655 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM (R)

Terms indicating the genre form and/or physical characteristics of the materials being described. A genre term designates the style or technique of the intellectual content of textual materials or for graphic materials aspects such as vantage point intended purpose or method of representation. A form term designates historically and functionally specific kinds of materials distinguished by their physical character the subject of their intellectual content or the order of information within them. Physical characteristic terms designate historically and functionally specific kinds of materials as distinguished by an examination of their physical character subject of their intellectual content or the order of information with them.

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#7$aBird's-eye views$y1874.$2gmgpc

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07$ck$bLaminated$cm$bmarblewood$cv$abust.$2aat

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#7$aDictionaries$xFrench$y18th century.$2rbgenr

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#7$aSigning patterns (Printing)$zGermany$y18th century.$2rbpri

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#7$3Municipal Fire Station records$aFire reports$zAtlanta Georgia$y1978.$2[thesaurus code]

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#2$aFestschrift.

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#2$aDiaries.

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#7$aAnnotations (Provenance)$zSweden$y18th century.$2rbprov$5MH-H