Publication Characteristics

Ephemera

Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

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Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

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This heading is used as a Publication Type. Ephemera as a subject are indexed under the main heading for the specific type of ephemeron such as ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; PAMPHLETS; etc. INDEXER: Do not use

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2008(1997)

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  1. V02.355w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ephemera. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019502. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019502
  2. Ephemera. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemera
  3. Ephemera. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1523267