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Authority Records/Examples

Search example: 

 
LTCU fin fx [search phrase] 
for example, LTCU fin fx french art
LTCU fin ar [authority record ID 
for example, LTCU fin ar cam5314
LTCU auth [authority record ID] 
for example, LTCU auth cba4958

System-supplied values:

Derived record examples

Starting with existing record:

After derive command:

After editing:

Example of Corporate Hierarchy:

For example: if the new heading being created is: "United States. Congress. House. Subcommittee on Important Stuff," make sure that authority records for the following headings have been created (or already exist) in the online Authority File:

For pre-AACR2 form of name for corporate hierarchies:

Provisional record example::

(No information available about the Japanese form of the name of the school; therefore, the record is coded as provisional.)

VARIABLE FIELDS/Examples

010 Library of Congress Control Number/Examples

022 International Standard Serial Number/Example

035 System Control Number/Examples

*040 Cataloging Source/Examples

For Cornell-created authority records:

If the cataloger has added or changed some of the information on the LC authority record:

For LC authority record tape loaded:

090 Cornell Series Call Number/Example

Oversize location:

Supplied caption:

053 LC Classification Number/Examples

Numbers associated with subjects or subject subdivisions:

Number associated with a work of the imagination:

093 Cornell Classification Number/Examples

Numbers for belles lettres:

260 Complex See Reference -- Subject/Example

360 Complex See Also Reference -- Subject/Example P>

4XX Examples:

"Callaghan, Bede Bertrand, Sir, 1912-" is a pre-AACR2 form that is compatible with AACR2 practice:

"Markey, Karen" is an earlier AACR2 form of name:

"Htun Aung, U" was a previously established form at Cornell:

When the reference is substantially the same as the heading:

[The cataloger may opt instead to simply not make the reference at all.]

Information either present or absent after the first element to the right of the comma in a personal name, when the undisplayed reference technique is not to be used:

See from cross-reference tracings in a 4xx field without a |w subfield:

4xx |5 subfield example

4xx |9 subfield example [lacks diacritics]

NOTE: all x-refs EXCEPT the local one use the standard hooked U character.

5xx Headings/Examples

Earlier/later forms of a corporate name or series:

640 Series Dates of Publication and/or Volume Designation/Example

641 Series Numbering Peculiarities/Example

642 Series Numbering Example/Examples

If an original Cornell authority record is created, contribute the record to NACO:

If the LC authority record does not contain a 642 field, contribute the record to NACO (e.g., LC does not trace the series):

Local numbering not based on the ten-character limit:

Local numbering **FORMERLY** necessary because of long caption length. Do not use for current cataloging:

Numbering example reflecting a change in the publisher's form of numbering:

643 Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body/Examples

Multiple place and publisher/issuing bodies:

644 Analysis Practice (Series)/Examples

Title that was at one time partially analyzed, but now treated as a serial:

Title that would not normally be analyzed, but for which the department head can approve partial analysis:

Title that is treated by one location as a serial and by another as a series:

If Cornell analysis practice is the same as LC analysis practice:

If Cornell analysis practice is different from LC analysis practice:

645 Tracing Practice (Series)/Examples

Cornell series treatment information:

Title was at one time partially analyzed, and hence traced, but now treated as a serial (not traced):

Title that would not normally be traced, but for which the department head has approved partial analysis:

Title that is treated by one location as a serial and by another as a series:

Cornell tracing practice is the same as LC tracing practice:

Cornell tracing practice is different from LC tracing practice:

646 Classification Practice (Series)/Examples

Cornell series treatment information:

Cornell classification practice is the same as LC classification practice:

Title that was at one time classed together, but is now treated as a serial:

Cornell classification practice is different from LC classification practice:

663 Complex See Also Reference -- Name/Example

Basic Heading:

One of the other headings:

665 History Reference/Example

667 General Note/Examples

LC message records:

LC copy:

Change to:

*670 Source Data Found/Examples

If one heading is used for more than one person:

Multiple occurrences of location/information found within the same source:

Additional information that is not included in the heading:

To record information found in the Cornell basic card catalog, Mansell, or database:

Citation for a reference source consulted when verifying the form of heading:

Bibliographic source citations for names:

670/1: :|a Leydon, J. Communication, 1992: |b t.p. (Ralph Martle)

Bibliographic source citation for a series:

675 Source Data Not Found/Examples

680 Scope Note/Example

681 Subject Example Tracing Note/Example

690 Local Note Field/Examples

Clarification of coding used in 644-646 fields:

Cataloger's initials and date:

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