Types of Concepts to Identify

• Topics

• Names of:
  • Persons
  • Corporate bodies
  • Geographic areas

• Time periods

• Titles of works

• Form of the item

Subjects vs. Forms/Publication Characteristics/Genres

• Subject: what the item is about

• Form: what the item actually is, rather than what it is about
  • Physical character (video, map)
  • Type of data contained (statistics, tables)
  • Format or style of information (handbook, periodical)
  • Genre (biography, essays)