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All uniform title headings found in LC copy are retained. Consult an original cataloguer if in doubt.
Original cataloguers create headings as required according to AACR2, chapter 25, and create authority records if needed, for certain categories of material.
For a list of the main categories, see Situations Where Uniform Titles Are Used.
See MARC Tags Used with Uniform Titles for information about coding uniform titles in general. More details about specific cases are in this document.
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Authority records are sometimes made for serial titles. This is done in at least three cases.
For more about uniform titles for serials, seeTitle Information.
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The Library of Congress originally treated the names of computer programs as subject headings. LC is gradually converting these names to uniform title format. Since this format is now being used in the subject file, the uniform title is also being used as an access point in the bibliographic records for consistency.
Authority records are made for these uniform titles to provide subject information as well.
100 1 |a Binder, Kate.
245 10 |a Easy Adobe Photoshop 6 : |b see it done, do it yourself / |c Kate Binder.
630 00 |a Adobe Photoshop.
245 00 |a Office 97 simplified / |c MaranGraphics.
630 00 |a Microsoft Office.
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When a work (literary, historical, philosophical, scientific, etc.)
a uniform title can be used to bring together all the variants.
If the work is anonymous or has a title main entry for any reason, use tags 130 / 630 / 730. If the work has a personal or corporate author use 100 / 240, 600 |t, 700 |t, or 110 / 240 610 |t, 710 |t, tags as appropriate.
130 0 |a Gawain and the Grene Knight. |l English & English (Middle English)
245 10 |a Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : |b a dual-language version
100 1 |a Tolstoy, Leo, |c graf, |d 1828-1910.
240 10 |a Voina i mir. |l English
245 10 |a War and peace.
600 10 |a Tolstoy, Leo, |c graf, |d 1828-1910. |t Voina i mir.
Note that a 600 |t or 630 would include any |p subfields but would not include subfields for language, version, or date. It might of course include |v or |x subfields.
Practice has varied (both at LC and at Queen's) as to whether one authority is established for the work, with references from forms in different languages, or an authority for each language with references from titles appearing on different translations. The latter would be preferable if there are multiple translations into any one language.
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A publication that consists of an author's complete or selected works presents a special case, since the title is assigned by the publisher and may be different from another publication with the same contents.
If the publication contains more than three works, a collective uniform title may be assigned. Choose if possible from the following list (except for music):
All but the first two of these may have |k Selections added if the works in the specified form are not complete.
Add a |l subfield for language if the work in hand is a translation. (If the original language and a translation are combined, add the original language last, after an ampersand). A |s subfield can be used to specify a translator or version. A |f subfield for the publication date may be added at the end.
100 00 |a Voltaire, |d 1694-1778.
240 10 |a Works. |l English & French. |f 1968
245 14 |a The complete works of Voltaire.
100 10 |a Shakespeare, William, |d 1564-1616
240 10 |a Plays. |f 1904
245 10 |a Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
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A uniform title (main/added entry) is used for religious scriptures such as the Bible, the Talmud, and the Koran. Because these works, especially the Bible, exist in many languages and multiple translations into many of them, and also because their constituent parts are often published separately, their uniform titles can be quite long.
130 0 |a Bible. |l German (Middle Low German) |f 1961.
130 0 |a Bible. |p O.T. |p Ezekiel XXI-XXXVII. |l English. |s Greenberg. |f 1997.
630 00 |a Talmud. |p Minor tractates. |p Avot de-Rabbi Nathan.
130 or 730 headings of this type could also include a subfield |k Selections, immediately before the date subfield. 630 headings would normally have only |p and |v or |x subfields.
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Entries are made for manuscripts which are in libraries or archives when works are published based on their contents. When there is no popular title for the manuscript, these entries are set up in tags 110 / 240, 610 |k and 710 |k in the form: corporate name + form heading + specific designation. Note the use of the |k and |n subfields.
710 2 |a British Library. |k Manuscript. |n Arundel 384
Some old manuscripts (codexes), etc., are better known by popular names. The authority record should have a reference from the formal name if known.
130 0 |a Book of Kells
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Laws, treaties, liturgical works, etc., are usually set up as corporate name-title entries in 110 / 240, 610 |t and 710 |t tags.
710 1 |a Ontario. |t Laws, etc. (Ontario acts)
610 20 |a Catholic Church. |t Codex Juris canonici
610 1 |a Canada. |t Charter of Rights and Freedoms
710 1 |a Canada. |t Treaties, etc. |g United States, |d 1988 Jan. 2
710 1 |a Canada. |t Treaties, etc. |d 1992 Oct. 7
110 2 |a Church of England.
240 10 |a Book of common prayer. |f 1716
There are exceptions to this as well. For example, a treaty involving up to three parties is entered under the one that comes first in alphabetical order, like the hard-to-recognize headings above for the FTA and NAFTA, but a treaty involving four or more parties is entered under title. A legal document not connected with any particular country may also be entered under title.
630 00 |a Treaty of Utrecht |d (1713)
130 00 |a Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Collective artistic works include motion pictures, television programs, etc. A uniform title is not created or used to avoid conflict with an identical 245 title already in the database (where the |h GMD and other information should make the situation clear). However, uniform titles should be created and used for these types of works whenever a 630 or 730 heading is called for, whether there is a conflict or not.
245 00 |a Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |h [videorecording]
630 00 |a Casablanca (Motion picture)
Uniform title qualifiers for works of this type should include a term identifying the type of work, followed if necessary by a date, personal name, etc. For detailed examples, see LC Rule Interpretations for Chapter 25.
For artistic works with personal authors, such as paintings, uniform titles with qualifiers are unlikely to be needed unless there is a conflict, but any 600 |t or 700 |t heading will still be a uniform title.
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Uniform titles are established for virtually all music scores. Generally, the same principles that apply to classic works are applicable to music.
See Music Scores: Uniform Titles for fuller information.
Note regarding librettos: Retain the 240 tag in the bibliographical record.
Due to rule changes and old cataloguing practices, there is considerable cleanup of music headings to be done. The OPAC index displays are further confused by the fact that the records for many scores are in book format. Only those catalogued since 1988 are in the proper music format display.
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Section 2a, Uniform Titles: Cataloguing Procedures
Oct. 11, 1991 by V. Taylor
Revised May 1, 1996 by E. Read
Revised June 9, 2004 by D. Rutherford
Page maintained by Elizabeth A. Read, readel@queensu.ca. Created: 01/05/96 Updated: 11-Jun-2004 02:35 PM