MARC 378 Fuller Form of Personal Name

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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


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