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| uniform title | 1. title chosen to identify a monograph appearing under different titles. 2. a title used to distinguish the heading for one serial or series from the heading for another serial or series. |
| title | a word or phrase that names an item |
| series | collection of items that has a distinctive title although each item has its own individual title |
| Roman numeral | a number like xv, lxix, iii, etc |
| volume | 1)Contents of a single binding of a monograph; 2)a number of issues of a serial (often 12 mos worth) |
| Cutter number | Main entry number based on the Author's last name or first significant title word (if title main entry) |
| periodical | serial with a distinctive title intended to apper in successive parts at regular intervals |
| pseudonym | fictitious name used by an author |
| DDC | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| LCSH | Library of Congress Subject Headings |
| LCCN | Library of Congress Call Number |
| workmark | The first letter of the first significant title word which is added to the end of the Dewey Cutter number |
| Sears List | Simplified subject headings used for school libraries |
| Scope Note | explains and clarifies what the LCSH term means |
| May Subd Geog | subject may have a geographic term added to it |
| UF | is followed by the non-used term |
| USE | indicates correct version of term to use |
| BT | broader term |
| NT | Narrower term |
| Pattern headings | Indicates which free-floating subdivisions can be added to terms of a given category |
| Topical subdivision - topic or content | $x |
| Period subdivision - event or time period | $y |
| Place/Geographic subdivision | $z |
| Form subdivision - genre or style | $v |
| 20% Rule of subject headings | If at least 20% of the content is on a topic add a subject heading for it |
| Free-floating subdivisions | Can be used after any subject headings |
| AACR2 | Anglo-American Cataloging Rules |
| Alternative title | The second part of a title proper that consists of two parts, each of which is a title; the parts are joined by or its equivalent in another language (e.g., The tempest, or The enchanted island). |
| Tag 246 | Field 246 contains varying forms of the title associated with the item, whether they are or are not on the item. |
| Arabic numeral | number like 1,2, 3 |
| author | The person chiefly responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of a work |
| authority control | The control of access points by establishing and using consistent headings |
| CIP | cataloging-in-publication on verso of title page |
| collective title | The title of an item containing several works |
| compiler | A person who selects and puts together material written by other people; or, a who writes a ref work of many different entries like a dictionary |
| copyright date | The date identified in a work by the symbol © |
| corporate body | an organization or group of people identified by a particular name and acting as an entity |
| delimiter | Symbol used to designate a subfield |
| edition | all the copies of a work produced from the same original |
| editor | One who prepares another person's work for publication |
| GMD | general material designation (broad category of material to which an item belongs) |
| Indicator | A number that gives additional information about a field; 245 1 shows that a title added entry is to be made 245 14 the 4 shows that 4 spaces are to be ignored |
| ISBD | International Standard Book Description |
| ISSN | International Standard Serial Description |
| joint author | a writer who collaborates with one or more others in the preparation of a work |
| kit | an item containing more than one kind of material, none of which is predominant |
| DLC | Library of Congress |
| main entry | Usually the first author; title if there is no author |
| added entry | 2nd or 3rd authors, other contributors(illustrators, translators, editors, etc.) |
