Formats
Find the available formats in WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, Tipasa, or Resource Sharing for Groups and see examples of each.
These formats are available:
Not all formats are available for all items.
| Format | Examples |
|---|---|
| Archival Material | Materials in two or more forms that are usually related by virtue of their having been accumulated by or about a person or body. This category includes comprehensive archives and manuscript collections of mixed forms of materials, such as text, photographs, and sound recordings. |
| Article | Text that is part of a larger item such as conference papers, chapters, or articles. |
| Audiobook | Books for use on audio devices. Includes CD, eAudiobook, LP, and cassette. |
| Book | Books, pamphlets, technical reports, typescripts, theses, dissertations, manuscripts, and other written works. Includes braille, continually updated resource, eBook, large print, microform, and thesis/dissertation. |
| Computer File | Items in the following classes of electronic resources: computer software (including programs, games, images, graphics, sounds, and fonts), numeric data, computer-oriented multimedia, interactive multimedia, and computer-oriented documents. |
| Game | Items or sets of items designed for play according to prescribed rules and intended for recreation or instruction. Includes video games, puzzles, and simulations. |
| Image | A physical likeness or representation in either print or electronic format. |
| Interactive Multimedia | A multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together. |
| Internet Resource | Websites with online documents, graphics, systems, or services. Includes downloadable images. |
| Journal/Magazine | Serial publications such as periodicals, annuals, journals, memoirs, proceedings, monographs, eJournals, or eMagazines. |
| Kit | A mixture of various components issues as a unit and intended primarily for instructional purposes. No one component is identifiable as the predominant component of the item. Examples are: packages of assorted materials, such as a set of K-12 social studies curriculum material (books, workbooks, guides, activities, etc.), or packages of educational test materials (tests, answer sheets, scoring guides, score charts, interpretative manuals, etc.). |
| Map | Maps, map manuscripts, globes, atlases, aeronautical charts, navigational charts, celestial charts, remote-sensing images, computer-generated maps, eMaps, and other cartographic material. |
| Music | Forms of music such as CD, eMusic, LP, or cassette. |
| Musical Score | Music materials, including downloadable musical scores, full score, choirs score, close score, condensed score, miniature score, part, music manuscript, books of musical studies, and exercises. |
| Newspaper | Serial newspaper publications. Includes eNewspaper. |
| Object | Physical item, either tangible or visible. |
| Toy | Material objects for children or others to play with, often an imitation of some familiar object (e.g., a plaything or something contrived for amusement rather than for practical use). Use for puppets. |
| Video | Includes Blu ray, eVideo, DVD, Film, and VHS. |
| Visual Material | Items in the following classes: Motion pictures, video recordings, graphic materials, three-dimensional artifacts, and downloadable visual material. |