Document Actions
Resource Type
- Element Name
- Definition
- Where Can the Resource Type Information be Found?
- How Resource Type Works in the Metadata Form
- How Should the Resource Type be Filled in?
- Other Examples
- Comments
- Resources
Element Name
Resource Type
Definition
The type or category of the primary content of the resource.
Where Can the Resource Type Information be Found?
Resource type is determined by examining the physical item
How Resource Type Works in the Metadata Form
- Parts:
- 1. Resource type -- drop-down menu
- Repeatable?
- No
How Should the Resource Type be Filled in?
| Guideline |
Example | |
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image_score - Musical Score/Notation |
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image_photo - Photograph (not "image") text_letter - Letter (not "text") |
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image - Image text - Text |
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other - Other |
If it is difficult to determine the resource type:
- Check the glossary (in the Comment section) for clarification
- Consider whether or not it fits one of these scenarios:
- Page images of textual items should be entered as "Text" not "Image"
- A series of negatives/photographs should be entered as "Photograph"
- A page with both text and photographs should be entered based on which portion is most dominant or important
- Does it seem like 'text' with accompanying photographs?
- Does it seem like 'photographs' with inscriptions and accompanying text?
- Consider whether or not someone would expect to find the item if they limit their search to one particular type
Other Examples
- Proceedings of a convention (booklet)
- Resource Type: text_book - Book
- Handwritten tally of voters from 1836
- Resource Type: text - Text
- Advertisement (with illustrations)
- Resource Type: image_artwork - Artwork
- U.S. Geological Survey Map
- Resource Type: image_map - Map
- Tintype
- Resource Type: image_photo - Photograph
- Opera score
- Resource Type: image_score - Musical Score/Notation
- Organizational chart
- Resource Type: image - Image
Comments
Glossary of Resource Types:
| Resource Type |
Code | Items |
|---|---|---|
| Book |
text_book | Books, atlases, photojournals, etc. |
| Clippings |
text_clippings |
Newspaper clippings and excerpts from other published materials |
| ETD (Electronic Thesis or Dissertation) |
text_etd | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Journal/Magazine/Newsletter |
text_journal | Issues of serial text including journals, magazines, and newsletters |
| Legal Document |
text_legal | Court and government legal documents |
| Letters | text_letter | Letters |
| Newspaper |
text_newspaper | Newspapers (full issues only) |
| Yearbook | text_yearbook | Yearbooks |
| Text |
text | Certificates, handwritten notes, and other text items not specified above |
| Artwork |
image_artwork | Paintings, drawings, engravings, graphic designs, plans, etc. |
| Map |
image_map | Individual maps |
| Photograph |
image_photo | Photographic prints or negatives, or slides |
| Poster |
image_poster | Broadsides and posters |
| Musical Score/Notation |
image_score | Sheet music or scores |
| Image |
image | Other types of still images not specified above |
| Physical Object |
physical-object | Museum pieces (including furniture, dishes, tools), architectural structures, monuments, etc. |
| Sound |
sound | Sound recordings |
| Website |
website | Webpages |
| Video |
video |
Analog or digital animations, moving images, television programs, etc. |
| Interactive Resource |
interactive-resource | Video games, interactive virtual exhibits, etc. |
| Software |
software | Application software such as presentation viewers, word processors, etc. |
| Dataset |
dataset | Statistical data files, CD-ROMs of data, databases, etc. |
| Collection |
collection |
Group of things |