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246 - Varying Form of Title (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - concise

October 2014

Varying forms of the title appearing on different parts of an item or a portion of the title proper, or an alternative form of the title when the form differs substantially from the title statement in field 245 and if they contribute to the further identification of the item.

Indicators

First - Note/added entry controller: 0 - Note, no added entry; 1 - Note, added entry; 2 - No note, no added entry; 3 - No note, added entry
Second - Type of title: # - No type specified; 0 - Portion of title; 1 - Parallel title; 2 - Distinctive title; 3 - Other title; 4 - Cover title; 5 - Added title page title; 6 - Caption title; 7 - Running title; 8 - Spine title

Subfield Codes

$a - Title proper/short title (NR)

$b - Remainder of title (NR)

$f - Date or sequential designation (NR): Dates or volume and issue numbers that relate the variant title to the record when a note is generated from the field.

$g - Miscellaneous information (R)

$h - Medium (NR)

$i - Display text (NR)

$n - Number of part/section of a work (R)

$p - Name of part/section of a work (R)

$5 - Institution to which field applies (NR): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$6 - Linkage (NR): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples

246	0#$iAdded title page title on some issues:$aAnnual report
246	13$aCalifornia State Assembly file analysis
246	1#$aFour corners power review
246	1#$iPanel title:$aWelcome to big Wyoming
246	1#$iAlso known as:$aCOMPENDEX
246	1#$iAugmented title:$aDevelopment of electro-optical laser velocimeter system for flame studies
246	10$aLRMP
246	11$aNihon
246	12$aCreating jobs$f1980
246	13$aCalifornia State Assembly file analysis
246	15$aMurshid al-Sudan$f1982-1983
246	3#$aBEEC bulletin
246	17$aB.E.E.C. bulletin
246	04$a<variant title>$g(varies slightly)
246	1#$iAt head of title:$aScience and public affairs$fJan. 1970-Apr. 1974
246	1#$iTitle on container:$aNew Brunswick royal gazette
246	1#$iAlternate issues published with title:$aChicago daily telegraph
246	3#$a<title of reissue>;$5DLC

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(10/20/2014)