TOM Order of Precedence

File:Order of Precedence.pdf

For records with more than one TOM, the following order of precedence determines which TOM and icon are displayed. To see which icon will appear in Polaris PowerPAC, select View-PAC from the Bibliographic Record workform.

Order of Precedence | Format (TOM Code)

1 - Blu-Ray+DVD (bdv)

2 - Blu-ray Disc (brd)

3 - Eaudiobook (aeb)

4 - Book+CD (bcd)

5 - Book+Cassette (bcs)

6 - Abstract (abs)

7 - Digital Collection (dmc)

8 - Video Game (vgm)

9 - Book+DVD (bkv)

10 - DVD (dvd)

11 - Videotape (vcr)

12 - Streaming Video (stv)

13 - Videorecording (vid)

14 - Motion Picture (mot)

15 - Projected Medium (pgr)

16 - Two Dimensional Nonprojected Graphic (ngr)

17 - Three Dimensional Object (Artifact) (art)

18 - Visual Materials (vis)

19 - Music CD (mcd)

20 - Streaming Music (stm)

21 - Audio Book on CD (abc)

22 - Vinyl (vyl)

23 - Audio book on Cassette (abt)

24 - Audio Books (abk)

25 - Musical Sound Recording (msr)

26 - Nonmusical Sound Recording (nsr)

27 - Sound Recording (rec)

28 - Printed Music (pmu)

29 - Manuscript Music (mmu)

30 - Atlas (atl)

31 - Printed or Manuscript Music (mus)

32 - Map (map)

33 - Globe (glb)

34 - Printed Cartographic Material (pcm)

35 - Manuscript Cartographic Material (mcm)

36 - Cartographic Material (cmt)

37 - Emagazine (emg)

38 - Ebook (ebk)

39 - Kit (kit)

40 - Archival / Mixed Materials (mix)

41 - Newspaper (new)

42 - Periodical (per)

43 - Serial (ser)

44 - Electronic Resources (elr)

45 - Large Print (lpt)

46 - Braille (brl)

47 - Manuscript Material (mss)

48 - Microform (mic)

49 - Book (bks)

Guidelines for Use of TOMs