MARC TITLE FIELDS                      11 January 2001
                                       J. McRee Elrod

Guidelines for use in deciding which MARC tag to use for
which title:

130$a Controlled uniform title main entry representing the whole of the
item in hand

240$a Controlled uniform title after a 1XX, representing the whole of
the item in hand

245$a Uncontrolled title transcribed from the item in hand, or supplied
by the cataloguer if a title is lacking

246$a Uncontrolled title, other than title proper. representing the
whole work in hand; prior to format integration, coded 740 for
monographs

247$a Uncontrolled former title of an integrating resource (e.g.
loose-leaf service or website); prior to successive entry for serials,
earlier title of serial entered under most recent title

440$a Controlled transcribed series title

490$a Uncontrolled transcribed series title; while not an access point,
it may be a cross reference to controlled version in 830; if controlled
version is not in 8XX, consider quoting in 500 rather than
transcribing in 490

500$a Uncontrolled quoted series title like phrase lacking a subject
word

505$t Uncontrolled title of a part of the work in hand in a formatted
contents note

700/710/711$t Subordinate title of a related work or part of the work
in hand, entered under person, body, or conference

730$a Controlled uniform title of related work or part of work in hand

740$a Uncontrolled title of related work or part of work in hand

780$t Uncontrolled earlier title of a serial entered under successive
entry; 500/7XX still used for monographs despite format integration

785$a Uncontrolled later title of a serial entered under successive
entry; later title information not usually added to monograph records

800/810/811$t Subordinate series title, entered under person, body,
or conference, with transcribed version in 490

830$a Controlled series title different in form from transcribed version
in 490

840$a Older version of 830 (440 was not changed to 430 when 840 was
changed to 830)

All 7XX titles should be "justified" by a mention in a 5XX note.  All
title fields except 500, unformatted 505, and 490 should be indexed as
access points.  "Controlled" means capable of being verified against an
authority file.