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Genre/form terms in catalog records describe what an item is (or contains), not what it is about. Genre corresponds roughly to the content of what is being described: for example, almanacs, depositions, plays, and poems. Form corresponds with formats and physical characteristics: for example, embroidered bindings, imposition errors, manicules, and sammelbands. This Hamnet record for two copies of a 1635 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins Whole booke of Psalmes includes the genre term Psalters and the form term Embroidered bindings (Binding). Genre/form terms are controlled by authorized forms.

Brief history of genre/form in library catalog records

LCSH
Definition of ǂv
RBMS and other controlled vocabularies
Development of LCGFT

Genre and form use at the Folger

Basic policy

Conventions for maintenance of the table

List of common genre and form terms in Hamnet

Term	Scope note	Folger practice	Link
Judicial records. ǂ2 aat	Records of a tribunal established for the administration of justice.	Use for Court rolls, Writs	AAT
Court rolls use Judicial records
Writs use Judicial records
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 Genre/form terms in catalog records describe what an item ''is'' (or contains), not what it is about. ''Genre'' corresponds roughly to the content of what is being described: for example, almanacs, depositions, plays, and poems. ''Form'' corresponds with formats and physical characteristics: for example, embroidered bindings, imposition errors, manicules, and sammelbands. This [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=170013 Hamnet record for two copies of a 1635 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins ''Whole booke of Psalmes''] includes the genre term '''Psalters''' and the form term '''Embroidered bindings (Binding)'''. Genre/form terms are controlled by authorized forms.
 ==Brief history of genre/form in library catalog records==
 *LCSH
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+*Definition of ǂv
 *RBMS and other controlled vocabularies
 *Development of LCGFT
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 ==Genre and form use at the Folger==
 ===Basic policy===
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 ===List of common genre and form terms in Hamnet===