Access Points: Rules to Consider

    General Rule (Rule 21.1A2)

    Enter a work by one or more persons under the heading for the personal author (see 21.4A), the principal author (see 21.6B), or the probable personal author (see 21.5B). In some cases of shared personal authorship (see 21.6) and mixed personal authorship (see 21.8-21.27), enter under the heading for the person named first. Make added entries as instructed in 21.29-21.30.

    Single Personal Authorship (Rule 21.4A1)

    Enter a work, a collection of works, or selections from a work or works by one personal author (or any reprint, reissue, etc., of such a work) under the heading for that person whether named in the item being catalogued or not.

    Corporate Body Authorship [General] (Rule 21.1B2)

    Enter work emanating from one or more corporate bodies under the heading for the appropriate corporate body. (Typical examples of corporate bodies are associations, institutions, business firms, non-profit enterprises, governments, government agencies, projects and programs, religious bodies, local church groups, identified by the name of the church, and conferences, also consider.)

    Works of Unknown or Uncertain Authorship or by Unnamed Groups (Rule 21.5A)

    If a work is of unknown or uncertain personal authorship or if it emanates from a body that lacks a name, enter it under the title.

    Works of Shared Responsibility (Rule 21.6B2)

    If principal responsibility is attributed to two or three persons or bodies, enter under the heading for the first named of these. Make added entries under the headings for the others. If a work is by two principal persons or corporate bodies and one collaborating person or body, make an added entry also for the third person or body.

    Collections and Works Produced Under Editorial Direction (Rule 21.7B1)

    Enter a work falling into one of the categories given in 21.7A under its title if it has a collective title. Make added entries under the headings for the compilers/editors if there are not more than three and if they are named prominently in the item being cataloged. If there are more than three compilers and/or editors that are prominently named, then make an added entry under the heading for the principle compiler/editor and /or for the one named first.

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