General Information

Definition

This field contains forms of the title which appear on different parts of the item, alternate titles, and portions of the title proper.

Source of Information

The source of information for the 246 field is the entire item.

Indicators and Subfields

First indicator

0 No title added entry
1 Title added entry, note generated
3 Title added entry, no note generated

Second indicator

[blank] No information provided (caption for note is given in subfield |i)
0 Access to portion of title
1 Parallel title
2 Distinctive title
3 Other title
4 Cover title
5 Added title page title
6 Caption title
7 Running title
8 Spine title

Subfields

|i Display text
|a Title
|b Remainder of title
|f Designation of volume and issue number
|n Number of part/section of a work
|p Name of part/section of a work

Capitalization

Capitalize words in the 246 according to the capitalization rules used for 245.

Punctuation

Use punctuation rules found in 245.

Initial articles

Drop all initial articles in field 246.

Transcription Rules

When 246 indicator one is value 1, a 500 note is automatically generated using the display constant specified by the second indicator or subfield |i. Do not add a 500 note to justify the access point. Create title added entries for the following situations.

Alternate title

Indicator: 30

245	14	The case of Peter Pan, or, The impossibility of children's fiction /|cJacqueline Rose.
246	30	Impossibility of children's fiction

Parallel title

Record only the title proper portion of the parallel title in field 246.

Indicator: 31

Parallel title from added t.p.	15
Parallel title from spine	18
Parallel title from cover	14
Parallel title from any other source	1[blank]    |i[Introductory phrase]:|aTitle

245	10	Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru =|bCatálogo de las angiospermas y gímnospermas del Perú
246	31	Catálogo de las angiospermas y gímnospermas del Perú

Portion of title

Create a 246 for a portion of the 245 in the following cases:

Title proper begins with a personal or corporate author
Portion of title emphasized by type
Other title (remainder of title) -- only if significant

Indicator: 30

245	10	Eileen Ford's A more beautiful you
246	30	More beautiful you

Corrections

Title showing corrected spelling when marks of correction ("[sic] or "i.e.") have been used in 245|a

Indicator: 3 [blank]

245	14	The wolrd [sic] of television
246	3#	World of television

Added title page title

Indicators: 15
Note that the second indicator generates a note (500 Added title page title: _____) on the patron display.

Ampersand (&) in first 5 words of title proper

When an ampersand is used instead of the spelled out "and" in the first five words of 245|a, create a 246 spelling out the word "and."

Indicators: 3 [blank]

245	10	Fire & ice
246	3#	Fire and ice

Number in first 5 words of title proper

When a number other than a date occurs in the first five words of 245|a, give a 246 for the alternate form of the number as shown below.

Indicators: 3 [blank]

245 contains a numeral: accept or create a 246 for the spelled out form of numeral

245	10	Norwegian in 10 minutes a day
246	3#	Norwegian in ten minutes a day

245 contains a Roman numeral: accept or create a 246 for both the spelled out form of the numeral and the Arabic numeral.

245	10	Superbowl XXIX program
246	3#	Superbowl 29 program
246	3#	Superbowl twenty-nine program

245 contains a spelled out numeral: accept or create a 246 for the Arabic numeral.

245	10	Modeling and level one estimation
246	3#	Modeling and level 1 estimation

Title from a source other than the chief source

When the cover title, caption title, spine title, colophon title, half title, running title, etc. is significantly different than 245|a, make a title added entry.

Indicators:

Cover title 14
Spine title 18
Caption title 16
Running title 17
Colophon title 1[blank] |i Title from colophon

Note that the second indicator generates a note on the patron display.

Title on spine: The Soviet war machine

245	04	The illustrated encyclopedia of the strategy, tactics, and weapons of the Soviet war machine /|c...
246	18	Soviet war machine

Note Generated: Spine title: Soviet war machine