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DB / Metadata Management Program (MMP): Fundamentals of the NLM® Classification

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General

Special rules are used for classifying the following:

  • Bibliography (a list of print or non-print materials)
  • Abstracts (annotated bibliographies; do not confuse with conference abstracts)
  • Indexes (works providing an analytical subject approach to materials)
  • Library catalogs (holdings of libraries)
  • Archives (repositories of historical information)


Last Reviewed: April 16, 2021