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Resource type Collection Choose the collection explicitly because local cataloging and classification policy may differ by collection. RICA never assumes Circulation. Title Subtitle / other title information Author ISBN Publication year Copyright year Publication/completion year Publisher Official publisher product-page URL RICA verifies the official publisher host and exact manifestation before retrieving any summary. Retailer, review, library, and arbitrary web pages are rejected. Summary / content evidence Editable working evidence for subject analysis and classification. RICA may reflect accepted OCR content here; your corrections become higher-priority content evidence. If this exact wording is publisher-supplied, explicitly confirm that below so RICA can apply the local 520 attribution rule. Publisher supplied — tick if verbatim from publisher. Publisher-supplied summary (verbatim, only when confirmed) Strict provenance field for a verified publisher-supplied summary. You may use either this dedicated field or the explicit confirmation above; RICA never infers publisher origin from wording alone. Contents entries Use the contents recovered from the resource as a starting point, then correct the entries here. These corrected entries are cataloger-reviewed content evidence for subject analysis and classification. Publication place Evidence purpose Choose what the reviewed image is intended to establish. Substantive evidence supports content analysis but does not automatically become MARC 520 or an authorized subject heading. Resource evidence image JPEG, PNG, or WebP; maximum 8 MB. The image is reviewed temporarily in this browser and is never uploaded or stored. Graduate program/department Abstract / summary Resource URL / link Access platform Optional. Enter only when the platform is established by resource or cataloger evidence; RICA will not infer it from the URL.

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Use this only when the resource is clear to the cataloger but OCR did not capture it reliably. These entries become cataloger-reviewed resource evidence before RICA performs subject and classification analysis. 050/090/650 are intentionally not offered here because RICA must derive and verify them.

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Collection Choose the collection explicitly. Collection-specific Rizal Library policy is applied only after this selection. Nature of work Choose only when the cataloger has established the work form. Leaving this unconfirmed keeps RICA's fiction/nonfiction decision reviewable. Target audience Maps only an explicit cataloger decision to MARC 008/22. Leaving this unconfirmed keeps the position as no attempt to code; RICA does not infer audience from title, subjects, or publisher metadata. Form of item Choose only from item-in-hand evidence. RICA maps the explicit choice to MARC 008/23 and does not infer form from title, edition wording, or remote metadata. Nature of contents For MARC 008/24-27 only. Use up to four applicable values: none; abstracts-summaries; bibliographies; catalogs; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; legal-articles; indexes; patent-document; discographies; legislation; theses; surveys-of-literature; reviews; programmed-texts; filmographies; directories; statistics; technical-reports; standards-specifications; legal-cases-case-notes; law-reports-digests; yearbooks; treaties; offprints; calendars; comics-graphic-novels. “none” cannot be combined with another value. RICA does not derive these codes from title or subject words. Index status This is a fixed-field observation for MARC 008/31 only. It does not create an Index note; enter note wording separately below when a note is appropriate. Biography treatment Use only when the work's biography treatment has been established. RICA maps the explicit choice to MARC 008/34 and never infers biography from title words or subject headings. Government publication Maps only an explicit cataloger decision to MARC 008/28. RICA does not derive government level from publisher-name words. Conference publication Explicit work evidence only; maps to MARC 008/29. Festschrift Explicit work evidence only; maps to MARC 008/30. Title proper Subtitle / other title information Author / creator Additional contributor(s) RICA does not infer contributor roles from punctuation or name wording. A supplied name is authority-checked before any 7XX is proposed. Statement of responsibility (245 $c) Keep this transcription separate from access-point decisions. RICA will not invent omitted co-creators or contributor roles. When multiple editors/other contributors are named, transcribe the complete statement here exactly from the preferred source. RICA will not manufacture 245 $c wording from relationship dropdowns, and it will withhold conflicting partial OCR wording rather than encode an incomplete statement. ISBN / identifier Publication year Copyright year Publisher Official publisher product-page URL Used only for deterministic official-source verification and exact-manifestation publisher-summary retrieval. Summary / content evidence Cataloger-reviewed content evidence for subject analysis and classification. If the exact wording is publisher-supplied, explicitly confirm that below; otherwise RICA will not add publisher attribution. Publisher supplied — tick if verbatim from publisher. Publisher-supplied summary (verbatim, only when confirmed) Strict provenance field. RICA does not infer publisher origin from a generic summary or OCR block. Publication place Edition statement Extent / pagination Illustrations fixed-field status Choose No illustrations only after examining the item. When illustrations are present, leave this unconfirmed and describe them under Other physical details so RICA can derive the appropriate MARC 008/18-21 codes from 300 $b evidence. Other physical details Enter only details observed on the resource; omit ISBD punctuation. RICA keeps unsupported remote physical detail review-only. Dimensions Series statement Language code Language note Use only for a language statement established from the resource. RICA does not infer translation or multilingual content from title, names, or publication place. Bibliography / references note Item-in-hand evidence only. RICA may propose MARC 504 from explicit bibliography/reference wording but will not infer a bibliography from subject matter or remote metadata. Index note Enter only when established from the resource. Index wording remains explicit note evidence and is not treated as a bibliography. Contents entries Transcribe entries from the item in hand. RICA may assemble a reviewable MARC 505 proposal; it does not invent chapter titles or flatten remote contents into resource observations. Completion year Degree Program / department Institution Author cutter, if established Abstract, if supplied Thesis adviser(s), one per line if supplied

eBook format: remote electronic resource (007/00-01 = cr; Books 008/23 = o). Physical print form, dimensions and shelving details remain separate. Supply the actual 856 URL and access platform below.

Actual access URL Access platform Used only when explicitly established. Unknown platform names are left for review and are never guessed from the URL. This non-Filipiniana resource is Philippine LiteratureFor Filipiniana, RICA checks the Philippine Literature Classification schedule first and uses an applicable local route for 090 before considering evidence-supported LC fallback. Exact local Philippine Literature class number Verified authority-supported call number, if available I confirm this call number is supported by an authorized classification source. Candidate subject headings, one per line RICA checks candidate headings and classification support against authorized cataloging sources. Results remain subject to cataloger review.

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