Genre/form headings
This page contains a list of local headings and a hierarchical list of the Library of Congress Genre/Form Thesaurus (lcgft). The LCGFT list on this page has not been kept up to date. A current list of terms can be found in the local authority records, on ClassWeb, or https://id.loc.gov/.
Library of Congress Genre/Form Thesaurus headings should be placed in a 655 field with a second indicator of 7 and ‡2 lcgft. OLAC video game genre terms should be placed in a 655 field with a second indicator of 7 and ‡2 olacvggt. Homosaurus genre headings should be placed in a 655 field with a second indicator of 7 and ‡2 homoit. Local genre headings should be placed in a 655 field with a second indicator of 7 and ‡2 local.
Local Genre Headings
- Example:
655 7 ‡aMiniature books.‡2local
Library of Congress Genre/Form Headings
A current list of terms can be found in the local authority records, on ClassWeb, or https://id.loc.gov/.