Formats

Physical or electronic media; or resource types characterized by a particular layout, content, purpose, or mode of creation.

Audio recordings (CDs, records, etc.)   (10 resources)

Recordings of musical, spoken, or other types of sounds.

Data, statistics and survey results   (124 resources)

Collections of statistical information.

Dissertations and theses   (7 resources)

Extended treatments of a subject submitted for a doctoral or other advanced academic degree.

Drawings   (1 resource)

Drawings

Electronic books and texts   (461 resources)

Monographs and monographic texts accessed via a computer. (In contrast, Journals accessed via a computer are classified using "Electronic journals.")

Electronic journals   (6607 resources)

Periodicals accessed via a computer.

Forms   (1 resource)

Documents with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information.

Manuscripts   (32 resources)

Collections or images of handwritten and/or typed materials.

Maps and GIS   (33 resources)

Graphic representations of an area, often indicating cultural, political, environmental, etc. information. Also, computer systems allowing analysis and retrieval of spatial data.

Microforms   (23 resources)

Collections of reduced scale photographs of printed or other graphic matter.

Multimedia   (11 resources)

Resources using, involving, or encompassing several media (in addition to text and images), where no single medium predominates.

Official publications   (7 resources)

Publications of governmental or non-governmental bodies required by statute or organizational charter, such as annual reports of a corporation or laws, parliamentary proceedings, etc. Used in conjunction with "Government information" or "Companies" to indicate the type of official publication.

Photographs and images   (42 resources)

Pictures or representations of a person or thing, created using a camera or in some other way.

Preprints   (6 resources)

Issues of technical papers often in preliminary form before publication in a journal.

Print journals   (14 resources)

Periodicals in paper format.

Printed books   (21 resources)

Monographs in paper format.

Proceedings   (17 resources)

Official records of things said or done, usually at a meeting or conference.

Software   (6 resources)

Computer programs that provide instructions that enable the computer hardware to work.

Video recordings (DVDs, films, etc.)   (23 resources)

Recordings of moving images.