Vcat Best Practices:

Culture

The Culture layout records information about cultures and nationalities. In the Work record these can refer to the Agents involved in the creation of the work, the place where it was produced or exists, or the society surrounding its creation. Please use the Note field to give as much information as you can about the Culture, including geographic area and dates. AAT and DOA are the best authorities to look in for a culture, but if you’re stuck, take a look at the Getty’s Nationalities List.

AAT button: Opens the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online

DOA button: Opens Grove Art Online

New button: Creates a new, black record

Go button: opens the specific record for the source, if the Ref ID is filled out

Field Name	Local Usage	Notes
Creation Date	Auto-generated
Modification Date	Auto-generated
Cataloger	Pull-down menu	Entries from the Cataloger Table
Culture ID	Auto-generated	Primary key for the Culture facet
Ref ID	Use for Authority reference numbers, as source	The identification given to the authority record by the authority source.
Culture Name	Use Title Case
Authority	Pull-down menu
Authority Qualifier	Pull-down menu or MLS format	If the Term Source is Print or Web, you must indicate the book or URL. The pull-down option shows all Source records. Click in the box and type if the source is not part of the Source table.
Note	Free text
CountryID	Pull-down menu from Country Table	Use the Country ID and Country fields only if the culture is confines to a specific country. This is rare.
Country Display	Auto-entered
Checked	Pull-down menu	Used by Satff only.

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