MARC 246 Varying Form of Title

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Commonly-used tags

Indicators
1st - Note/added entry controller 

0: Note, no added entry
1: Note, added entry
2: No note, no added entry
3: No note, added entry

2nd - 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 delimiters
ǂa - Main title
ǂb - Remainder of title
ǂi - Display text
ǂn - Number of part/section of a work
ǂp - Name of part/section of a work
ǂ5 - Institution

Policy and formulation

  • If the title proper contains words spelled according to archaic or non-standard orthographic conventions, provide additional title access for modern spelling.
    • Exception: if the title proper contains examples of converted i/j/u/v characters (see the Collation for a quick intro to the i/j/u/v issue, or refer to DCRM-B Appendix G.4), provide the unconverted title proper in a 246 field.
  • Do not include an initial article, as it will cause the field to index incorrectly.
  • If the portion of the title in the 245 ǂa contains a variant spelling of "Shakespeare" (i.e. "Shaksper," etc.), include an alternate title with the modern spelling of "Shakespeare."
245 10 ǂa Proposd edition of Shakspere in old spelling
246 3 ǂa Proposed edition of Shakespeare in old spelling
  • If an item is in verse, provide the first line as an alternative title, with a subfield ǂi for appropriate display text.

246 1 ǂi First line: ǂa Had I great Homer's sweet-Maeonian quill

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