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The main entry of a work designates the person or body chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the work. If more than one person or body is involved, the first named is assigned the main entry, and the additional names are given as added entries.
Additional names (both personal and corporate) will be given as added entries.
If no clear-cut author is determined, then the work is catalogued with a title main entry, and all authors are given as added entries.
These guidelines should be followed for all material catalogued here at Queen's.
When classifying material according to CODOC, different guidelines apply. The material should still be organized according to corporate body, whether or not that body is the main entry.
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There is a preference in AACR2 rev. for using a personal name as main entry where possible. If, for example, a report is requested by a corporate body, but written by a specific person (or several specific people), then the personal name is used as the main entry. The corporate body which requested the report would appear as an added entry.
100 1 |a Doiron, Jason.
245 14 |a The prevalence of problem gambling in Prince Edward Island / |c prepared for the Prince Edward Island Dept. of Health and Social Services ; by Jason Doiron & Richard Nicki.
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700 1 |a Nicki, Richard.
710 1 |a Prince Edward Island. |b Dept. of Health and Social Services.
This is true whether the corporate author is listed in the statement of responsibility, or simply appears as the publisher.
100 1 |a Jaques, A. P.
245 10 |a Trends in Canada's greenhouse gas emissions (1990-1995) / |c by A. Jaques, F. Neitzert and P. Boileau.
260 |a Ottawa : |b Air Pollution Prevention Directorate, Pollution Data Branch, Environment Canada, |c c1997.
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700 1 |a Neitzert, F.
700 1 |a Boileau, P.
710 1 |a Canada. |b Air Pollution Prevention Directorate. |b Pollution Data Branch.
The authors may also be listed in a note, as they may not appear on the title page. However, personal authors are still preferred as the main entry.
100 1 |a Denham, Donna.
245 10 |a Two steps forward--one step back : |b an overview of Canadian initiatives and resources to end woman abuse, 1989-1997.
260 |a [Ottawa] : |b National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, |c c1999.
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500 |a "Prepared by Donna Denham and Joan Gillespie for the Family Violence Prevention Unit, Health Canada"--T.p. verso.
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700 1 |a Gillespie, Joan.
710 2 |a National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Canada)
710 1 |a Canada. |b Family Violence Prevention Unit.
This is true for up to three personal authors. If more than three people are listed, then the work is catalogued as a title main entry, and the first author is listed as an added entry.
In the following example, the title page reads:
A Study of Resiliency in Communities
Prepared by: the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre in collaboration with Miriam Stewart, PhD, Graham Reid, PhD, Leonard Buckles, MA, Wayne Edgar, MPA, Colin Mangham, PhD, Neil Tilley, BA, and Susan Jackson, MA
for the: Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues, Health Canada.
The copy reads:
245 02 |a A study of resiliency in communities / |c prepared by the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre in collaboration with Miriam Stewart ... [et al.]
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700 1 |a Stewart, Miriam.
710 1 |a Canada. |b Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues.
710 2 |a Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre.
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There are, however, cases when the corporate body is legitimately the main entry. These situations can be sorted into a number of categories, many of which apply to government documents.
The most common ones will be described below.
In case of doubt as to whether or not a work falls into one of the categories, treat it as if it did not.
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AACR2 rev. rule 21.1b2 a) specifies that you should use the corporate body as the main entry if:
The following, therefore, are entered under the corporate body as main entry.
110 2 |a Training and Development Canada.
245 10 |a Directory of courses and services / |c Training and Development Canada.
Directory
110 1 |a Canada. |b Office of Energy Efficiency.
245 10 |a OEE programs.
Internal operations
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AACR2 rev. rule 21.1b2 b) specifies that you should use the corporate body as the main entry for:
110 1 |a Ontario.
240 10 |a Laws, etc. (Revised statutes, 1990)
245 10 |a Revised statutes of Ontario, 1990 = |b Lois refondues de l'Ontario, 1990.
Statutes
110 1 |a Australia.
240 10 |a Constitution Act
245 14 |a The Australian Constitution annotated : |b the commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (as altered to 31 December 1975) and the Acts altering the Constitution, with case annotations, notes, tables, appendixes and index / |c compled and annotated by the Attorney-General's Department, Canberra.
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710 1 |a Australia. |b Attorney-General's Dept.
Constitution
110 1 |a Canada.
240 30 |a Treaties, etc. |g European Communities, |d 1999 June 17
245 10 |a Competition law : |b agreement between the Government of Canada and the European Communities regarding the application of their competition laws = Loi sur la concurrence : accord entre le gouvernmement du Canada et les Communautés Européennes concernant l'application de leur droit de la concurrence.
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710 1 |a European Communities. |t Treaties, etc. |g Canada |d 1999 June 17
Treaty
110 1 |a Canada. |b Parliament. |b Senate. |b Special Committee on Aging.
245 10 |a Proceedings and report of Canada Parliament Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Legislative hearings
110 2 |a Catholic Church.
240 10 |a Missal
245 10 |a Sunday mass book for Canada / |c [edited by National Office for Liturgy, Canadian Catholic Conference].
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710 2 |a Catholic Church. |b Canadian Catholic Conference. |b National Liturgical Office.
Liturgical work
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AACR2 rev. rule 21.1b2 c) specifies that you should use the corporate body for:
110 2 |a European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
245 10 |a Enlargement and environment : |b principles and recommendations from the European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
110 2 |a Minister's Monitoring Committee on Change in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.
245 10 |a Final report / |c Minister's Monitoring Committee on Change in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.
The same rules can also apply to serial records:
110 2 |a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. |b Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy.
245 10 |a Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy on its ... session, held at the Palais des Naitons, Geneva, from ... to ... / |c United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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AACR2 rev. rule 21.1b2 d) indicates you should enter under the conference:
111 2 |a International Symposium: The Learning Society and the Water-Environment |d (1999 : |c Paris, France)
245 14 |a The learning society and the water-environment = |b La société cognifite et les problèmes de l'eau : proceedings of the International Symposium, Paris 2-4 June 1999 / |c edited by A. Van der Beken, M. Hihailescu, P. Hubert and J. Bogardi ; European Commission, Directorate-General Research.
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700 1 |a Van der Beken, A.
710 2 |a European Commission. |b Directorate-General Research.
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If a work does not have a clear personal or corporate main entry, catalogue it as a title main entry. Make appropriate added entries for the personal and corporate bodies prominently listed on the work. This will be a common occurrence.
245 00 |a Yukon employment by industry and occupation : |b summary ... / |c The Yukon Government, Executive Council Office, Bureau of Statistics.
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710 1 |a Yukon Territory. |b Bureau of Statistics.
The body is not reporting on its own situation, but providing information based on information it has collected.
245 00 Repetitive strain injuries in the member states of the European Union : |b the results of an information request / |c European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
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710 2 |a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
This report is not providing the official opinion of the body, but reporting the result of a data search.
245 00 |a Seniors guide to federal programs and services.
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710 1 |a Canada. |b Health Canada. |b Division of Aging and Seniors.
The Division has put together a listing of services available; however, it is a listing of all services provided by the federal government, not just the programs and services made available by this Division.
245 02 |a A Capital in the making : |b reflections of the past, visions of the future.
260 |a [Ottawa] : |b National Capital Commission, |c 1982.
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710 1 |a Canada. |b National Capital Commission.
This is an information document, not a report representing the Commissions opinion.
245 00 |a Exporting cultural property from Canada.
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260 |a [Hull, Quebec?] : |b Canadian Heritage, |c c1997.
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710 1 |a Canada. |b Canadian Heritage.
710 1 |a Canada. |t Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
This is not the Act itself, but a work about the Act, and containing some of the text of the Act.
245 00 |a Independent review of higher education pay and conditions : |b report of a committee / |c chaired by Sir Michael Bett.
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700 1 |a Bett, Michael, |c Sir.
The Committee does not have a name.
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