Source

• Element Name
• Definition
• Where Can the Source Information be Found?
• How Source Works in the Metadata Form
• How Should the Source be Filled in?
• Other Examples
• Comments
• Resources

Element Name

Source

Definition

Information about a resource from which the current resource is derived.

Where Can the Source Information be Found?

For any type of item, source describes an original (physical or digital) resource from which the current resource is derived and may be found:

• by examining the item
• in accompanying or supplementary information

How Source Works in the Metadata Form

Parts:

1. Source qualifier -- drop-down menu
2. Source -- text field

Repeatable?

No - an item can only come from one source

How Should the Source be Filled in?

• This field is only used if the item is:
  
• a derivation (a single map from a book, an article from a journal, etc.)
• an item that was part of a larger event (a presentation from a conference, a piece from an exhibition, etc.)
  

• Choose the appropriate relation qualifier from the controlled vocabulary
• If none of the qualifiers applies to the item, the qualifier can be left blank
  

Other Examples

Scanned map from a book

Book:  "From the German edition of P.F.X. Charlevoix, Histoire general des voyages, 1754."--Almagre books, list 47A.

Article from a conference

Conference:  Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL), 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States

Article published in a journal

Journal:  Government Information Quarterly, 2008. p. 66-89

Presentation from a preconference

Conference:  3rd Annual Digitization Expo [Pre-conference], Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Convention, 2010, San Antonio, Texas, United States 

Map from an atlas

Atlas:  Geologic Atlas of the United States, Llano-Burnet Folio No. 183, Washington: Geological Survey (U.S.), 1912

Comments 

• To specify other resources which are judged to be significantly related to the current resource in some fashion, use the Relation element.
• Information in this field may also overlap with information entered in the Citation element.
  

Resources

• OCLC Worldcat
• Electronic Resources (UNT staff/students can get to OCLC records through "Worldcat via FirstSearch")