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edi tor: A per son who did not write or pro duce the material but is
responsible for it. The edi tor sometimes writes com mentaries or an
introduction to the work.
explan a tory ref er ence: A ref erence with a detailed expla nation on
other access points that the user may want to con sult.
gen eral mate rial des ig na tion: Abbre vi ated as GMD, this indicates
to what cat egory the mate rial belongs, as far as format is con cerned.
Terms such as video recording, slide, and music, are used for the gen -
eral mate rial des ig na tion.

kit: Two dif ferent types of media com bined as one unit, such as film -
strip and audiocassette, slide and book let.
main entry: An access point used to identify a work. In the card envi-
ronment, the main entry card con tains the complete bib liographic
information. For a book, the main entry is usu ally the author. If cat a-
loged on a com puter, all access points can be retrieved the same way;
therefore, dis tinguishing between the main and added entries
becomes unim por tant.
micro form: Microimages of materials pro duced on neg ative or pos i-
tive films. The most common ones are micro film (on reel) and micro-
fiche (on 4 × 6-inch film) for mats. An appro priate machine, the micro-
film/fiche reader/printer, is nec essary when using micro form.

name-title ref er ence: As an access point, a reference that includes
both the name of the author and the title of the work.

phys i cal descrip tion: A step in the cataloging pro cess that involves
describing the material phys ically, such as num ber of pages of the
book, its size in centimeters, or the length of run ning time in the case
of videorecordings and sound record ings.
realia: Artifact or object used in every day liv ing, such as a game or toy.

see also reference: A ref erence that directs the user from one term or
name to other related terms or names.

see ref er ence: A ref erence that directs the user from terms or names
that are not used to terms and names that are used.