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Discipline (Identification)

Field to be used with an authority listField used for ethnology and history collectionsField used for fine and decorative arts collectionsField used for science and technology collectionsField used for archaeology collections (object data and site data)Field used for natural science collectionsSociété des musées québécois Info-Muse database field

Definition:

  • This field contains the name of the discipline or science under which the specimen falls.

Observation:

  • For better search results in your database, avoid a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add keywords as necessary. You can use the following authority list:1

    botany mineralogy
    conchology mycology
    crystallography non-vascular plants
    entomology ornithology
    gemmology osteology
    geology paleobotany
    herpetology paleontology
    ichthyology palynology
    invertebrate paleontology petrology
    invertebrate zoology vascular plants
    malacology vertebrate paleontology
    mammalogy zoology

Entry rules:

  1. Enter the name of the discipline under which the specimen falls.
  2. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space.
    Example

    Record for a canary-winged parakeet

    Discipline zoology; ornithology
      Genus Brotogeris
      Species versicolurus

 
  1. You can also consult HARVEY, Kerridwen. Proposal for Expansion of the Humanities National Database. Ottawa: Canadian Heritage Information Network, Documentation Research Group, 1994, Appendix II, n.p.
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