Literary Form
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Guidelines for Literary Form in Polaris
DBM 1-8-18: The Literary Form facet in PowerPAC is populated by the Literary Form fixed field. Database Management Committee reviewed recommendations from both the PAS and Technical Services Advisory groups.
- For print materials only, libraries will assign at minimum a literary form of either 0 (Not fiction) or 1 (Fiction).
- Libraries can use more specific values Short stories, Poetry, etc.) if desired.
- It is recommended that novels should be coded as 1 for Fiction instead of f for novels.