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Unicorn ITEM TYPES

Item Type Definition Spine text ItemCat1
Do not use those in red
AC-BOOK Book, circulating   BOOK
ACAUD-CASS Audio cassette, circulating sound cass AUDIO
ACAUD-CD Audio CD, circulating sound cd AUDIO
ACAUD-DISC Audio disc, circulating sd disc AUDIO
ACC-OTHER Accompanying other material, circulating Item cat for specific material
ACCD-ROM CD-ROM, circulating cd-rom CD-ROM
ACDVD-ROM DVD-ROM, circulating dvd-rom SOFTWARE
ACMICROFIC Microfiche, circulating mf MICROFORM
ACSLIDES Slides, circulating slide SLIDES
ACVID-CASS Videocassette, circulating vd cass VIDEO
ACVID-DVD Video DVD, circulating dvd VIDEO
AUD-CASS Audio cassette sound cass AUDIO
AUD-CD Compact disc (Audio) sound cd AUDIO
AUD-DISC Audio disc sd disc AUDIO
AUDIOBOOK Audio book   AUDIOBOOK
BOOK Book BOOK
BOOKNOCIRC Non-circulating book BOOK
CANCELLED Cancelled order
CD-ROM CD-ROM cd-rom CD-ROM
CD-ROM-NC CD-ROM, non-circulating cd-rom CD-ROM
COREBOOK VetMed VETS reserve materials COREBOOK
DATABASE Database DATABASE
DATASET Statistical data set  
DCAMCORDER Digital camcorder AV-EQUIP
DCAMERA Digital camera AV-EQUIP
DISSERTN Dissertation NCSUTHESIS
DVD-ROM DVD-ROM dvd-rom SOFTWARE
DVOICEREC Digital voice recorder AV-EQUIP
E-DOC Electronic government document    
EBOOK eBook EBOOK
EJOURNAL Electronic journal EJOURNAL
ELECTRONIC Electronic resources
EQUIP-4HR Equipment (A/V, etc.) on 4 hour loan AV-EQUIP
EQUIP-1WK Equipment (A/V, etc.) on 7 day loan AV-EQUIP
EQUIP-2WK Equipment (A/V, etc.) on 14 day loan AV-EQUIP
EQUIP-4WK Equipment (A/V, etc.) on 28 day loan AV-EQUIP
EQUIPMENT Equipment (A/V, etc.) AV-EQUIP
FILMSTRIP Filmstrip film FILM
GAME Game
GAMING Video game & accessories AV-EQUIP
GIS-CD-ROM Reference Desk GIS CD-ROM CD-ROM
HEADPHONES Audio headphones AV-EQUIP
ILL-BOOK Inter-library loan book
IPOD Apple iPod AV-EQUIP
KEY-ATC ATC key
KEY-FAC Faculty study key
KEY-GRAD Graduate study key
KEY-PPR Presentation Practice Room key
KIT Kit kit KIT
LAPTOP-PAT Patron lending laptop
LAPTOP-STF Staff lending laptop
MANUSCRIPT Manuscript MANUSCRIPT
MAP Non-circulating Map MAP
MAP-CIRC Circulating Map MAP
MICROFICHE Microfiche mf MICROFORM
MICROFILM Microfilm mfm MICROFORM
MICROOPAQ Micro-opaque   MICROFORM
PERSCOPY Personal copy (Reserves)
PHOTOCOPY Photocopy (Reserves)
POSTER Poster POSTER
SAMPLE Manufacturer sample
SCORE Musical score (Do not use; use BOOK) score BOOK
SERIAL Serial SERIAL
SLIDES Slide set slide SLIDES
SOFTWARE Software computer disk SOFTWARE
SRLCIRC Serial BOOK, SERIAL
STAFFPROC Staff processing record AV-EQUIP
TABLETPC Tablet PC AV-EQUIP
TEST Test  
THESIS Thesis NCSUTHESIS
TOSS Toss journal
UNKNOWN Unknown
VID-CASS Video cassette vd cass VIDEO
VID-CD Video CD VIDEO
VID-DISC Video disc vd disc VIDEO
VID-DVD DVD VIDEO
VID-STREAM Streaming video VIDEO
WEBSITE Web site WEBSITE
ZEN Creative Zen MP3 player AV-EQUIP

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