Examples and Definitions of 246 Field

When displayed/printed as a note, varying forms of titles are usually preceded by an introductory term or phrase that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.

Guidelines for Applying Content Designators

Indicators

0 -- Note, no title added entry
Value 0 indicates that a note but no title added entry is generated from the field.

246 0b ‡iAdded title page title on some issues:‡aAnnual report

1 -- Note, title added entry
Value 1 indicates that both a note and a title added entry are generated from the field.

246 13‡aCalifornia State Assembly file analysis

2 -- No note, no title added entry
Value 2 indicates that no note and no title added ntry is generated from the field.

245 00‡aALA bulletin
246 31‡aAmerican Library Association bulletin

3 -- No note, title added entry
Value 3 indicates that no note but a title added entry is generated from the field.

245 04‡aJournal for general philosophy of science =‡bZeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
246 31‡aZeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie

Second Indicator - Type of title
The second indicator position contains a value that specifies the type of title recorded in field 246. It is used to generate a display constant tht generally precedes titles when notes are generated from this field, i.e., when the first indicator is set to value 0 or 1.

245 00‡4 corners power review.
246 3 ‡aFour corners power review

246 1 ‡iPanel title:‡aWelcome to big Wyoming

245 10‡aComputerized engineering index.
246 1 ‡iAlso known as:‡aCOMPENDEX
245 10‡aDevelopment of laser velocimeter system for flame studies.
246 1 ‡iAugmented title:‡aDevelopment of electro-optical laser velocimeter system for flame studies

Portions of the title in field 245 such as part or section titles (subfield ‡p); alternative titles (subfield ‡a); and portions of the title proper/short title for which access is desirable (subfield ‡a). The portion of the title is transcribed as it app ears.

245 00‡aFresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie
246 30‡aZeitschrift für analytische Chemie

245 00‡aAmerican Council on Education studies.‡nSeries III,‡pFinancial advisory services
246 30‡aFinancial advisory services

245 04‡aThe Berkley book of modern writing.
246 30‡aAfrican seminar series

Other title information when field 245 subfield ‡b consists of an initialism or full form of title rejected as title proper.

245 00‡aLibrary resources market place :‡bLRMP.
246 30‡aLRMP

245 00‡aJapan report =‡bNihon.
246 31‡aNihon

245 00‡aModern problems of pharmacopsychiatry =‡bModerne Probleme der Pharmakopsychiatrie = Problèmes actuels de pharmacopsychiatrie.
246 31‡aModerne Probleme der Pharmakopsychiatrie
246 31‡aProblèmes actuels de pharmacopsychiatrie

Note: When recording parallel titles, subfields ‡n and ‡p are used when appropriate even though the parallel title in field 245 is not separately subfield coded.

246 31‡aArchives for meteorology, geophysics, and bioclimatology.‡nSerie A,‡pMeteorology and geophysics

245 00‡aAnnual report /‡cEconomic Development Administration.
246 12‡aCommodities in industry‡f1940
246 12‡aCommodity statistics‡f1942

Note: If many or all of the issues have distinctive titles, a field 500 (General Note) may be used instead of a 246 field for each title.

500 bb‡aSome issues have also distinctive title.

245 00‡aMonthly checklist of state publications /‡cthe Library of Congress, Processing Department, Exchange and Gift division.
246 14‡aState publications monthly checklist‡fJuly 1976-

245 00‡aReport and financial accounts for the fiften months ended 31st March ... /‡cQantas Empire Airways Limited.
246 14‡aQantas annual report

245 00‡aSudan guide.
246 15‡aMurshid al-Sudan‡fJan. 1982-

245 10‡aNewspaper geog. list‡h[microform] /‡cCarleton University.
246 16‡aNewspaper index‡fJan. 1982-

245 00‡aBangladesh Education Extension Centre bulletin.
246 3 ‡aBEEC bulletin
246 17‡aB.E.E.C. bulletin

245 10‡aChartbook of federal programs on aging /‡cIrma Schechter.
246 18‡aChartbook on aging

‡f -- Designtation of volume and issue number and/or date of a work
Subfield ‡f contains dates or volume and issue numbers that relate the variant title to the record. Subfield ‡f is not used when the second indicator position contains value 0 or 1.

246 14‡aState publications monthly checklist‡fJuly 1976-

‡g -- Miscellaneous information
Subfield ‡g contains miscellaneous information that is not more appropriately recorded in another subfield. It is used for information such as the phrase varies slightly, enclosed in parentheses.

246 04‡a(variant title)‡g(varies slightly)

‡i -- Display text
Subfield ‡i contains text to be displayed when none of the display constants associated with second indicator values 2-8 is adequate. When this subfield is present, the second indicator contains value b (blank) (No information provided). Subfield ‡prece des subfield ‡a at the beginning of the field.

245 00‡aBulletin of atomic scientists.
246 1 ‡iAt head of title:‡aScience and public affairs‡fJan. 1970-Apr. 1975

246 1 ‡iTitle on container:‡aNew Brunswick royal gazette

246 1 ‡iAlternate issues published with title:‡aChicago daily telegraph

‡5 -- Institution to which field applies
Subfield ‡5 contains the USMARC code of the institution or organization that holds the copy to which the added entry applies. It is used in an added entry (first indicator contains value 1 or 3) that does not apply to the universal description of the ite m. The source of the USMARC code is Symbols of American Libraries that is maintained by the Library of Congress.

245 00‡a(title of the original issue)
500 ‡aReissued as: (title of reissue); LC has reissue copies.‡5DLC
246 3 ‡a(title of reissue);‡5DLC
(In this example, field 500 contains the variant title note as the information cannot easily be handled using subfields ‡i and ‡a in field 246.)

Field 246 does not end with a mark of final punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

No punctuation precedes subfield ‡f unless the item preceding subfield ‡f is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

246 14‡aWeather bureau technical paper‡fno. 3-

See also subfield descriptions in the 245 Title Statement section for punctuation information.

Initial Articles

Initial articles (e.g., The, La) are generally not recorded in field 246 unless the intent is to file on the article.

246 10‡aLos Angeles Police Department crime report

Incomplete Dates/Volume Designations

When only the ending date/volume designation is recorded, space is left between the subfield code and the dash. The amount of space may be determined by the cataloging agency but is generally one to three blanks.

246 05‡aListe de publication‡f -Oct. 1977

Incomplete dates/volume designations may include only part of the beginning data and/or ending data. In this case space is left between the two.

246 14‡aRentabilidat‡f19 -1976
(Two spaces left to represent the missing digits of the beginning year.) Multiple Fields

The order of input of multiple 246 fields is customarily determined in part by the value in the second indicator position. Multiple Varying Form of Title fields are recorded in the following order:

- 246 fields with second indicator value 0
- 246 fields with second indicator value 1
- Remaining 246 fields in the order in which notes are to be made

245 00‡aEducational & industrial television.
246 3 ‡aEducational and industrial television
246 3 ‡aEITV
246 13‡aE-ITV‡fJan. 1981-May 1983
246 17‡aE&ITV‡fJan. 1980-Apr. 1981

Display Constants

Introductory terms and phrases such as cover title, etc. that are used with notes generated from this field are not carried in the USMARC record. They may be generated as a display constant associated with the second indicator value.

Second indicator			Display constant

blank					(no display constant)
0					(no note generated)
1					(no note generated)
2					Distinctive title:
3					Other title:
4					Cover title:
5					Added title page title:
6					Caption title:
7					Running title:
8					Spine title:

In 1993, field 246 was also defined for all forms of material. Prior to that date, added entries for variant titles for other than serials and serially-issued computer files were contained in the added entry variant title 740 field which has been redefin ed as 'Added Entry--Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title.'

‡d Designation of section/part series (SE) [OBSOLETE]
‡e Name of section/part/series (SE) [OBSOLETE]

Prior to the redefinitions of subfields ‡n and ‡p for numbered and named parts/sections/series of a work in other fields in 1979, these data were contained in subfields ‡d and ‡e in field 246. Subfields ‡d and ‡e were made obsolete in 1979.

‡h Medium (SE)

Prior to the definition of ‡g (Miscellaneous information) in 1979, subfield ‡h was defined for miscellaneous information.