Information Science

Library Materials

Print and non-print materials collected, processed, and stored by libraries. They comprise books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports, microforms, maps, manuscripts, motion pictures, and all other forms of audiovisual records. (Harrod, The Librarians' Glossary, 4th ed, p497)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Print and non-print materials collected, processed, and stored by libraries. They comprise books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports, microforms, maps, manuscripts, motion pictures, and all other forms of audiovisual records. (Harrod, The Librarians' Glossary, 4th ed, p497)

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Library Material
  • Material, Library
  • Materials, Library

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

print & non-print materials in libraries: not restricted to books

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History Note

96

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Tree Number

  1. L01w.583w.420

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Library Materials. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018966. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018966
  2. Library Materials. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856592