Same Film, Different Formats
A motion picture released on VHS & DVD in different years gets the same call number. If the VHS & DVD
were released in the same year, add a workmark (b, c, d) to the year to differentiate.
Example:
The library owns a VHS copy of Gone with the Wind published in 1998 and DVD
copies published in 1998 and 1999. The call numbers should be assigned as follows:
PN1997 .G66 1998
PN1997 .G66 1998b
PN1997 .G66 1999 |
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Feature Films (theatrical releases, television mini-series, made-for-tv movies, etc.)
Produced through 2000. Cuttered by title of motion picture, A-Z.
PN1997
Example:
American Beauty:
PN1997 .A535 2000 |
Produced 2001- . Cuttered by title of motion picture, A-Z.
PN1997.2
Example:
Frida:
PN1997.2 .F73 2003 |
All feature films receive the following genre heading:
655 _0 Feature films.
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Documentary Films
Assign appropriate topical subject headings and class by subject area.
All documentary films receive the following genre heading:
655 _0 Documentary films.
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Foreign Films
Cuttered by the original title.
All receive the following genre headings:
655 _0 ‡a Feature films. (If they are feature films)
655 _0 ‡a Foreign films.
655 _0 ‡a Motion pictures, [Nationality].
(LC Pattern heading: Motion pictures, American. Remember to check our shelf
list when assigning nationality, to make sure you are following the previously established
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Stand-Up Comedy
Cuttered by comedian, or by title in the case of multiple comedians.
PN1969.C65
Example:
Bill Cosby "Himself":
PN1969.C65 C74 1996
The Blue Collar Comedy Tour:
PN1969.C65 B58 2003
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Television Programs (sitcoms, dramas, etc., anything that is not a mini-series or a made-for-tv movie)
All receive the following genre heading:
| 655 |
_0 |
‡a Television programs. |
With more specific headings assigned as needed:
| 655 |
_0 |
Concert television programs. |
| 655 |
_0 |
Biographical television programs. |
| 655 |
_0 |
Situation comedies (Television programs) |
| 655 |
_0 |
Stand-up comedy. |
| 655 |
_0 |
Comedy sketches. (Sketch comedy like SNL.) |
| 655 |
_0 |
‡a Television comedies. (For anything comic. See scope note in LC authority.) |
General Television Programs
(whether comedy or drama)
Cuttered by the title of the program, then by main entry (in order of season) under each individual program.
PN1992.77
Example:
The library owns the first four seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The call numbers should be
assigned as follows: |
| 1st season: |
PN1992.77.C87 C8 [date] |
| 2nd season: |
PN1992.77.C87 C82 [date] |
| 3rd season: |
PN1992.77.C87 C83 [date] |
| 4th season: |
PN1992.77.C87 C84 [date] |
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Sherlock Holmes Television Programs
Cuttered by title, A-Z.
PN1992.77.S54
Example:
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes:
PN1992.77.S54 C37 2004 |
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Concert Videos
Individual Artists/Bands
Classify under their artist number in the ML class range, cuttered by main entry.
Example:
The concert [videorecording] / starring The Williams Brothers.
ML421.W53 C66 2000
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Mutiple Performers (regardless of musical style)
Cuttered by title, A-Z.
M1630.18
Example:
The Concert for Bangladesh:
M1630.18 .C66 1993 |
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African American Concert Videos
M1670
Example:
Wattstax:
M1670 .W38 2004 |
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Operas
Cuttered by title of the opera, A-Z.
PN1995.9.O64
Example:
Don Giovanni:
PN1995.9.O64 D66 2000 |
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Ballets
Cuttered by title of the ballet (e.g. Giselle, Red shoes, etc.), then by main entry.
GV1790
Example:
Creole Giselle [videorecording] / produced by Yanna Kroyt Brandt, Thomas Grimm ; directed by
Thomas Grimm ; a co-production of A.M.E., Inc. ... [et al.]
GV1790.G5 C74
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