Name authority file

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Name authority file
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Name authority file
Bibliographic records
Doe, Johnnie My pets / by
Francis, Frannie
Doe, Johnnie My wives / by
Elton, Edwina
Drelling, Donald
Doe, Johnnie My later life / by Johnnie Doe.
Doe, Johnnie Doe, John Q. Doe, John Quigley Doe,
J.Q.
Doe, Johnnie My early life / by John
Doe. Hobbiton Shire Press, 2006. xv, 477 p.
ill. 25 cm.
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Authority control

1. All works written by an author are retrievable
   with the same access point (or under the same
   heading)
2. Only works by that author are entered under a
   particular heading
3. Save the time and effort of having to establish
   the heading each time a work by the same author
   is cataloged

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Name authority file record

• 1XX Authorized form of name
• e.g. Shakespeare, William
• 4XX Unauthorized form(s) of name
• Shakespeare, Will
• Shakespeare, Billy
• 5XX Other authorized headings
• Separate bibliographic identities
• Corporate headings for government officials

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Name authority file record
Authorized form

• 100 1 Carter, Jimmy, d1924-
• 400 1 Carter, James Earl, d 1924-
• 510 1 Georgia. b Governor (1971-1975 Carter)
• 510 1 United States. b President (1977-1981
  Carter)

See from tracing
See also references
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100 HeadingPersonal name
Name authority record

• 100 1 Carter, Jimmy, d1924-

2nd indicator - Undefined
1st indicator - type of personal name entry
element 0 Forename 1 Surname 2 Family
name (clan, dynasty)
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Romanized personal name with hyphen
Authorized form
Name authority record

• 1_ a Yi, Hang-bok, d 1556-1618
• 400 0_ a Oso?ng, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a Lee, Hang-Bock, d 1556-1618
• 400 0_ a O-sung, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a Yi, Paeksa, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a Yi, Paek-sa, d 1556-1618
• 400 0_ a Paeksa, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a ???, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a ? ??, d 1556-1618
• 400 1_ a ???, d 1556-1618

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Romanized personal name with hyphen
Authorized form
Bibliographic record
Original script
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Susan Tanaka
romance novels
detective novels
100 Lovelorn, Lydia 400 Tanaka, Susan 500
Flatfoot, Fred
100 Flatfoot, Fred 400 Tanaka, Susan 500
Lovelorn, Lydia
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Entry under title of nobility
22.6A1
Viscount Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount
Proper name in title of nobility
Personal name in direct order
Term of rank
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Person with highest royal status within state or
people
22.16A1
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Personal name
Title (in English if equiv.)
State or people in Eng.
Shuja-ud-daulah, Nawab Wazir of Oudh