Additional Access Points in Cataloging Records, 
Part 2

In traditional card catalog format, the subject headings and other access points come at the bottom of the cataloging record. Subject headings are listed first, with Arabic numerals. Other access points are listed after the subject headings, and are numbered with Roman numerals. Look at the example below:

In this example, there are two subject headings that indicate we are dealing with cataloging rules. The additional points of access are the title, the unabbreviated version of the acronym AACR, and the title including the unabbreviated version of the acronym. These spelled out versions of the abbreviation ‘AACR’ are included because computers are very literal, and won’t realize that the abbreviation and the phrase are the same thing. Some patrons might type in the abbreviation, and some might type in words from the phrase as it is spelled out.

In a card format, the word ‘Title’ is listed in the access points, to indicate that the title just as it is listed in the cataloging information is typed at the top of a copy of the cataloging record. A similar type of abbreviation, Series, is also used for series title entries. If some sort of change should be made to the title, or if there are additional titles from the contents or ones with variations as shown above, those are indicated by typing the word ‘Title’ followed by the written out version of the title needed.

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