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246 - Varying Form of Title (R)


MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic
April 2008

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.

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Indicators
First - Note/added entry controller
1 - 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 (NR)
$h - Medium (NR)
$i - Display text (NR)
$n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
$p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
Examples
246 13$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$f1980
246 15$aMurshid al-Sudan$f1982-1983
246 17$aB.E.E.C. bulletin
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

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