Creating Access Points for Preferred Titles

(formerly called Uniform Titles)

Cataloging with RDA

Chapter 6Identifying Works and Expressions

RDA Glossary:Preferred Title for the WorkThe title or form of title chosen to identify the work. The preferred title is also the basis for the authorized access point representing that work.

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100 1 Defoe, Daniel, ‡d 1661?-1731.

240 1 0 Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders245 1 0 Moll Flanders / ‡c Daniel Defoe ; [introduction by G.T. Aitken].264 □ 1 London : ‡b J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ; ‡a New York : ‡b E.P Dutton & Co., Inc., ‡c 1930.300 xvii, 295 pages ; ‡c 18 cm.336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier490 1 Everyman's library ; ‡v no. 837. Fiction500 List of Defoe's works: pages xiv-xv.830 0 Everyman's library ; ‡v no. 837. Fiction

Works Created after 1500For works created after 1500, choose as the preferred title the title in the original language by which the work has become known either through use in resources embodying the work or in reference sources.

100 1 Defoe, Daniel, ‡d 1661?-1731. ‡t Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders

400 1 Defoe, Daniel, ‡d 1661?-1731. ‡t Moll Flanders

RDA 6.2.2.4 RDA 6.2.2.4

[Field 240 -- Uniform Title][1st Indicator 1 -- Printed on cards][2nd Indicator 0 -- Number of nonfiling characters present]

[Subfield a -- Uniform title]

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130 0 Mother Goose.245 1 0 In a pumpkin shell : ‡b a Mother Goose ABC / ‡c Joan Walsh Anglund.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., ‡c c1960.300 32 unnumbered pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 25 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier520 □ An alphabet book giving a Mother Goose rhyme for

each letter, such as Three Blind Mice for the letter “M.”700 1 □ Anglund, Joan Walsh.

[Field 130 -- Main Entry—Uniform Title][1st Indicator 0 -- Number of nonfiling characters present]

[Subfield a -- Uniform title]

130 0 Mother Goose 430 0 Goose, Mother

RDA 6.2.2.4RDA 6.2.2.4Works Created after 1500For works created after 1500, choose as the preferred title the title in the original language by which the work has become known either through use in resources embodying the work or in reference sources.

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020 0824010906130 0 Beowulf.245 1 0 Beowulf : ‡b an edition with manuscript

spacing notation and graphotactic analyses / ‡c Robert D. Stevick.

264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Garland Publishing, Inc., ‡c 1975.

300 xxxix, 260 p. ; ‡c 22 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier504 Includes bibliographical references (p.

xxxix) and index.700 1□ Stevick, Robert D., ‡d 1928-

Works Created before 1501For works created before 1501, choose as the preferred title the title or form of title in the original language by which the work is identified in modern reference sources. If the evidence of modern reference sources is inconclusive, choose (in this order of preference) the title most frequently found in:a) modern editions, b) early editions, c) manuscript copies.

130 0 Beowulf

RDA 6.2.2.5 RDA 6.2.2.5

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The Four RDA/FRBR EntitiesThe Four RDA/FRBR Entities

WorkWork

ExpressionExpression

ManifestationManifestation

ItemItem

Gone with the windGone with the wind

English-English-language language novelnovel

MovieMovie

Creator:Margaret Mitchell

Screenwriter:Sidney Howard

020 0025486608100 1 Howard, Sidney Coe, ‡d 1891-1939, ‡e screenwriter.245 1 0 GWTW : ‡b the screenplay / ‡c by Sidney Howard ; based on the

novel by Margaret Mitchell ; edited by Richard Harwell.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., ‡c [1980].300 416 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 23 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-416).700 1 □Harwell, Richard Barksdale.700 1 □Mitchell, Margaret, ‡d 1900-1949. ‡t Gone with the wind.730 0 □Gone with the wind (Motion picture)

6.3 Form of WorkCORE ELEMENT - Form of work is a core element when needed to differentiate a work from another work with the same title or from the name of a person, family, or corporate body.6.3.1.1 Scope - Form of work is a class or genre to which a work belongs.6.27.1.9 [See example “I, Claudius (Television programme)”]E.1.2.5 Enclose a word, phrase, date, or other designation used for conflict resolution in parentheses.

130 0 Gone with the wind (Motion picture)430 0 GWTW430 0 G.W.T.W.

6.3, 6.3.1.1, 6.27.1.9, E.1.2.56.3, 6.3.1.1, 6.27.1.9, E.1.2.5

ManifestationManifestation

WorkWorkExpressionExpression

Screenwriter of Expression

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Cover

020 0900312823100 1 Holdsworth, Philip.245 1 0 Excavations at Melbourne Street, Southampton, 1971-76 / ‡c

by Philip Holdsworth ; with contributions on the ‘Hamwith’ brickearths by Myra L Shackley, and on Hamtvn alias Hamwic (Saxon Southampton), the place-name traditions and their significance by Alexander R Rumble ; edited for SARC by David A

Hinton.264 □ 1 London : ‡b Published for the Southampton Archaeological

Research Committee by the Council for British Archaeology, ‡c c1980.300 viii, 140 pages : ‡b illustrations, maps ; ‡c 30 cm.336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier490 1 Report / Southampton Archaeological Research Committee ; ‡v 1490 1 CBA research report, ‡x 0589-9036 ; ‡v 33504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.700 1 □ Hinton, David Alban.710 2 □ Southampton Archaeological Research Committee.830 0 Report (Southampton Archaeological Research Committee)

; ‡v 1.830 0 Research report (Council for British Archaeology) ; ‡v

33.

6.6.1.3 Recording Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Works [Note examples of issuing bodies]E.1.2.5 Enclose a word, phrase, date, or other designation used for conflict resolution in parentheses. [Field 830 -- Series Added Entry—Uniform Title]

[Second Indicator 0 -- Number of nonfiling characters present][Subfield a -- Uniform title; Subfield v -- Volume number/sequential designation]

RDA 6.6.1.3, E.1.2.5 RDA 6.6.1.3, E.1.2.5

130 0 Report (Southampton Archaeological Research Committee)

410 2 Southampton Archaeological Research Committee. ‡t Report - Southampton Archaeological Research Committee [OLD CATALOG HEADING]

410 2 Southampton Archaeological Research Committee. ‡t Report

430 0 Southampton Archaeological Research Committee report

130 0 Research report (Council for British Archaeology)410 2 Council for British Archaeology. ‡t Research report410 2 Council for British Archaeology. ‡t C.B.A. research

reports [OLD CATALOG HEADING]430 0 CBA research report

Authority records for the uniform titles

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100 1 Gide, André, ‡d 1869-1951.240 1 0 Porte étroite. ‡l English245 1 0 Strait is the gate = ‡b La porte étroite / ‡c translated

from the French of André Gide by Dorothy Bussy.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Alfred A. Knopf, ‡c 1924.300 231 pages ; ‡c 21 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier700 1 Bussy, Dorothy.

6.11.1.3 Recording Language of ExpressionRecord the language or languages of the expression using an appropriate term or terms in a language preferred by the agency creating the data.6.27.3 [See example: “Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822–1896. Frères Zemganno. English”]E.1.2.5 Precede the name of a language by a full stop and a space.

[Field 240 -- Uniform Title][Subfield l -- Language of a work]

100 1 Gide, André, ‡d 1869-1951. ‡t Porte étroite400 1 Gide, André, ‡d 1869-1951. ‡t Strait is the gate

RDA 6.11.1.3, 6.27.3, E.1.2.5RDA 6.11.1.3, 6.27.3, E.1.2.5

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100 0 Homer.

240 1 0 Iliad. ‡l English245 1 4 The anger of Achilles : ‡b Homer's Iliad / ‡c

translated by Robert Graves ; illustrations by Ronald Searle.264 □ 1 Garden City, New York : ‡b Doubleday, ‡c [1959].300 383 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 25 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier700 1□ Graves, Robert, ‡d 1895- 700 1□ Searle, Ronald, ‡d 1920-

6.2.2.5 Works Created before 1501 - Exception - Classical and Byzantine Greek Works. – If: a work is originally written in classical Greek or a work is created by a Greek church father or other Byzantine writer before 1453 then: choose as the preferred title a well-established title in a language preferred by the agency creating the data. [See example: Iliad]

100 0 Homer. ‡t Iliad. ‡l English 400 1 Homer. ‡t The anger of Achilles

RDA 6.2.2.5 RDA 6.2.2.5

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020 0030077958100 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849.

240 1 0 Works. ‡ k Selections245 1 0 Selected prose, poetry, and Eureka / ‡c Edgar Allan

Poe ; edited with an introduction by W.H. Auden.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., ‡c [1968?]300 xxvi, 590 pages ; ‡c 21 cm.336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier490 0 Rinehart editions ; ‡v 42500 Originally published under the title: Selected prose and poetry.

6.2.2.10.1 Complete WorksRecord the conventional collective title Works as the preferred title for a compilation of works that consists of, or purports to be, the complete works of a person, family, or corporate body. 6.2.10.3 Alternative - When identifying two or more works in a compilation, identify the parts collectively by recording a conventional collective title (see 6.2.2.10.1 or 6.2.2.10.2), as applicable, followed by Selections.E.1.2.5 Precede the term Selections by a full stop and a space.

[Field 240 -- Uniform Title][Subfield a - Uniform title]

[Subfield k – Form subheading]

100 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849. ‡t Works. ‡ k Selections 400 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849. ‡t Selected prose, poetry, and Eureka

RDA 6.2.2.10.1, 6.2.2.10.3 alternative RDA 6.2.2.10.1, 6.2.2.10.3 alternative

Dustjacket

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020 0517615312

100 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849.240 1 0 Tales245 1 4 The annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe / ‡c edited with

an introduction, notes, and a bibliography by Stephen Peithman.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Avenel Books : ‡b Distributed by Crown

Publishers, ‡c 1986, c1981.300 xv, 685 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 29 cm336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 685) and index.700 1 □ Peithman, Stephen.

Complete Works in a Single Form – Record one of the following conventional collective titles as the preferred title for a compilation of works that consists of, or purports to be, the complete works of a person, family, or corporate body, in one particular form … If none of these terms is appropriate, record an appropriate specific collective title.

100 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849. ‡t Tales400 1 Poe, Edgar Allan, ‡d 1809-1849. ‡t Annotated

Edgar Allan Poe

RDA 6.2.2.10.2 RDA 6.2.2.10.2

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110 1 Wisconsin.

240 10 Laws, etc.245 1 0 West's Wisconsin statutes annotated : ‡b under arrangement of

the official Wisconsin statutes.246 3 0 Wisconsin statutes annotated264 □1 St. Paul, Minn. : ‡b West Publishing Co., ‡c c1957-300 volume : ‡b facsimiles, forms ; ‡c 27 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier500 Kept up-to-date by revised volumes, pocket parts,

supplementary and special pamphlets, West's Wisconsin legislative service, and interim annotation service.

500 Includes unnumbered general index and constitution volumes.710 2□ West Publishing Company.

6.19.2.5.1 Compilations of Laws, Etc.Record Laws, etc. as the preferred title for:a complete or partial compilation of legislative enactments of a jurisdictionnot a compilation of laws on a particular subject.11.2.2.5.4 Governments. The conventional name of a government is the name of the area over which the government exercises jurisdiction. This can be a country, province, state, county, municipality, etc.

110 1 Wisconsin. ‡t Laws, etc.410 1 Wisconsin. ‡t West's Wisconsin

statutes annotated

RDA 6.19.2.5.1, 11.2.2.5.4 RDA 6.19.2.5.1, 11.2.2.5.4

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110 1 California.

240 1 0 Unemployment Insurance Code245 1 0 Unemployment insurance code, 1986 / ‡c compiled by

Bion M. Gregory.264 □ 1 North Highlands : ‡b State of California, Department of

General Services, Documents and Publications Section, ‡c [1986?]300 1 volume (various pagings) ; ‡c 23 cm.504 Includes bibliographical references and index.700 1 □ Gregory, Bion M.710 1 □ California. ‡b Documents and Publications Section.

If a compilation of laws on a particular subject has a citation title, record that as the preferred title.

110 1 California. ‡t Unemployment Insurance Code

RDA 6.19.2.5.1 RDA 6.19.2.5.1

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110 1 Illinois.240 10 Revenue Act (1939)245 1 4 The revenue act of 1939 : ‡b as enacted and

amended by the 61st General Assembly at its regular session, 1939, together with the

Revenue article of the Constitution, thePreadjudication act of 1939, the Rules of the TaxCommission and reference notes and tables.

264 □ 1 Springfield : ‡b Illinois Tax Commission, ‡c [1939].300 xiii, 238 pages ; ‡c 23 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier500 Includes indexes.710 1 □ Illinois. ‡b Tax Commission.

6.19.2.5.2 Single Laws, Etc.For a single legislative enactment, record (in this order of preference):a) the official short title or citation titleb) an unofficial short title or citation title used in legal literaturec) the official title of the enactmentd) any other official designation (e.g., the number, date).E.1.2.5 Enclose the year of promulgation of a law, etc., in parentheses.

110 1 Illinois. ‡t Revenue Act

RDA 6.19.2.5.2, E.1.2.5 RDA 6.19.2.5.2, E.1.2.5

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6.23.2.5 Sacred ScripturesChoose as the preferred title for a sacred scripture a title from a reference source that deals with the religious group or groups to which the scripture belongs. [See example: “Bible”]6.30.3.2 Authorized Access Point Representing an Expression of the BibleConstruct the authorized access point representing a particular expression of the Bible or of part of the Bible by combining (in this order):

a) the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.30.1) or the part (see 6.30.2)b) one or more of the following elements, as applicable:

i) the language of the expression (see 6.11)ii) other distinguishing characteristic of the expression (see 6.25)iii) the date of the expression (see 6.24).

6.25.1.4 The Bible and Parts of the BibleRecord a brief form of the name of the version.

130 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s Authorized. ‡f 1948.245 1 0 Holy Bible : ‡b containing the Old and New Testaments,

authorized King James version, with notes especiallyadapted for young Christians.

250 Pilgrim ed.264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Oxford University Press, ‡c 1948.300 xxi, 1721 pages : ‡b illustrations, maps ; ‡c 28 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier500 Editor-in-chief: E. Schuyler English.700 1 □ English, E. Schuyler ‡q (Eugene Schuyler), ‡d 1899-

[Field 130 -- Main Entry—Uniform Title][Subfield l -- Language of a work][Subfield s -- Version][Subfield f -- Date of a work]

RDA 6.23.2.5, 6.30.3.2, 6.25.1.4, E.1.2.5 RDA 6.23.2.5, 6.30.3.2, 6.25.1.4, E.1.2.5

130 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s Authorized

430 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s King James Version

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130 0 Bible. ‡p New Testament. ‡l English. ‡s NET Bible. ‡f 1961.245 1 4 The New English Bible. New Testament.264 □1 [London?] : ‡b Oxford University Press, ‡c 1961.300 xiii, 446 pages ; ‡c 24 cm 336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier500 Translated under the supervision of the Joint Committee on the New Translation of the Bible.710 2 □ Joint Committee on the New Translation of the Bible.

6.23.2.9.1 TestamentsFor the New Testament, record New Testament as a subdivision of the preferred title for the Bible. [Field 130 -- Main Entry—Uniform Title]

[Subfield p -- Name of section/part of a work]

130 0 Bible. ‡p New Testament43000 Bible. ‡p N.T.430 0 Bible. ‡p New Testament

130 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s NET Bible430 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s New English translation430 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s N.E.T. Bible

RDA 6.23.2.9.1 RDA 6.23.2.9.1

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130 0 Bible. ‡p Ezra. ‡l English. ‡s Anchor Bible. ‡f 1964.245 1 0 Ezra ; Nehemiah / ‡c introduction, translation, and notes by

Jacob M. Myers.250 First edition.264 □ 1 Garden City, New York : ‡b Doubleday & Company, Inc., ‡c 1965.300 lxxxiii, 268 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 25 cm.336 text ‡2 rdacontent337 unmediated ‡2 rdamedia338 volume ‡2 rdacarrier490 1 The Anchor Bible ; ‡v 14504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [lxxviii]-lxxxiii).700 1 □ Myers, Jacob M., ‡d 1904-730 0 2 Bible. ‡p Nehemiah. ‡l English. ‡s Anchor Bible. ‡f

1964.830 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s Anchor Bible. ‡f 1964 ; ‡v 14.

BooksFor books of the Catholic or Protestant canon, record the brief citation form of the Authorized Version as a subdivision of the preferred title for the Bible.

[Field 830 -- Series Added Entry—Uniform Title][Subfield l -- Language of a work; Subfield s -- Version][Subfield f -- Date of a work]

[Field 730 -- Added Entry—Uniform Title][2nd Indicator 2 -- Analytical entry. The item contains the work

that is represented by the added entry][Subfield p -- Name of section/part of a work; Subfield l -- Language of a work][Subfield s -- Version; Subfield f -- Date of a work]

RDA 6.23.2.9.2 RDA 6.23.2.9.2

130 0 Bible. ‡p Old Testament430 0 Old Testament

130 0 Bible. ‡l English. ‡s Anchor Bible. ‡f 1964

430 0 Anchor Bible [OLD CATALOG HEADING]

130 0 Bible. ‡p Ezra430 0 Ezra (Book of the Old Testament)430 0 Bible. ‡p Ezra

130 0 Bible. ‡p Nehemiah430 0 Nehemiah (Book of the Old Testament)430 0 Bible. ‡p Nehemiah

130 _0 |a Talmud. |f 1964.430 _0 |a Talmud de Babilonia430 _0 |a Talmud Bavli430 _0 |a Talmud. |l Spanish. |f 1964

Library of Congress authority records for Talmud

130 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Bava mezia.430 _0 |a Baba mesia (Talmud Yerushalmi)430 _0 |a Bava metsi`a (Talmud Yerushalmi)430 _0 |a Baba mezi`a (Talmud Yerushalmi)430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Baba mesia430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Bava metsi`a430 _0 |w nna |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Baba mezi`a430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Nezikin. |p Bava mezia430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Nezikin. |p Baba mesia430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Nezikin. |p Bava metsi`a430 _0 |a Talmud Yerushalmi. |p Nezikin. |p Baba mezi`a430 _0 |a Bava mezia (Talmud Yerushalmi)

Library of Congress authority record for Tripitaka

130 _0 |a Tripitaka. |p Abhidharmapitaka.430 _0 |a Abhidharmapitaka430 _0 |a Abhidharma-pitaka

130 _0 |a Bhagavadgītā430 _0 |a Gita430 _0 |a Bhagavad Gītā430 _0 |a Bagvat Gītā430 _0 |w nna |a Mahābhārata. |p Bhagavadgītā430 _0 |a Bagawad Gita430 _0 |a Bkhagavadgita430 _0 |a Bhagavada Gita430 _0 |a Bhagavat Gītā430 _0 |a Po-chia-fan ko430 _0 |a Bogafan ge430 _0 |a Bagabadu git`a430 _0 |a Thespesion melos430 _0 |a Almi Krishnae et Arjunae

Library of Congress authority record for Bhagavadgītā

130 _0 |a Koran. |l Albanian & Arabic. |k Selections430 _0 |a Kur'ani kryevepër

Library of Congress authority record for Koran

130 _0 |a Book of Mormon. |l Armenian430 _0 |a Mormoni girk`e

Library of Congress authority record for Book of Mormon