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| ==== Overview ==== | ==== Overview ==== | ||
| - | (Req, Rep, [[http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/|TGN]]/[[http://authorities.loc.gov/|LOC Authorities]]/other) | + | (Req, Rep, [[http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/|Getty Vocabularies]]/[[http://authorities.loc.gov/|LOC Authorities]]/other) |
| - | //Subject// is provides a way to record what a work of art is //about// or what a photograph is //of//. Subject analysis for images can be incredibly diffucult when doing image cataloging, but ask yourself one question... What do you see? The answer will often will lead to an appropriate subject heading, (including elements found in abstract paintings where the composition includes no representative subject matter, but rather only lines and color). | + | //Subject// provides a way to record what a work of art is //about// or what a photograph is //of//. Subject analysis for images can be incredibly difficult when doing image cataloging, but ask yourself one question... What do you see? The answer will often will lead to an appropriate subject heading, (including elements found in abstract paintings where the composition includes no representative subject matter, but rather only lines and color). |
| - | Use the English language equivalent from the thesaurus, unless none exist. Use the singular form if only one of the subject is depicted and pural when more than one is shown. For example a painting showing a field of flowers might have a subject for 'flowers' while a photograph of a single flower could have 'flower' as a subject. Try to be as specific as possible. If the photograph is of a rose use 'rose' rather than 'flower' for a subject. If you don't know the specific type of flower you can use the generic 'flower' as a subject. | + | Use the English language equivalent from the thesaurus, unless none exist. Try to be as specific as possible. If the photograph is of a rose use 'rose' rather than 'flower' for a subject. If you don't know the specific type of flower you can use the generic 'flower' as a subject. |
| - | For more information on titles see //CCO, pages 215-229.// | + | It is acceptable for subject terms to repeat or overlap with other items such as //title// or //work type//. Subjects may be regarded as separate from other descriptive fields in this regard. Subjects should be recorded for all works, even abstract or architectural works which seem to have no implied narrative or subject matter. |
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| + | For more information on Subject see //CCO, pages 215-229.// | ||
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| === Subject === | === Subject === | ||
| - | This is a field to record the display value for the subjects associated with the work. Use values from Getty AAT, Library of Congress or other indexes or thesauri to create terms. | + | This is a field to record the display value for the subjects associated with the work. Use values from Getty AAT, Library of Congress or other indexes or thesauri to create terms. Please do not transcribe ampersands (&), replace these in authorities with "and." Subjects with ampersands cannot be recalled in the Library from the primary Subject field. |
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| + | === Subject variant === | ||
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| + | If there are alternative terms, spellings, or phases for the same Subject record them here, especially those terms offered in the AAT, LOC, or other authority. Use the Subject variant field to record the singular form of a subject if the preferred is plural. If there is a known alternative term not listed in the authorities, but that would be useful to include, please do. | ||
| === Subject refid source === | === Subject refid source === | ||
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| ==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||
| - | **Subject:** marketplaces | + | **Subject:** acropolis |
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| + | **Subject variant:** akropolis | ||
| **Subject refid source:** Getty AAT | **Subject refid source:** Getty AAT | ||
| - | **Subject refid:** 300000250 | + | **Subject refid:** 300000700 |
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| **Subject:** ruins | **Subject:** ruins | ||
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| + | **Subject variant:** ruin | ||
| **Subject refid source:** Getty AAT | **Subject refid source:** Getty AAT | ||
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| - | **Subject:** camels | + | **Subject:** camels (mammals) |
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| + | **Subject variant:** Camelus (genus) | ||
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| + | **Subject variant:** camel (mammal) | ||
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| + | **Subject refid source:** Getty AAT | ||
| - | **Subject refid source:** Library of Congress authorities | + | **Subject refid:** 300250139 |
| - | **Subject refid:** sh 85019119 | ||
