Type of Material Codes (TOMs)

When you import, copy, or manually create new bibliographic records, Polaris checks the LDR/06, LDR/07, the 006 tag, the 007 tag, and other combinations of codes to determine the record’s primary Type of Material code or TOM. This generates the material type icon in Polaris PowerPAC and enables searching for bibliographic records using the TOM in the staff client, Leap, PowerPAC, and Mobile PAC.

Tip:
From the Bibliographic Record workform, select View > PAC or click PACviewbut.gif to see the icon that displays in the PAC.

If a single bibliographic record contains values indicating more than one material type, only one TOM icon is displayed in Polaris PowerPAC. For example, a single record could contain codes indicating it is both a video recording and a DVD. The primary type of material code (and icon) for that record would be DVD. However, the record could be retrieved in the staff client and Polaris PowerPAC by searching for either of its TOM codes. See Multiple TOMs - Order of Precedence.

Note:

If the bibliographic record’s primary TOM is elr (electronic resource), and it has at least one 856 tag, and there are no item records linked to it, hold requests cannot be placed for that title in the PAC.

You can opt to suppress request and availability options for all records with a specific primary TOM, or only those with specific primary TOMs that have at least one 856 in the bib record. By default, Electronic resources (elr) and Digital collection (dmc) are selected for suppressing request and availability options. The option Records with an 856 is selected by default except dmc, where All records is selected. You can run the Bibliographic Records With No Format report to identify any bibliographic records in your catalog that do not have a TOM code assigned.

TOMs and MARC Coding

Note:
The (Polaris) note under the format indicates it is a Polaris TOM. Between the columns, Or is implied, except in the case where AND appears. For example, a music CD can be coded with j in LDR/06 OR j in 006/00.

Type of Material TOM

Icon Displayed in PAC / PAC Preview and Leap

Note:
In the Leap UI, TOM icons appear in gray.

TOM Code

LDR/06

LDR/07

006

007

008

Abstract

(Polaris)

  formatid39.gif

abs

a

AND

 i

    

AND

/21=d

AND 

/24=a

AND 

/25=a

Archival/Mixed Materials

   formatid07.gif  

mix

p

 

/00=p

 

 

Atlas - 3 ways to determine
(Polaris)

atl

e OR f

 

 

 

AND /25=e

 

 

in the same 006 tag:

/00=e OR f

/08=e

 

 

 

 

 

in the same 007 tag:

/00=a

AND

/01=d

 

Audio Book

(Polaris)

 formatid37.gif 

abk

i

 

 

AND /00=s

  

Audio Book on Cassette
(Polaris)

abt

i

 

 

in the same 007 tag:

AND /00=s

AND /01=s

 

Audio Book on CD
(Polaris)

abc

i

 

 

in the same 007 tag:

AND /00=s

AND /01=d

AND /03=f

 

Blu-ray Disc

(Polaris)

   

brd

g

 

 

AND /00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04=s

AND /05=a

AND /06=i

AND /07=z

AND

/33=v

Blu-ray+DVD
(Polaris)

bdv

g

 

 

 

Two 007s needed.

One 007 for Blu-ray:

AND /00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04=s

-------------------------

One for DVD:

AND /00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04=v

AND /33=v

Book

 PKTOMs00157.gif 

bks

a OR t

AND NOT b OR s OR i

/00= a OR t

/00=t

 

Book+Cassette

(Polaris)

 formatid43.gif 

bcs

i OR a

 

AND /00=a

AND /00=s

AND /01=s

AND /13=e

 

Book+CD

(Polaris)

2 ways to determine

 formatid42.gif 

bcd

i OR j

 

AND /00=a

AND in the same 007 tag:

/00=s

AND /01=d

AND /03=f

 
a

 

AND /00=i OR j

AND in the same 007 tag:

/00=s

AND /01=d

AND /03=f

 

Book+DVD

2 ways to determine

bkv

a

 

AND /00=g

in the same 007 tag:

AND /00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04 = v

 

g

 

AND /00=a

in the same 007 tag:

AND /00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04 =v

 

Braille - 3 ways to determine

  formatid28.gif

brl

a, c, d, p OR t

  

/00=a, c, d, p OR t

 

AND 

/23=f
 

b OR s

/00=s

 

AND

/23=f

e, f, g, k, OR r

 

/00=e, f, g, k, OR r

 

 

AND

/29=f

Cartographic

Material

 formatid03.gif 

cmt

e OR f

 

/00=e OR f

 

  

Digital Collection

(Polaris)

 formatid38.gif 

dmc

m

AND c

 

 

 

DVD

(Polaris)

 formatid33.gif 

dvd

g

 

 

AND in the same 007 tag:

/00=v

AND /01=d

AND /04=v

 AND /33=v
EAudioBook(Polaris) formatid41.gif 

aeb

i

 

AND

/00=m

/09=h

AND

Two 007s needed

1st 007:

/00=s

AND /12=e

AND /13=d
____________

2nd 007:

/00=c

AND /01=r

AND /05=a

AND

/23=s Or o

 
Ebooks formatid36.gif 

ebk

a

 

/00=m

/00=c

AND

/01=r

AND /23=o

Electronic Resources

 formatid06.gif 

elr

m

a, d, OR m

/00=m

/00=c

 

Emagazine

emg

 

s

 

 

AND /21=p

AND /23=o

Globe

 formatid14.gif 

glb

 

 

 

/00=d

 

Kit

 formatid23.gif 

kit

o

 

/00=o

/00=o

 

Large Print - 3 ways to determine

 formatid27.gif 

 

lpt

a, c, d, p, OR t

 

/00=a, c, d, p, OR t

 

AND

/23=d

lpt

e, f, g, k OR r

 

/00=e, f, g, k OR r

 

AND 

/29=d

lpt

  

b OR s

/00=s

 

AND 

/23=d

Manuscript Cartographic Material

 formatid12.gif 

mcm

f

 

/00=f

 

 

Map

 formatid13.gif 

map

  

 

  

/00=a

  

Manuscript Material

 formatid15.gif 

mss

d, f, OR t

 

/00=d, f, OR t

 

 

Manuscript Music

 formatid10.gif 

mmu

d

 

/00=d

 

 

Microform - 4 ways to determine

 formatid26.gif 

mic

 

 

 

/00=h

  
 

b OR s

/00=s

 

AND 

/23=a, b, or c

a, c, d, p OR t

 

/00=a, c, d, p OR t

 

AND 

/23=a, b, OR c

e, f, g, k OR r

 

/00=e, f, g, k OR r

 

AND

/29=a, b, OR c
Motion Picture formatid17.gif 

mot

  

 

  

/00=m

 

Music CD

(Polaris)

 formatid35.gif 

mcd

j

 

OR

/00=j

AND in the same 007 tag:

/00=s

AND /01=d

AND /03=f

 
Musical Sound Recording formatid21.gif 

msr

j

 

/00=j

 

 
Nonmusical Sound Recording formatid22.gif 

nsr

i

 

/00=i

 

 
Newspaper formatid25.gif 

new

a

b OR s

and /00=s

 

AND

/21=n

Periodical

 formatid24.gif 

per

a

b OR s

and /00=s

 

AND 

/21=p

Printed or Manuscript Music

 PKTOMs00165.gif

mus

c OR d

/00=c OR d

/00=q

  

Printed Music

Music CD

(Polaris)

formatid09.gif

 

pmu

c

 

/00=c

 

 

Printed Cartographic Material

 formatid11.gif 

pcm

e

 

/00=e

 

 

Projected Medium

 formatid16.gif 

pgr

g

 

/00=g

/00=g

 

Sound Recording

 formatid05.gif  

rec

i OR j

/00=i OR j

/00=s

Serial

 formatid08.gif  

ser

  

b OR s

/00=s

  

 

Streaming Music

stm

j

 

 

 

/23=o OR /23=s

Streaming Video

stv

g

 

 

 

/29=o OR /29=s

Two Dimensional Non-projected Graphic

 formatid19.gif  

ngr

k

 

/00=k

/00=k

 

Three Dimensional Object (Artifact)

 formatid20.gif  

art

r

 

/00=r

  

 
Video Game - Two ways to determine

 

 

 vgm

 

 m    

 

 AND/26=g

 

in the same 006 tag:

/00=m AND /09=g

 

 

 
Videorecording formatid18.gif  

vid

 

 

 

/00=v

 

Videotape

(Polaris)

 formatid34.gif  

vcr

 

 

 

/00=v AND

/01=c OR f

 

Vinyl
(Polaris)

vyl

i OR j

 

 

AND in the same 007 tag:

/00=s AND

/01=d AND

/03= a, b, c, d, OR e

 

Visual Material

 formatid04.gif  

vis

g, k OR r

  

/00=g, k OR r

/00=f OR g,

OR k, OR m

 

Multiple TOMs - Order of Precedence

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/Type of Material

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