MARC 378 Fuller Form of Personal Name
MARC field tag 378 in the Authority format is a name element used to distinguish a person from another person with the same name. It may be needed when a part of a name is represented only by an initial or abbreviation in the form chosen as the preferred name, or when a part of the name is not included in the form chosen as the preferred name. Field 378 is used whether or not the authorized access point includes expansion. This field applies only to the name in the 1XX. This field is not repeatable.
Commonly-used tags
Indicators
Undefined
Subfield delimiters
ǂq - Fuller form of personal name (NR)
Policy and formulation
- Use only for expansions of initials or forenames not included as the preferred term.
Examples
1001 Davis, W. J. ǂq (William James), ǂd 1844-1919 378 ǂq William James 4001 Davis, William James, ǂd 1844-1919
1001 Sievers, E. W., ǂd 1820-1894 378 ǂq Eduard Wilhelm 4001 Sievers, Eduard Wilhelm, ǂd 1820-1894
1001 Domville, William T., ǂd 1822-1879 378 ǂq William Thomas note: 400 field for fuller form of name not needed according to NACO practice