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Cont  Nature of Contents


Bytes

 BKS: 008/24–27; 006/07–10
CNR: 008/25–27; 006/08–10

Input Standards

 BKS: Optional. Four one-character codes. Default: blank characterblank characterblank characterblank character
CNR: Optional. Three one-character codes. Default: blank characterblank characterblank character

Definition
BKS, 006

The item contains certain types of materials. Generally, use a specific code only if a significant part of the item is the type of material represented by the code. Information for these character positions is usually derived from other areas of the bibliographic record (e.g., from field 245 or the 5xx or 6xx fields).

Use up to four codes in alphabetical order. If you assign fewer than four codes, left-justify and leave the unused positions blank. If more than four codes are appropriate, select the four most significant. If no codes are applicable, leave blank.

CNR, 006

The item contains certain types of materials. Generally, a specific code is used only if a significant part of the item is the type of material represented by the code.

Use up to three codes in alphabetical order. If you assign fewer than three codes, left-justify and leave the unused positions blank. If more than three codes are appropriate, select the three most significant. If no codes are applicable, leave blank.

Codes
blank character Not specified. BKS, CNR. The nature of the contents of an item is not specified.
a Abstracts/summaries. BKS, CNR. The item contains abstracts or summaries of other publications. Do not use when a publication includes an abstract or summary of its own content.
b Bibliographies. BKS, CNR. All or part of an item is a bibliography or bibliographies. Use only if the bibliography is substantial enough to be mentioned in the bibliographic record. Because bibliographies are part of the definition of code n, do not use code b when code n is present.
c Catalogs.
BKS. The item is a catalog. It also includes lists of collectible objects, such as stamps and coins or trade catalogs. For catalogs of books, sound recordings or motion pictures, use code b, code k or code q with code c.

CNR. The item includes a catalog (i.e., a list of items in a collection). It also includes lists of collectible objects, such as stamps and coins or trade catalogs. For catalogs of books, sound recordings or motion pictures, code b, code k or code q, is given with code c.

d Dictionaries. BKS, CNR. The item is a dictionary, glossary or gazetteer. Use code i for concordances. Code monographic biographical dictionaries as collective biography ( Biog, code c) rather than using code d in Cont. Code h is used for serial biographical dictionaries.
e Encyclopedias. BKS, CNR. The item is an encyclopedia or is an encyclopedic treatment of a specific topic.
f Handbooks. BKS. The item is a handbook.
g Legal articles. BKS, CNR. The item has substantive articles on legal topics (e.g., those published in law school reviews).
h Biography.
BKS. Do not use.

CNR. Use for serials if the serial has biographical information and other material. The following items are biographical:

  • Straightforward accounts of the life of a person.
  • Accounts of limited periods or aspects of the life of a person.
  • Collections of materials that serve as a source of, or substitute for, an account of a life.
  • Collective biographies.
  • Literary criticism if more than half of the work is biographical.
  • A work about a ruler and his reign if the ruler's life is given considerable attention.
  • A work about a doctrine or movement if the work is largely biographical. However, material classified as genealogy is not biographical.
i Indexes.
BKS. The item is an index to bibliographic material other than itself. Do not use code i when a publication contains an index to its own content.

CNR.The item has indexes of other material. Use for newspaper indexes, periodical indexes, concordances, etc. This category includes only indexes to bibliographical items. It does not include publications like Merck Index. It does not include indexes to the item itself.

j Patent document. BKS. The item contains a detailed description of an invention or discovery of a new and useful process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter or improvements thereof. A patent document may be one of several kinds of documents: a patent or similar document (e.g., inventor's certificate), a patent application (domestic, foreign, priority application, etc.) or a continuation/division of one of the above.
k Discographies. BKS. The entire item or a significant part of the item is a discography or discographies, or other bibliography of recorded sound. Use only if the discography is substantial enough to be mentioned in the bibliographic record. For discographies that are also catalogs, use both k and c.
l Legislation. BKS, CNR. The item contains full or partial texts of enactments of legislative bodies, published either in statutes or in code form. Use also when a work consists of texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
m Theses. BKS, CNR. The item is a thesis, dissertation or work identified as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an academic certification or degree.
n Surveys of the literature in a subject area. BKS, CNR. Such surveys summarize what has been published about a subject and, in most cases, include a list of references either in the body of the work or as a bibliography. Since bibliographies are included as part of the definition of code n, do not use code b and code n together.
o Reviews.
BKS. The item is entirely devoted to critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
p Programmed texts. BKS, CNR. The item is a programmed text.
q Filmographies. BKS, CNR. The entire item, or a significant part of it, is a filmography or filmographies. Use only if the filmography is substantial enough to be mentioned in the bibliographic record. For filmographies that are also catalogs, use both code q and code c.
r Directories. BKS, CNR. An item is a directory or register of persons or corporate bodies. Code monographic biographical dictionaries as collective biography ( Biog, code c) rather than using code d in Cont.

Serial biographical dictionaries are coded in Cont as Biography (code h).

s Statistics. BKS, CNR. The entire item or a significant part of it, is a collection of statistical data on a subject. Do not use for works about statistical methodology.
t Technical reports. BKS, CNR. The 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.
BKS. An item is either a national, international or industry standard or a specification giving a precise statement of a process or a service requirement.

CNR. An item includes 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. BKS, CNR. The 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. BKS, CNR. The item contains the texts of decisions of courts or administrative agencies. Use also when an item consists of texts of digests of such decisions.
x Other reports. BKS. Library and Archives Canada use in serials only.
z Treaties. BKS, CNR. The item is a treaty or accord negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.

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