About Content Descriptors
You can use the text of the NLS Content Descriptor fields
in Command Keyword searches. Use the
index code k521 to narrow the search
to only words in the Content Descriptor fields.
Content descriptors in NLS and Network Books
NLS and locally produced network books contain the following content descriptors
when appropriate. These phrases are not necessarily used in catalog records submitted
by other agencies.
- Caldecott Medal winner.
- Newbery Medal winner.
- Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Award winner.
- Bestseller.
- Contains descriptions of sex.
- Contains descriptions of violence.
- Contains strong language.
- For preschool-grade 2.
- For grades k-3.
- For grades 2-4.
- For grades 3-6.
- For grades 4-7.
- For grades 5-8
- For grades 6-9.
- For junior and senior high.
- For high school and adult.
- Female narrator.
- Male narrator.
