Genre and form terms now in the thesaurus Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT)

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1 Genre and form terms now in the thesaurus Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) October 27, 2015 The table below contains some genre and form terms that have been added to the LCGFT. The column on the left is the term currently being used in Polaris records, either from the Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc. (GSAFD) or the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The column on the left shows the equivalent LCGFT term with MARC coding. Note: This is not an exhaustive list, but includes many of the headings commonly found in Polaris records. Edits in Polaris records (existing records or records being imported) Please edit Polaris records to reflect the new LCGFT terms. Exceptions: In cases where there is no equivalent term in the LCGFT, we will either continue to use the current heading, or will discontinue use of the heading. These exceptions are noted in the table. Sometimes genre or form terms are incorrectly coded, so you ll need to make a determination of the correct coding before doing any edits: If the work you are cataloging is about that genre or form (i.e., a book on how to write science fiction), the term should be coded as an LCSH term in MARC tag 650 Example: Title: Writing science fiction and fantasy by Crawford Kilian 650 _0 $ascience fiction. 650 _0 $afantasy fiction. If the work you are cataloging is that genre or form (i.e., a science fiction novel), the term should be coded as a genre term in MARC tag 655 Example: Title: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 655 _7 $ascience fiction.$2lcgft Once you ve made the determination that a heading should be used as a genre or form term, edit as needed for the correct MARC coding. In many cases the term itself is the same and all you ll have to do is edit the coding. However, in some cases, the term itself has also changed these are in bold in the LCGFT column.

2 Examples: Current: 650 _0 $ashort stories (incorrectly coded--work being cataloged is a collection of short stories) New: 655 _7 $ashort stories.$2lcgft Current: 655 _0 $adomestic fiction. New: 655 _7 $adomestic fiction.$2lcgft Current: 655 _7 $ahistorical fiction.$2gsafd New: 655 _7 $ahistorical fiction.$2lcgft Current: 655 _7 $asuspense fiction.$2gsafd New: 655 _7 $athrillers (Fiction)$2lcgft Edits in OCLC master records Don t delete GSAFD terms from OCLC master records. The GSAFD is still a legitimate thesaurus that libraries may choose to use. If you re creating an original record in OCLC, use LCGFT terms as applicable Be careful! Don t assume that every genre or form term is or will be in the LCGFT. On the flip side, there are hundreds of terms in the LCGFT that are not in this table. When in doubt, search the OCLC authority file or contact SHARE Bibliographic Services staff for assistance. 2

3 Adventure fiction 655 _7 $aaction and adventure fiction.$2lcgft Allegories 655 _7 $aallegories.$2lcgft Alternative histories (Fiction) 655 _7 $aalternative histories (Fiction)$2lcgft Arthurian romances 655 _7 $aarthurian romances.$2lcgft Autobiographical fiction 655 _7 $aautobiographical fiction.$2lcgft Bible fiction 655 _7 $abible fiction.$2lcgft Bildungsromans 655 _7 $abildungsromans.$2lcgft Biographical comic books, strips, etc. 655 _7 $abiographical comics.$2lcgft Biographical fiction 655 _7 $abiographical fiction.$2lcgft Black humor (Literature) 655 _7 $ablack humor.$2lcgft Board books 655 _0 $aboard books. Christian fiction 655 _7 $achristian fiction.$2gsafd may also add lcgft term if desired: 655 _7 $areligious fiction.$2lcgft Comic books, strips, etc. 655 _7 $acomics (Graphic works)$2lcgft Detective and mystery comic books, strips, 655 _7 $adetective and mystery comics.$2lcgft etc. Didactic fiction 655 _7 $adidactic fiction.$2lcgft Domestic fiction 655 _7 $adomestic fiction.$2lcgft Dystopias 655 _7 $adystopian fiction.$2lcgft Epic fiction 655 _7 $aepic fiction.$2lcgft Epistolary fiction 655 _7 $aepistolary fiction.$2lcgft Erotic comic books, strips, etc. 655 _7 $aerotic comics.$2lcgft Erotic fiction 655 _7 $aerotic fiction.$2lcgft Fables 655 _7 $afables.$2lcgft Fairy tales 655 _7 $afairy tales.$2lcgft Fantasy comic books, strips, etc. 655 _7 $afantasy comics.$2lcgft Fantasy fiction 655 _7 $afantasy fiction.$2lcgft Farces 655 _7 $afarces.$2gsafd Folklore 655 _7 $afolk literature.$2lcgft and/or 655 _7 $afolk tales.$2lcgft Ghost stories 655 _7 $aghost stories.$2lcgft Gothic fiction 655 _7 $agothic fiction.$2lcgft Graphic novels 655 _7 $agraphic novels.$2lcgft Historical fiction 655 _7 $ahistorical fiction.$2lcgft 3

4 Horror comic books, strips, etc. Horror fiction Humorous fiction Large type books Legends Legal stories Lift-the-flap books Love stories Medical novels Melodramatic fiction Movie novels Mystery comic books, strips, etc. Mystery fiction Noir fiction Occult fiction Parables Pastoral fiction Picaresque literature Political fiction Psychological fiction Radio and television novels Radio scripts Regency fiction Road fiction Robinsonades Romance comic books, strips, etc. Romances Romans a clef Romantic suspense fiction Science fiction Science fiction comic books, strips, etc Sea stories Short stories 655 _7 $ahorror comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $ahorror fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $ahumorous fiction.$2lcgft 655 _0 $alarge type books. 655 _7 $alegends.$2lcgft 655 _7 $alegal fiction (Literature)$2lcgft 655 _7 $alift-the-flap books.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aromance fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $amedical fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $amelodramatic fiction.$2gsafd 655 _7 $amovie novels.$2gsafd 655 _7 $adetective and mystery comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $adetective and mystery fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $anoir fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aparanormal fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aparables.$2lcgft 655 _7 $apastoral fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $apicaresque fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $apolitical fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $apsychological fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aradio and television novels.$2gsafd 655 _7 $aradio scripts.$2lcgft Not in lcgft do not use 655 _7 $aroad fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $arobinsonades.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aromance comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aromances.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aromans a clef.$2lcgft Not in lcgft Use one or both of these headings: 655 _7 $aromance fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $athrillers (Fiction)$2lcgft 655 _7 $ascience fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $ascience fiction comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $asea stories.$2gsafd 655 _7 $ashort stories.$2lcgft 4

5 Sound effects books Spy stories Steampunk comic books, strips, etc. Steampunk fiction Stories in rhyme Superhero comic books, strips, etc. Suspense fiction Tall tales Textbooks Textured books Toy and moveable books Underground comic books, strips, etc. Utopian fiction Voyages, Imaginary War-- comic books, strips, etc. War stories Western comic books, strips, etc. Western stories Young adult fiction 655 _7 $asound books.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aspy fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $asteampunk comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $asteampunk fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $astories in rhyme.$2lcgft 655 _7 $asuperhero comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $athrillers (Fiction)$2lcgft 655 _7 $atall tales.$2lcgft 655 _7 $atextbooks.$2lcgft 655 _7 $atextured books.$2lcgft 655 _7 $atoy and moveable books.$2lcgft 655 _7 $aunderground comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $autopian fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $avoyages, Imaginary.$2gsafd 655 _7 $awar comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $awar fiction.$2lcgft 655 _7 $awestern comics.$2lcgft 655 _7 $awestern fiction.$2lcgft 655 _0 $ayoung adult fiction. 5