Wednesday, November 26, 2008
300 / 008 and photographs
Photograph is an actual photograph that has been physically attached to a page. Not to be confused with a photograph that is printed onto a page which is called an illustration (ill.)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
440 replaced by 490 & 830
There are 3 ways of entering series now that the 440 is dead.
1)
490 0 # $a Pelican Books
This is only key word searchable
0 means series not traced
2)
490 1 # $a Department of the Army pamphlet (as it is on the item)
830 # 0 $a DA pam (as it is in the authority)
3)
490 1 # $3 <1981-> :$a Reference works
830 # 0 $a Reference works
This is the new way to enter the 440
NB
490 as it appears on the item
490 1 # $a The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology ans the environment.
830 as it appears in the title authority
830 # 0 $a Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
1)
490 0 # $a Pelican Books
This is only key word searchable
0 means series not traced
2)
490 1 # $a Department of the Army pamphlet (as it is on the item)
830 # 0 $a DA pam (as it is in the authority)
3)
490 1 # $3 <1981-> :$a Reference works
830 # 0 $a Reference works
This is the new way to enter the 440
NB
490 as it appears on the item
490 1 # $a The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology ans the environment.
830 as it appears in the title authority
830 # 0 $a Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
MARC 830 Notes: “Common cataloging practice is to omit initial articles which are disregarded in sorting and filing processes for uniform title fields, thus, second indicator values 1-9 are unlikely to be used in field 830.”
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Cutter for U.S v United States
4.1.2. Initials, Abbreviations, and Acronyms in Cuttering
Cuttering follows the ALA Filing Rules (1980 ed.), which is basically word-by-word filing. Initials, abbreviations, and acronyms are filed as words with U.S. and Gt. Brit. as two exceptions.
EXAMPLES: | U.S. | Cutter for United States |
WHO | Cutter for WHO | |
Gt. Brit. | Cutter for Great | |
St. | Cutter for St | |
Ste. | Cutter for Ste | |
Mc | Cutter for Mc (not Mac) | |
MEDLARS | Cutter for Medlars | |
Dr. | Cutter for Dr | |
IVth | Cutter for IVth | |
T cells | Cutter for T |
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