# Readers

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  "id": "S85111644",
  "title": "Readers",
  "url": "/topics/S85111644",
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  "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory",
  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "acd6dba05f33f3f1",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "903042370050868740",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
  "coordinates": [
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

Works containing reading material limited to a specific age level are entered under [Readers (Primary), [(Elementary), etc.]]

Here are entered works containing material for instruction and practice in reading English. Readers in other languages are entered under the name of the language with subdivision [Readers.]

Works containing reading material in a particular subject field or literary genre are entered under headings illustrated by the following examples: [For English] [Readers--Agriculture, [Art, Geography, etc.]; Readers--Drama, [Fairy tales, Love stories, etc.]] [For other languages] [French language--Readers--Science; French language--Readers--Science fiction.]

Material designed exclusively or predominantly for oral presentation is entered under [Recitations.]

Selections of reading material in the English language, literary as well as non-literary, compiled for training college students in reading comprehension, rhetoric and related topics are entered under [College readers.] Works containing literary selections for general use as well as for the study of literature are entered under appropriate literary headings, e.g. [American literature; English literature--18th century.]

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111644

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