as those in the case comments section of law school reviews, of particular legal cases that have been decided by or that are pending before courts or administrative agencies.
w Law reports and digests. The entire item contains the texts of decisions of courts or administrative agencies. Use code w also when an item consists of texts of digests of such decisions.
x Other reports. NLC use only.
z Treaties. The entire item contains treaties or accords negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.
y Yearbooks. CNR. Reference publication issued on an annual or less frequent basis that contains articles summarizing the accomplishments or events of a particular year within a specific discipline or area of endeavor. Annual reports, which are administrative overviews of an organization, are not coded here. Note: Code y was made obsolete in 1988 and restored in 2009.
5 Calendars. CNR. Published systems of organizing days. These may be academic calendars or almanacs, calendars published by bodies, such as labor organizations, library associations, etc.
6 Comics/graphic novels. CNR. Instances of "sequential art" in which a story (whether fact or fiction) is told primarily through a set of images (often in the form of multiple "panels" per page) presented concurrently but meant to be "read" sequentially by the viewer. The accompanying narrative and/or dialog text, when it occurs, works integrally with the images to tell the story. Note: Replaces code c (comic strip) in CNR 006/07 and 008/24).

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