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| ABR |
Abridged Book |
AD |
Exclusion: Adult Book |
| ADV |
Adventure |
AGE |
Aging and Retirement |
| AGR |
Agriculture |
AM |
Exclusion: Animation (IMC) |
| ANM |
Animal Stories |
ARC |
Archaeology |
| ART |
The Arts and Architecture |
ASI |
Asian Interest |
| ASP |
Space Exploration |
AST |
Astronomy |
| AVI |
Aviation |
AWA |
Award-Winning Adult Books |
| AWJ |
Award-Winning Children's Books |
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| BES | Bestsellers |
BGY | Biology |
| BIB | The Bible & Bible Study |
BIO | Biography & Autobiography |
| BLK | Black Interest |
BOT | Botany |
| BR1 | Braille - Grade1 |
BRL | Braille Instruction |
| BSM | Business Management |
BUS | Business |
| BW | Exclusion: Black & White (IMC) |
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| CAL | Cambodian Language |
CAR | Career |
| CAT | Catalogs & Bibliographies |
CC | Exclusion: Closed-Captioned (IMC) |
| CF | Exclusion: Commercial Format(IMC) |
CHE | Chemistry |
| CHI | Child Rearing |
CHS | Chess Books |
| CIV | Civilization |
CKH | Cooking & Housekeeiping |
| CLA | Classics |
CMP | Computers & Computing |
| CON | Contemporary Issues |
CRA | Crafts |
| CRI | Crime & True Detective |
CS | Exclusion: Color/Sound (IMC) |
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| DIH | Hearing Disability Interest |
DII | Disability Interest |
| DIL | Learning Disability Interest |
DIP | Physical Disability Interest |
| DIS | Disability Themes |
DIV | Visual Disability Interest |
| DRA | Drama |
DV | Exclusion: Descriptive Video (IMC) |
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| ECO | World Economics |
ECP | Personal Finances |
| EDU | Education |
ENV | Environment & Ecology |
| EZY | Easy Reading |
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| FA | Exclusion: Foreign Accent (Narrator) |
FAN | Fantasy |
| FCC | Citizen Band & Ham Radio |
FI | Exclusion: Fiction Book |
| FIT | Fitness & Diet |
FN | Exclusion: Female Narrator |
| FOL | Folklore & Fairy Tales |
FRL | French Language |
| FS | Exclusion: Foreign Setting |
FSG | Family Saga (Multi-Generational) |
| FST | Family Story (Single Generation) |
FX | Exclusion: Flexible Disc Media |
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| GAM | Card & Board Games |
GAR | Gardening |
| GAY | Gay & Lesbian Interest |
GEL | German Language |
| GEN | General Works |
GEO | Geology & Earth Sciences |
| GFI | General Fiction |
GNF | General Non-Fiction |
| GOT | Gothic Fiction |
GUP | Growing Up Story |
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| HBW | Hebrew Language |
HD | Exclusion: Hard Disc Format |
| HIA | Historical Fiction - Ancient |
HIE | Historical Fiction - 18th Century |
| HIF | Historical Fiction |
HIM | Historical Fiction - Middle Ages |
| HIN | Historical Fiction - 19th Century |
HIP | Historical Fiction - Prehistoric |
| HIR | Historical Fiction - Renaissance |
HIS | Historical Fiction - 17th Century |
| HIT | Historical Fiction - 20th Century |
HLQ | Harlequin Book |
| HOB | Hobbies & Pastimes |
HOL | Holidays & Celebrations |
| HOLC | Christmas |
HOLE | Easter |
| HOLF | Foreign Holidays (Other) |
HOLG | Guides for Holiday Entertaining & Gifts |
| HOLH | Hanukkah |
HOLJ | Jewish Holidays |
| HOLP | Passover |
HOLR | Rosh Hashanah |
| HOLT |
Thanksgiving |
HOLU | U.S. Holidays (Other) |
| HOLV | Valentine's Day |
HOLW | Halloween |
| HOLY | Yom Kippur |
HOR | Horror |
| HUC | History, U.S. - 16th Century |
HUP | History, U.S. - 18th Century |
| HUM | Humor |
HUN | History, U.S. - 19th Century |
| HUP | History, U.S. - Pre-Colonial |
HUR | History, U.S. - 17th Century |
| HUS | History - United States |
HUT | History, U.S. - 20th Century |
| HWA | History - Asia |
HWE | History - Europe |
| HWF | History - Africa |
HWM | History - Middle East |
| HWN | History - North America |
HWO | History - Modern World (universal) |
| HWP | History - Australia, Oceania, Polar Caps |
HWS | History - Central & South America |
| HWU | History - Ancient World (universal) |
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| IDL | Independent Living Skills |
IRI | Irish Interest |
| ISI | Islamic Interest |
ITL | Italian Language |
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| JIN | Jerish Interest |
JOU | Journalism & The Media |
| JRR | Jokes, Riddles & Rhymes |
JU | Exclusion: Juvenile Book |
| JU1 | Preschool - Grade 2 |
JU2 | Kindergarten - Grade 3 |
| JU3 | Grades 2-4 |
JU4 | Grades 3-6 |
| JU5 | Grades 4-7 |
JU6 | Grades 5-8 |
| JU7 | Grades 6-9 & Young Adult |
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| KNW | Knitting & Needlework |
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| LAL | Laotian Language |
LAW | The Law & Legal Rights |
| LGL | Linguistics |
LGS | Language Study |
| LIT | Literature |
LIX | Literature - Analysis & Literary Topics |
| LO | Exclusion: Long Books |
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| MAD | Music & Dance |
MAI | Massachusetts Interest |
| MAT | Mathematics |
MDF | Modern Fiction |
| MEA | Medicine - AIDS |
MEB | Medicine - Diabetes |
| MED | Medicine & Health |
MEG | Medicine - Layman's Guides |
| MEP | Medicine - Psychiatry |
MES | Medicine - Specific Conditions |
| MFS | Marriage, Family, & Sex |
MGC | Magic Tricks & Magicians |
| MN | Exclusion: Male Narrator |
MRT | Movies, Radio, & Television |
| MYS | Mustery & Detective |
MYT | Mythology |
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| NAM | Native American Interest |
NAS | Exclusion: No Nightly Autoselection |
| NAT | Nature |
NEI | New England Interest |
| NF | Exclusion: Non-Fiction Book |
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| OCC | Occult & Supernatural |
OTD | Outdoor Sports & Recreation |
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| PAL | Paleontology |
PAS | Painting & Sculpture |
| PBR | Print/Braille Format |
PET | Pets & Small Animal Care |
| PHI | Philosophy |
PHY | Physics |
| PIO | Pioneers & Frontier Life |
POE | Poetry |
| POL | Politics |
PR | Public Relations (IMC Materials Only) |
| PSL | Polish Language |
PSP | Pop Pysch |
| PSY | Psychology |
PTL | Portuguese Language |
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| REF | Reference Works |
REL | Religion |
| RIN | Religious Inspiration |
RN | Exclusion: British Braille Format |
| ROH | Historical Romance |
ROM | Romance |
| ROX | Spicy Romance |
RUS | Russian Language |
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| SAT | Satire & Black Humor |
SCF | Science Fiction |
| SCI | The Sciences |
SCL | School Stories |
| SCO | Scouts & Scouting |
SDI | South Dakota Interest |
| SE | Exclusion: Sexually Explicit |
SEA | Sea Stories |
| SEQ | Sequel |
SEX | Sexuality & Sex Manuals |
| SH | Exclusion: Short Book |
SHP | Short Pieces (Non-Fiction) |
| SO | Staff Orientation (IMC Materials Only) |
SOC | Sociology |
| SPB | Sports - Baseball |
SPF | Sports - Football |
| SPH | Sports - Hockey |
SPK | Sports - Basketball |
| SPL | Spanish Language |
SPO | Sports & Recreation |
| SPY | Spy Stories |
SST | Short Stories (Fiction) |
| ST | Exclusion: Strong Language |
SUS | Suspense |
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| TEC | Technology & Computers |
TK | Teaching Kit (IMC Materials Only) |
| TRA | Travel & Geography |
TVM | Books from TV & Movies |
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| VI | Exclusion: Violence |
VTL | Vietnamese Language |
| VX | Exclusion: Voice-Indexed |
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| WAR | War Stories |
WES | Westerns |
| WKP | Workshops, Tools & Household Repairs |
WOM | Women's Issues |
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| XXX | X-Rated Books |
| YA | Exclusion: Young Adult Book |
YAI | Young Adult Interest |
| ZOO | Zoologogy |
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