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  3. Bibliographic Cataloging: Cartographic Materials

Bibliographic Cataloging: Cartographic Materials

  • Last Updated: February 25, 2022
  • Published: February 18, 2022

Background and Sources Consulted

Cartographic materials include maps, atlases, globes, and remote sensing images such as satellite photos.

Maps are cataloged following RDA Instructions. Use the following resources to supplement RDA:

  • Cartographic materials: a manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2nd edition, 2002 revision, 2005 update [available through Cataloger’s Desktop]
  • RDA and cartographic resources, by Paige G. Andrew, Susan M. Moore, Mary Lynette Larsgaard. ALA Editions, 2015
  • GPO Classification Manual, 1993. (Currently being revised, as of September 2016) Pages 74-85 contain information on classification of maps, some of which is of a broader, more useful nature to catalogers.

Each map or map serial is cataloged as a separate record, except for maps that are intended to be part of another record, such as a planning document (e.g., an environmental impact statement or a land and resource management plan). Shipments of maps from the USGS Denver Office are classified and cataloged by a map librarian in GPO’s Library Technical Services.

Brochures and Visitor Guides Treated as Maps

Several agencies, such as the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service, issue single-sheet folded brochures and visitor guides to provide information about their parks, reserves, etc. These documents frequently include maps.

Catalog as a map any sheet primarily designed to aid in navigation of a location, regardless of the size or placement of the map image on the sheet.

Catalog a document of this type using an OCLC Maps workform, even if previous editions of the document were cataloged using the Books workform. In the past, GPO cataloged visitor guides and brochures as either books or maps, according to the relative size and predominance of any map(s) contained within the document.

Exception: A sheet which bears only a location map indicating the general whereabouts of a site within a region cannot be used for navigation within that site, and should therefore be cataloged using the OCLC Books workform. (See: Bibliographic Cataloging: General Policies: Brochures and Visitor Guides Treated as Books or Continuing Resources.)

Example:

Mao

BLM Surface/Mineral Management Maps

Surface management maps from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) bypass GPO, and go directly from the USGS Denver Office to those depository libraries on BLM’s/USGS’s mailing list. Records for these maps include a GPO item number, but not a shipping list number.

Prior to cessation of the series United States. Bureau of Land Management. Surface-minerals management status, GPO had a longstanding practice for treatment of these BLM mineral and surface management maps. These maps were classed in either I 53.11/4: or I 53.11/4-2:. GPO created separate records for the surface management maps (I 53.11/4:) and surface-minerals management maps (I 53.11/4-2:), even though these may have the same title and belong to the same series. To distinguish two such maps, a 240 field was added to the bibliographic record which contained the preferred title from the 245 field plus the addition: (Surface) for surface management maps, and (Minerals) for surface-minerals management maps. (Year of the edition also once was added, but later dropped.) For examples of records prior to 2015, see OCLC numbers 849921291 and 849921268.

Since 2015, only the Surface Management Status series (I 53.11/4:) is published, and thus renders the cataloging treatment described above unnecessary.

Serial Treatment

To qualify for serial treatment, editions of a map must meet the following three criteria:

  • issued less than five years apart
  • same size
  • same [approximate] scale
    • If all the editions lack an explicit scale statement, compare the “Scale approximately” statements that appear (or would appear) in the 255 field. A difference of up to 10,000 in the number following 1: is considered the same scale.

Do not authenticate these serial records as PCC.

Encoding Level

Map serials for the NOAA nautical charts and USGS 7.5 quadrangles are cataloged at I level. All other maps should be cataloged as PCC records if all access points can be controlled in OCLC.

086 - SuDoc Number

For more information, see: Superintendent of Documents Classification Guidelines: Cartographic Resources.

1XX - Principal Creator

Maps are usually entered under a corporate body creator (main entry), according to RDA 19.2.1.1.1(f). Therefore, the issuing or originating corporate body that is considered a creator is usually entered in the 110 field. In such cases, persons who appear in a statement of responsibility are traced in the 700 field, according to the first exception in 6.27.1.3 (Collaborative Works): “Corporate bodies as creators.” Cartographic materials: a manual of interpretation for AACR2 provides additional clarification in Appendix A.4B, especially in the last paragraph.1 If no corporate body can be considered the creator, then a person who appears in a statement of responsibility may be entered in the 100 field. Generally, use “cartographer” as the relationship designator for the creators of the work, including those recorded in the 100 (if no corporate body is considered the creator), 110, 700, and 710 fields. If the statement of responsibility reads “compiled by …,” use “compiler” as the relationship designator.

Example:

OCLC *922702791
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo61457
110 2 Geological Survey (U.S.), ǂe cartographer.
245 10 Map showing limits of Tahoe glaciation in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California / ǂc James G. Moore and Gregory S. Mack ; in cooperation with the National Park Service.
700 1 Moore, James Gregory, ǂd 1930- ǂe cartographer.
700 1 Mack, Gregory S., ǂe cartographer.

130/240 - Unique Title for Work

For more information, see: Bibliographic Cataloging: General Policies: Distinguishing Works and Expressions with Identical Authorized Access Points.

To break a conflict with an existing access point for a different work, use the following qualifier in 130/240:

  • (Map)

To break a conflict between documents cataloged as maps, add a term such as one of the following as a second element to the (Map) qualifier:

  • [Map type – Tourist, Topographic, etc.]
  • [Projection type]
  • [Scale]
  • Visitor guide
  • Trails
  • History
  • Off-road vehicles
  • Camping
  • Boating
  • Wildlife
  • Winter
  • Summer
Example:

Map in database (OCLC): # 63351473
110 10 United States. ǂb Forest Service. ǂb Southern Region.
245 10 Conecuh National Forest, Alabama / ǂc compiled in the Regional Office, Atlanta, Ga., in 1964.
255 Scale 1:126,720 ; ǂb polyconic projection ǂc (W 86°52ʹ30ʺ--W 86°22ʹ30ʺ/N 31°15ʹ--N 31°).

Map being cataloged: CGP 1047969
110 10 United States. ǂb Forest Service. ǂb Southern Region, ǂe cartographer.
240 10 Conecuh National Forest, Alabama (Map : Albers projection)
245 10 Conecuh National Forest, Alabama / ǂc constructed in 2016 by digital methods at the Geospatial Service and Technology Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, using Forest Service Primary Base data and USGS quadrangles ; 2017 field review and additional edits were provided by the Southern Region.
255 Scale 1:126,720 ; ǂb Albers projection, central meridian at 86°37ʹ00ʺ ǂc (W 86°52ʹ30ʺ--W 86°22ʹ30ʺ/N 31°22ʹ30ʺ--N 30°52ʹ30ʺ).

245 - Title Statement

For brochures and visitor guides treated as maps, use the panel title from the front of the folded sheet, rather than a title which may appear within the neat line of the map or near the map image. Make a note on the source of title:

500 Title from panel.

255 - Cartographic Mathematical Data

For online maps that lack a scale statement, use “Scale not given.” However, if the print version has a scale statement, use that for the online version.

300 - Physical Description

For online resources, use atlas(es) or map(s) in the parentheses following 1 online resource. Maps include remote sensing images, views, sections, and other types of cartographic materials.

500 - Notes

If a GPO jacket number is printed on the map, record the number in a quoted note. This number especially helps the cataloger of a Braille transcription match it to the standard map record.

Example:

Original map: CGP 1089264
110 10 United States. ǂb National Park Service, ǂe cartographer.
245 10 Waco Mammoth : ǂb Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas / ǂc National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
500 "403-332/82219."

Braille transcription of the map, treated as a book because it does not contain an actual map: CGP 1089555
110 10 United States. ǂb National Park Service, ǂe author.
240 10 Waco Mammoth (Braille)
245 10 Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas / ǂc National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
500 "A 2019 braille transcription of the Unigrid brochure WACO 2018 403-332/82219 edition."

655 - Genre/Form Term

Multiple genre/form terms may be entered, as needed, in a single bibliographic record. Common genre/form terms for cartographic materials include:

Aeronautical charts: Use for helicopter route charts, airport charts and others navigational aids for aircraft.

Bathymetric maps: Use for nautical charts and other maps that show water depths.

Nautical charts: Use for maps that show water depths, buoys, and other features on bodies of water.

Quadrangle maps: Use for USGS and Forest Service quadrangles.

Road maps: Use for Motor vehicle maps.

Thematic maps: Use for maps about specific topics not covered in other genre headings, such as Christmas tree cutting maps.

Topographic maps: Use for maps that show topography such as USGS quadrangle maps.

Tourist maps: Use for maps from the National Park Service, National Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other agencies that show trails, recreation sites, and other features of interest to visitors.

1 Cartographic materials: a manual of interpretation for AACR2, Appendix A.4B. The last two sentences are: “If the corporate body is known to be a map-making organization that normally originates and issues cartographic materials, enter under the corporate body. If the principal responsibility for the production of the cartographic item is clearly attributed to a personal author, enter under the personal author with added entries for the associated corporate bodies.”

In the final sentence, the meaning of “clearly attributed to a personal author” is open to interpretation, therefore GPO interprets this phrase to apply only when no corporate body may be considered a creator of the cartographic resource according to RDA 19.2.1.1.1(f).

Cataloging Guidelines:

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      • 588 - Source of Description Note
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  • Bibliographic Cataloging: General MARC Field Policies
    • Formats, Modes of Issuance, Etc
    • Punctuation
      • Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Policy on ISBD Punctuation (announced on April 2, 2019).
    • Transcription
    • Fixed Fields
    • ELvl - Encoding Level
      • PCC Level
      • I Level
    • Variable Fields
    • 037 - Source of Acquisition
      • ‡a – Stock number
      • ‡b – Source of stock number/acquisition
    • 040 - Cataloging Source
      • ‡e - pn (Provider-Neutral)
    • 050 - Library of Congress (LC); 060 - National Library of Medicine (NLM); 070 - National Agricultural Library (NAL); 082 - Dewey Decimal Classification and Call Number
      • Derived records
    • 100/700 – Personal Name Access Points
    • 100 - Principal Creator – Personal Name
    • 110/111 - Principal Creator - Corporate/Meeting Name
      • Original Cataloging
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    • 130/240 - Unique Title for Work or Expression
      • Work or Expression Authorized Access Points
      • Breaking Work or Expression Authorized Access Point Conflicts
    • 130 - Unique Title for Work or Expression - No Principal Creator Present
    • 240 - Unique Title for Work or Expression - Principal Creator Present
      • Language Editions and Translations
    • GPO Practice: Language Editions Already Cataloged without Unique AAPs
    • 245 - Title Statement and 246 - Varying Form of Title
    • 245 ‡c - Statement of Responsibility (SOR)
    • 246 - Varying Form of Title
    • 250 - Edition Statement
    • 264 (260 in adapted records) - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice
      • ‡a - Place of Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture
      • ‡b - Name of Publisher
      • ‡c - Date of Publication
      • GPO Sales Statement
    • 300 - Physical Description
    • ‡b - Other Physical Details
    • 336 - Content Type, 337 - Media Type, 338 - Carrier Type
    • 490 - Series Statement Field
    • 500, 588 - Title Source, Source of Description Notes
      • Original Cataloging
      • Copy Cataloging
    • 500 - General Note
      • Distribution Note – Formats Never Distributed
      • Sales Information Notes
    • 536 - Funding Information Note
    • 546 - Language Note
      • ‡b Information Code or Alphabet - Braille Publications (RDA 7.13.4.4)
    • 6XX - Subject Access Fields
    • 600 – Personal Name Subject
    • 700 - Personal Name Associated with a Work
    • 710/711 - Corporate/Meeting Name Associated with a Work
    • 76X to 78X - Linking Entries
      • Original Cataloging
      • Basic Procedures:
    • 776 - Additional Physical Form Entry
    • 856 - Electronic Location and Access – Historic URLs
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: 074 GPO Item Number
    • Multiparts
    • Item Number Corrections
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: 086 SuDoc Number
    • Sources to Consult
    • Background and General Instructions
    • Multiparts
    • Serials and Integrating Resources
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Monographs
    • Related Chapters/Sections
    • Fixed Fields
    • DtSt: Type of Date/Publication Status
    • Variable Fields
    • 020 – ISBN
    • 037 – Source of Acquisition
    • 088 - Report Numbers
    • Types of Numbers NOT Recorded in the 088 Field
    • Mail Stop and Routing Codes
    • 245 ǂc - Statement of Responsibility
    • 250 - Edition Statement
    • 300 - Physical Description
    • ǂa – Extent, Complicated or Irregular Paging
    • ǂa – Multipart Monographs
    • ǂa – Sheets
    • ǂe - Accompanying material
    • 500 - General Note
    • 500 – Title Source Note
    • Report Numbers
    • Sales Information Notes
    • Errata
    • Shipping List Notes
    • Multipart Monographs
    • 505 - Formatted Contents Note
    • 520 - Summary, etc.
    • 536 - Funding Information Note
    • 588 - Source of Description Note
    • Single-part Online Monographs Examples
    • Multipart Monographs Examples
    • Related Works and Expressions
    • Related Chapters/Sections
    • Related Resources
    • Related Works and Expressions - Overview
    • Frequently Revised Monographs
    • Language Editions and Translations
    • Language editions
    • Parallel text edition
    • Translations
    • Multipart Monographs
    • Analytical Access Point(s)
    • NEPA Documents
    • Revised Editions
    • Definition / Context
    • Precataloging Decision-making
    • Logistical Note for Bibliographic File Maintenance for Multiple Editions
    • Detailed Instructions and Examples for Revised Editions
      • Question 1: Is the revision a new expression or a new work?
      • Question 2: What is the appropriate construction of the authorized access point for the revision?
    • New Expression – Revision and earlier edition share all common authorized access point elements
    • New Expression – Revision with different title proper
    • New Expression – Revision’s authorized access point constructed according to a different descriptive convention
    • New Work – Revised edition with a new primary author
    • New Work – Revised editions with the same title proper and primary author (or editor) and new content
    • Ambiguous Status – Appearance of additional authors
    • Summaries
    • Summary included within resource being cataloged
    • Summary separate from resource being cataloged
    • Unspecified Relationships and MARC 787
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Microfiche
    • Current RDA Policies and MARC Fields (February 2015- )
      • Alterations to the Paper Publication
    • MARC Fields
      • Fixed field
      • 007- Physical Description Fixed Field 
      • 074- Item Number 
      • 300- Physical Description
      • 336- Content Type
      • 337- Media Type
      • 338- Carrier Type
      • 500- General Notes
      • 776- Additional Physical Form Entry
    • Overview of Previous Microfiche Policies
      • Early RDA (April 2013-February 2015) 
      • AACR2/LCRI (through March 2013) 
    • Current Procedures for Re-Cataloging Microfiche That Were Previously Described in a Record Utilizing the Single Record Approach
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Congressional Publications
    • Overview
      • Formats
    • Mode of Issuance - Hearings
    • Encoding Level and PCC Authentication
      • 050 - Library of Congress Call Number
    • 086 – Superintendent of Documents Classification Number
    • 088 - Report Number (House Hearings)
      • Serial Numbers with Committee Designations
      • Serial Numbers without Committee Designations
      • Serial Numbers without Any Designations
    • 1XX – Principal Creator
      • Documents
      • Hearings
      • Prints
      • Reports
    • Other Types of Publications
      • Joint Committee on Taxation
      • 130/240- Unique Title for Work
      • Hearings
      • Reports
    • 245 ǂa – Title Statement
    • 245 ǂb – Remainder of Title
    • 246 - Varying Form of Title
    • 264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice
    • 300 ǂb – Other Physical Details
    • 500 – Serial Number Note
    • 500 – Shipping List Note
    • 504 – Bibliography, etc. Note
    • 505 – Formatted Contents Note
    • Star Prints
      • 050 – Library of Congress Call Number
      • 086 – SuDoc Number
      • 250 – Edition Statement
      • 500 – General Note
    • Addendum/Addenda
      • 086 – SuDoc Number
      • 300 ǂe – Accompanying Material
      • 500 – General Note
      • 856 – PURL
    • Erratum/Errata
      • 086 – SuDoc Number
      • 300 ǂe – Accompanying Material
      • 500 – General Note
      • 856 – PURL
    • Multipart Monographs
      • 500 – General Note
      • 710 – Corporate Name Associated with a Work
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Technical Reports
    • Identification of Technical Reports
      • Former Practice
      • Current Practice
    • Monograph or Serial
    • Sources of Information
    • Cataloging Instructions
      • Fixed Fields
    • Variable Fields
      • General Guidance on Special Technical Report Fields
      • 027 – Standard Technical Report Number
      • 513 – Type of Report and Period Covered Note
      • 536 – Funding Information Note 
    • References
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Public and Private Laws
    • Public Laws
    • Private Laws
    • Instructions
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Treaties
    • 074- Item Number
    • 086- SuDoc Number
    • 490 and 830- Series
    • 546 and 041- Language
    • Senate Treaty Document Series (Y 1.1/4:)
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Cartographic Materials
    • Background and Sources Consulted
    • Brochures and Visitor Guides Treated as Maps
    • BLM Surface/Mineral Management Maps
    • Serial Treatment
    • Encoding Level
    • 086 - SuDoc Number
    • 1XX - Principal Creator
    • 130/240 - Unique Title for Work
    • 245 - Title Statement
    • 255 - Cartographic Mathematical Data
    • 300 - Physical Description
    • 500 - Notes
    • 655 - Genre/Form Term
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Audiovisual Resources
    • Scope of the Format Visual Resources
    • Definitions of Types of Visual Resources
    • Bibliographic Treatment in the CGP
      • Analytics of Videos
      • Collections of Videos
      • Analytics of Still Images
      • Collections of Still Images
    • MARC Fields for Visual Resources
      • 245
      • 300- Physical Description
      • 655- Genre/Form Terms
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Continuing Resources: Selective Registration for ISSN Assignments
      • ISSN Program – General Information
      • ISSN Assignments
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Continuing Resources: Serials
    • Sources to Consult
    • General Policies, Procedures, and Practices
      • Definition of Serial  
      • Cataloging Decision: Monograph vs. Serial and Frequency of Issuance
      • Cataloging Decision: When Mode of Issuance Is Ambiguous
      • Replacement of Monograph Records with a Serial Record
      • Classification of Ceased Serials Being Cataloged for the First Time by GPO
    • Numbering - Exceptions to the RDA Principle of Transcription, or “Take What You See”
      • Notification of Cataloging Updates via WebTech Notes
      • Notification of LSCM’s Office of Archival Management (OAM) for Serials Harvesting
      • Updating Collections of Serials
    • MARC Fields
      • Leader /17 (Encoding Level) and 042
      • 010 - Library of Congress Control Number
      • 022 - ISSN
      • 050 - Library of Congress Call Number
      • 060 - National Library of Medicine Call Number
      • 070 - National Agricultural Library Call Number
      • 074 - Item Number
      • 082 - Dewey Decimal Classification Number
      • 086 - SuDoc Number
      • 246 - Varying Form of Title
      • 264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice
      • 300 - Physical Description (300 |a )
      • 362, 588, and Any Field Where Designation is Represented
      • 362 - Beginning and/or ending numbering/dates of publication
      • 362 - Determination of Cessation of a Serial When Response from the Publishing Agency is Lacking
      • 500 - Distribution Note
      • 515 - Numbering Peculiarities Note
      • 538 - System Details Note
      • 588 - Source of Description Note
      • 76X--78X - Linking Entry Fields
      • 776 - Additional Physical Form
      • Other Considerations for Linking Entry Fields: Parallel Formats & Works Not Described in Bibliographic Records
      • 856 - Electronic Location and Access
      • Single-record vs. Separate-Record Approach and PURLs
    • Appendix A: Bibliographic File Maintenance: Deletion of Records from the CONSER Database
    • Appendix B: Where to Find Certain CONSER Procedures
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Continuing Resources: Integrating Resources: General MARC Field Policies
    • 022 - ISSN
    • 086 - Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) Stem
      • Classification of Ceased Integrating Resources Being Cataloged for the First Time by GPO
    • 130/240 - Additions to authorized access points representing works
    • 245 - Title
      • Other title information (ǂb)
      • Statement of responsibility (ǂc)
    • 300 – Physical Description
    • 5XX - Notes
      • Order of 5XX notes
      • 588 - Description based on (DBO)/source of title proper note
      • Digital Collections
      • 760-787 – Linking Relationships
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Continuing Resources: Integrating Resources: FDLP Web Archive Resources
    • Overview
    • For more information
    • ELvl/Srce
    • 040 – Cataloging Source
    • 074/086 - Item Number/Government Document Classification Number
    • 130/240 – Main Entry/Uniform title
    • 246 – Varying Form of Title
    • 247 – Former Title
    • 250 – Edition Statement
    • 264 – Publication/Distribution Statement
    •  336 – Content Type
    • 500 – General Notes
    • 520 – Abstract
    • 588 - Source of Description Note
    • 710 – Added Entry – Corporate Body
    • 773 – Host Item Entry
    •  775 – Other Edition Entry
    •  856 – Electronic Location & Access
    • 955 – Local Note
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: Computer Files
    • Procedures to Convert Type "M" (Computer File) Records to Type "A" (Language Material) Records
  • Bibliographic Cataloging: eBooks
    • Overview
    • Disposition of eBooks on CD-ROM
    • MARC Fields
      • 020 – International Standard Book Number
      • 347 – Digital file characteristics
      • 856 – Electronic location and access
      • 955 – Local GPO notes
      • Non-Distributed eBooks
    • Resources to Consult
  • Name Authorities: Background
    • Instructions to Consult
  • Name Authorities: Policy Overview
    • Personal Names
      • Congressional Publications
      • Other Publications
    • Corporate/Conference Names
      • Variant Names
      • Conference Authority Records
      • Programs and Projects
      • Corporate Names for Parks, Forests, Preserves, etc.
    • Works and Expressions
    • Multipart (Collective) Titles
      • Series
      • Series-Like Phrases
    • Places (Jurisdictional Geographic Names)
  • Name Authorities: General Procedures
    • Optional Fields
    • Research in OCLC
    • How Much Research Should Be Performed in Order to Identify or Dismiss Relationships to Other Corporate Bodies with Similar Names Found in OCLC's Authority File? 
    • When to Consult Additional Sources
    • Tips for contacting agencies
  • Name Authorities: General Field Specific Guidelines
    • 043 - Geographic Area Code
    • 1XX and 4XX
    • 4XX – See From Tracing
    • 5XX – See Also From Tracings
    • 670 – Source Data Found
    • 678 - Biographical or Historical Data
    • 781 - Subdivision Linking Entry-Geographic Subdivision
  • Name Authorities: RDA, General Policies
    • Hybrid Records in RDA Name Authority Records (NARs)
    • When to Recode an Existing NAR to RDA
    • How to Recode an Existing NAR from AACR2 to RDA
    • Field Specific Guidelines
      • ǂu and ǂv in the 046 and 3XX optional fields
      • Source of Information: 670 vs. ǂv in the 046 and 3XX optional fields
      • 046 – Special Coded Dates
      • ǂ2 – Source of Term
      • ǂs (start date or start period) and ǂt (end date or end period)
      • 336 - Content Type
      • 368 - Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body
      • 370 - Associated Place
      • 371 Address
      • 372 - Field of Activity
      • 373 - Associated Group
      • 377 - Associated Language
      • 4XX - See From Tracing
      • 5XX - See Also From Tracings
      • 670 - Source Data Found
      • 678 - Biographical or Historical Data
  • Name Authorities: RDA, Personal Names
    • Procedure for ECIP
    • Procedure for CRS Reports
    • General Instructions
    • 046 – Special Coded Dates (RDA 9.3)
      • ǂs and ǂt in the 046 and 3XX optional fields
    • 100 – Authorized Access Point
      • ǂq – Fuller Form of Name
      • ǂd – Birth and/or Death Date
      • ǂc - Titles and Other Words (Professions) Associated with a Name
    • 368 - Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body
    • 370 - Associated Place (RDA 9.8-9.11)
    • 371 - Address (RDA 9.12)
    • 372 – Field of Activity (RDA 9.15)
    • 373 – Associated Group (RDA 9.13: Affiliation)
    • 374 – Profession or Occupation (RDA 9.16)
    • 375 – Gender (RDA 9.7)
    • 377 - Language (RDA 9.14)
    • 378 – Fuller Form of Name (RDA 9.5)
    • 400 - See From Tracing-Personal Name
    • 510 - Related Corporate Body
    • 678 - Biographical or Historical Data (RDA 9.17)
  • Name Authorities: RDA, Corporate Names
    • Notes
    • Sources to Consult
    • Before You Begin
    • MARC Fields
      • 110 - Corporate Name
      • 111 - Meeting Name
      • 368 - Other Attributes of Corporate Body, ǂa Type of Corporate Body
      • 370 - Associated Place
      • 372 - Field of Activity
      • 373 - Associated Group (11.5)
      • 410/411 - See From Tracing
      • 410 - See From Tracing - Corporate Name
      • 411 - See From Tracing - Meeting Name
      • 510/511 – See Also From Tracing (Related Corporate/Conference Name)
      • 510 - See Also From Tracing - Corporate Name
      • 667 - Nonpublic General Note
      • 678 - Biographical or Historical Data (11.11)
  • Name Authorities: RDA, Works & Expressions
    • 046 – Special Coded Dates (RDA 6.4 and 6.10)
    • 130 – Authorized Access Point
    • 336 – Content Type (RDA 6.9)
    • 370 – Associated Place (RDA 6.5)
    • 377 – Associated Language (RDA 6.11)
    • 380 – Form of Work (RDA 6.3)
    • 410/430 – Variant Authorized Access Points
    • 667 – Nonpublic General Note
    • 670 – Source Data Found
    • EXEMPLARS
  • Name Authorities: RDA, Places
    • 043 - Geographic Area Code
    • 451 - See From Tracing 
    • 670 - Source Data Found
    • 781 - Subdivision Linking Entry-Geographic Subdivision
  • Name Authorities: AACR2, General Policies
    • Hybrid records in RDA NARs
    • When to Recode an Existing NAR to RDA
    • How to Recode an Existing NAR from AACR2 to RDA
    • Field Specific Guidelines
      • 5XX - See Also From Tracings
  • Name Authorities: AACR2, Personal Names
    • 100 – Authorized Access Point
      • ǂq – Fuller Form of Name
    • 400 – See From Tracing-Personal Name
    • 678 – Biographical or Historical Data (RDA 9.17)
  • Name Authorities: AACR2, Corporate Bodies
    • Auth status - 008/33
    • 110 - Corporate Name
    • 111 - Meeting Name
    • 410/411 - Variant Name
    • 5XX - See Also From Tracings
    • 670 - Source Data Found
  • Name Authorities: AACR2, Places
    • 043 - Geographic Area Code
    • 451 - See From Tracing
    • 670 -  Source Data Found
    • 781 - Subdivision Linking Entry-Geographic Area Code
  • Subject Cataloging: General Policies
    • Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
    • NASA Thesaurus Terms as Subject Headings
    • MESH, NAL, and Other Non-LC Subject Headings
    • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT)
      • Adding General LCGFT to Bibliographic Records
      • Background Resources for LCGFT
      • Adding LCGFT to Cartographic Records
      • Adding LCGFT to Audiovisual Records
  • Subject Cataloging: Subject Heading Proposals, Background and Tips
    • Tips and Instructions
      • Internet Research
      • SHM Subject Headings Manual
      • Searching Minaret
      • Additional Minaret (Class Web) Tips
      • Scope Notes
      • Use of the Dictionary
      • Use of Wikipedia
      • Use of LCSH as a Thesaurus
    • References  
      • Class Web or Minaret
      • SACO Resources
      • SHM Subject Headings Manual
      • Print Resources
      • Resources for Geographic Proposals
      • Geographic Print Resources
    • Examples of GPO Subject Proposals
  • Subject Cataloging: Subject Heading Proposals, Workflow
    • Submitting SACO Proposals for Internal Review
    • Producing Associated Bib Records; Exporting Subject Authority Records
    • Submitting SACO Proposals to the Library of Congress
    • Updating Aleph Authority File
  • Subject Cataloging: Name vs. Subject Authority File
    • Overview
    • Instructions
  • Subject Cataloging: Name Headings as Subjects
  • Subject Cataloging: Special Topics, Materials, Subdivisions, Etc.
    • Environmental Impact Statements
    • Legal Topics
    • Research
  • Other Metadata Schemes: Dublin Core
  • Other Metadata Schemes: ONIX
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  • Initialisms and Acronyms
  • List of Major Changes to the Cataloging Guidelines
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