RDA cheat sheet

These examples demonstrate what the fields can look like; for fields that may vary from item to item, like playback channels and region encoding, use the correct values for the item in hand.

Follow OCLC guidance to "prefer use of a separate field for each unique term." For copy cataloging, terms combined into one field may be left as is (e.g. 344 digital‡boptical‡gsurround‡hDolby Digital‡2rda) or split into separate fields as shown here.

Type of material	example RDA fields (not exhaustive)
Atlas	336 cartographic image‡bcri‡2rdacontent 337 unmediated‡bn‡2rdamedia 338 volume‡bnc‡2rdacarrier
Map, folded	336 cartographic image‡bsti‡2rdacontent 337 unmediated‡bn‡2rdamedia 338 sheet‡bnb‡2rdacarrier
CD (MP3)	336 spoken word‡bspw‡2rdacontent 337 audio‡bs‡2rdamedia 338 audio disc‡bsd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡b‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 347 audio file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bMP3
CD (music)	336 performed music‡bprm‡2rdacontent 337 audio‡bs‡2rdamedia 338 audio disc‡bsd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 347 audio file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bCD audio
CD (spoken word)	336 spoken word‡bspw‡2rdacontent 337 audio‡bs‡2rdamedia 338 audio disc‡bsd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 347 audio file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bCD audio
CD-ROM	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 336 computer program‡bcop‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 computer disc‡bcd‡2rdacarrier
Blu-ray	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 videodisc‡bvd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 344 ‡gsurround‡2rdacpc 344 ‡hDTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 347 video file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bBlu-ray 347 ‡eregion A‡2rdare
3D Blu-ray	336 three-dimensional moving image‡btdm‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 videodisc‡bvd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 344 ‡gsurround‡2rdacpc 344 ‡hDTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 347 video file‡2rdatr 347 ‡bBlu-ray 347 ‡eregion A‡2rdare
4K Blu-ray	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 videodisc‡bvd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 344 ‡gsurround‡2rdacpc 344 ‡hDTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 347 video file‡2rdaft 347 ‡b4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Blu-ray + DVD combo pack	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 videodisc‡bvd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 344 ‡gsurround‡2rdacpc 344 ‡hDTS-HD Master Audio 7.1‡3Blu-ray 344 ‡hDolby Digital 5.1‡3DVD 347 video file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bBlu-ray‡3Blu-ray 347 ‡bDVD video‡3DVD
DVD	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 videodisc‡bvd‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡boptical‡2rdarm 344 ‡gstereo‡2rdacpc 344 ‡hDolby Digital 2.0 346 ‡bNTSC‡2rdabs 347 video file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bDVD video 347 ‡eall regions‡2rdare
Playaway	336 spoken word‡bspw‡2rdacontent 337 audio‡bs‡2rdamedia 338 other‡bsz‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡bnon-volatile flash memory‡2rdarm 347 audio file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bACELP
Playaway Bookpack	336 spoken word‡bspw‡2rdacontent‡3Playaway 336 text‡btxt‡2rdacontent‡3books 337 audio‡bs‡2rdamedia‡3Playaway 337 unmediated‡bn‡2rdamedia‡3books 338 other‡bsz‡2rdacarrier‡3Playaway 338 volume‡bnc‡2rdacarrier‡3books 344 digital‡2rdatr‡3Playaway 344 ‡bnon-volatile flash memory‡2rdarm‡3Playaway 347 audio file‡2rdaft‡3Playaway 347 ‡bACELP‡3Playaway
Playaway Launchpad	336 computer program‡bcop‡2rdacontent 336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 other‡bcz‡2rdacarrier
Playaway View	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 337 video‡bv‡2rdamedia 338 other‡bvz‡2rdacarrier 344 digital‡2rdatr 344 ‡bnon-volatile flash memory‡2rdarm 347 video file‡2rdaft 347 ‡bACELP
videogame cartridge	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 336 computer program‡bcop‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 computer chip cartridge‡bcb‡2rdacarrier
videogame disc	336 two-dimensional moving image‡btdi‡2rdacontent 336 computer program‡bcop‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 computer disc‡bcd‡2rdacarrier
e-book	336 text‡btxt‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 online resource‡bcr‡2rdacarrier
e-audiobook	336 spoken word‡bspw‡2rdacontent 337 computer‡bc‡2rdamedia 338 online resource‡bcr‡2rdacarrier