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Reanalysis on the Description of the 517 Field

Xin Miao   

  • Online:2016-03-17 Published:2016-03-25

Abstract:

The broad content of the description of the 517 field and cataloguers’ narrow understanding of its definition have led to its misuse. According to the definition of 517 field itself and combining the rules of 5- related title block, the title of 517 field should have the function of retrieval, differ from proper title,be unspecific type, and describe the cataloguing literature.

Key words: 517 field, Other variant title, Description