The uniform title identifies an item if it has appeared under varying titles. It brings together records for items entered under both personal and corporate names and bearing variant titles. Use for uniform titles that follow the main entry (
field 100, field 110 or
field 111). Use
field 130 for uniform titles that are the main entry.
For current cataloging, construct uniform titles according to AACR2 and LC practice. Search the OCLC Authority File to verify forms of entry. Use the current AACR2 or AACR2-compatible form of entry. If that form is unknown, construct the heading according to AACR2.
For retrospective cataloging, search the OCLC Authority File to verify forms of entry. Use the current AACR2 or AACR2-compatible form of entry. If that form is unknown, you may enter the pre-AACR2 form, but you are encouraged to construct the heading according to AACR2.
Do not enter field 240 and
field 243 in the same record.
REC, SCO
The following guidelines are for entering uniform titles for music scores, sound recordings, and music related components of uniform titles for other materials.
Usually, enter each component of a music uniform title in a separate subfield. For example, enter nonadjacent multiple iterations of the same type of data (i.e., data that suit the definition of the same subfield) in two subfields.
240
1
0
Pièces de violes, ‡ n 4e livre. ‡ n lère partie. ‡ p Suitte, ‡ n no. 6. ‡ p Matelotte
Use two subfields for adjacent multiple iterations of the same type of data that are separated by a full or implied stop.
240
1
0
Sonatas ‡ n (ca. 1710). ‡ n No. 4-6
However, enter adjacent multiple iterations of the same type of data separated with a comma in the same subfield.
240
1
0
Quintets, ‡ m violins, violas, violoncello
240
1
0
Concertos, ‡ m piano, orchestra, ‡ n no. 5, op. 103, ‡ r F major
240
1
0
Songs, ‡ m viola, piano acc.
240
1
0
Sonatas, ‡ m piano, ‡ n no. 17, op. 31, no. 2, ‡ r D minor
Enter qualifying information in parentheses in the same subfield as the information it qualifies.
240
1
0
Goyescas (Opera)
240
1
0
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Cantata), ‡ n BWV 60
240
1
0
Sonatas, ‡ m violin, continuo (Bayerische Statsbibliogthek: Mus. Ms. 4123). ‡ p Passacaglia
However, enter parenthetical dates used as numbers in separate subfields if the date is not adjacent to another number element.
240
1
0
Concertos, ‡ m violin, orchestra ‡ n (1938)
240
1
0
Concertos, ‡ m violin, orchestra ‡ n (1907-08)
240
1
0
Folk song arrangements ‡ n (1943-1961), v. 3 ‡ p O waly, waly
Enter titles of excerpts and components as if they were names of parts.
240
1
0
Aïda. ‡ p Celeste Aïda
240
1
0
Rienzi. ‡ p Ouvertüre
240
1
0
Traviata. ‡ n Atto 3o. ‡ p Preludio
240
1
0
Symphonies, ‡ n no. 1, op. 21, ‡ r C major. ‡ p Andante con moto
240
1
0
Plow that broke the plains. ‡ p Suite
Enter the following types of data as if they were numbers of parts: (1) numbers used to distinguish excerpts, (2) designations such as book, livre, collection, Theil, volume, etc.
240
1
0
Ungarische Tänze. ‡ n Nr. 5
240
1
0
Symphoniae sacrae, ‡ n 3 pars. ‡ p Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
240
1
0
Wohltemperierte Klavier, ‡ n 1. T. ‡ n Nr. 24. ‡ p Fuga
240
1
0
Musique de table. ‡ n 2e production. ‡ p Concert
240
1
0
Madrigals, ‡ m voices (4-6), ‡ n book 1. ‡ p Fuggito è 'l sonno
240
1
0
Chansons, ‡ n 1. livre
240
1
0
Cançons populars de Catalunya, ‡ n 1. sèrie
240
1
0
Lieder ohne Worte. ‡ n Heft 2
240
1
0
Airs, ‡ m recorder, continuo, ‡ n 3rd collection
Enter the following subheadings (used for various versions of works in the larger vocal forms) as version statements: Chorus score, Libretto, Text, Texts, Vocal score.
240
1
0
Fanny. ‡ s Libretto. ‡ l English
240
1
0
Deutsches Requiem. ‡ s Vocal score. ‡ l English & German
1st Indicator
Uniform title printed or displayed. Controls printing. Your profile designation and the 1st indicator of field 240 determine printing. See also "Printing."
0
Not printed or displayed. The uniform title is not printed or displayed.
1
Printed or displayed. The uniform title is printed or displayed.
2nd Indicator
Nonfiling characters. The number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., An or The) at the beginning of a title and that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes.
Note: Current practice is to enter the title without articles and use 2nd indicator value 0.
0
No nonfiling characters. No initial article character positions are disregarded. Use value 0 if the title does not begin with an article.
Diacritical marks or special characters at the beginning of a field that does not begin with an initial article are not counted as nonfiling characters.
1-9
Number of nonfiling characters present. A field begins with a definite or indefinite article that is disregarded in sorting and filing processes. Enter the number of characters in the article, plus spaces, punctuation, diacritical marks and special characters that precede the first significant word.
Any diacritical mark or special character associated with the first filing character is not included in the count of nonfiling characters.
Subfields
Do not enter brackets around the text of the uniform title. The print program supplies brackets. Do not enter a period at the end of the uniform title. Enter necessary punctuation at the end of the field if it ends in an abbreviation.
‡a Uniform title
Contains the uniform title. Parenthetical information added to make a title distinctive is not separately subfield coded except in the case of the date of signing added to a uniform title of a treaty. See subfield ‡d .
240
1
0
Mass, Easter (Ms. Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen. 339)
240
1
0
Ballades
110
1
Alaska.
240
1
0
Laws, etc.
110
1
India. ‡ b Dept. of Petroleum.
240
1
0
Annual report (1980)
240
1
0
Man against the elements
240
1
0
Art de la nouvelle
‡d Date of treaty signing
The date of meeting or date a treaty was signed.
110
1
France.
240
1
0
Treaties, etc. ‡g Poland, ‡d 1948 Mar. 2. ‡k Protocols, etc. ‡d 1951 Mar. 6
‡f Date of a work
The date of publication used with the uniform title.
‡g Miscellaneous information
Data not identified in other subfields (e.g., the other party in a treaty heading).
‡h Medium
For BKS, CNR, VIS, MIX, MAP, SCO, and COM do not use. Use
field 245. For REC, use for pre-AACR2 cataloging only.
‡k Form subheading
Standardized terms, such as Manuscripts, Protocols, and Selections, added to headings to gather records for certain kinds of materials.
240
1
0
Organ music. ‡k Selections
240
1
0
Carmen. ‡k Selections
240
1
0
History of the decline and fall of the 2xx, Empire. ‡k Selections
‡l Language of a work
Use if the linguistic content of the item is different from the original work. For example, if the item is a translation, the language of the translation follows the uniform title. (Uniform titles are usually in the original language.) Spell out the name of the language.
240
1
0
Let it be. ‡l French & English
240
1
0
De bello Gallico. ‡l French
240
1
0
Opera completa di Watteau. ‡l English
‡m Medium of performance for music
Terms designating the medium of performance. Use also for data about accompaniment.
240
1
0
Sonatas, ‡m piano
240
1
0
Madrigals, ‡m voices (5)
240
1
0
Chansons, ‡m guitar acc.
‡n Number of part/section of a work
The number designations of a part/section of an item. If you are cataloging a score or sound recording, use for the serial, opus, thematic catalog number or date used as a number.
240
1
0
Symphonies, ‡n no. 5
240
1
0
Album für die Jugend. ‡n Nr. 14, ‡p Kleine Studie
240
1
0
Iliad. ‡n Book 1-6
‡o Arranged statement for music
The abbreviation arr. used in the title field.
240
1
0
Corsaire; ‡o arr.
‡p Name of part/section of a work
The name designation of the part or section.
240
1
0
Aïda. ‡ p Celeste Aïda
‡r Key for music
The statement of key in which the music is written.
240
1
0
Trios, ‡m piano, strings, ‡n no. 2, op. 66, ‡r C minor
‡s Version
The version, editions, etc., information.
240
1
0
Messiah. ‡s Vocal score. ‡l Dutch & English
Printing
Field 240 prints on the line below the name main entry and on the line above the title. Field 240 does not print as an added entry. Your profile and the 1st indicator of field 240 determine printing.
Profile designation
Printing of field 240
All uniform titles
Prints regardless of 1st indicator
LC uniform titles
Prints if the 1st indicator value is 1
No uniform titles
Does not print
AACR2 records. The print program supplies brackets around the entire uniform title.
100
1
Brunhoff, Jean de, ‡d 1899-1937.
240
1
0
Babar en famille. ‡l English
245
1
0
Babar and his children...
Prints as:
Brunhoff, Jean de, 1899-1937.
[Babar en famille. English]
Babar and his children...
Pre-AACR2 records. The print program supplies brackets around the uniform title, excluding the media qualifier (i.e., around subfields up to subfield ‡h).
If brackets are not displayed on the record around the media qualifier in subfield ‡h , the print program supplies a pair of brackets. If any subfields follow subfield ‡h , the subfields print without brackets.