Where is it in RDA -- Bibliographic Records
PRE-RDA CONTEXT / RDA TERMINOLOGY / RDA LOCATIONDescription / Description
Descriptive elements transcribed from the resource / Identifying manifestations and items / ch. 1-2
Physical description / Describing carriers / ch. 3
Notes on the content / Describing content / ch. 7
Acquisitions and access information / Providing acquisition and access information / ch. 4
Notes on the work and expression / Describing content
Recording primary relationships between works,
expressions, manifestations, and items / ch. 7
ch. 17
Notes citing other editions and works / Recording relationships between works, expressions,
manifestations, and items / ch. 24-28
Main entry / Authorized access point
Choosing the main entry / Recording the primary relationship between the
manifestation and the work embodied in the manifestation / 17.8;
ch. 6, 19
Constructing the main entry heading / Constructing the authorized access point / ch. 5-6, 8-11, 16
Added entries / Access points
Choosing added entries for persons, families, and
corporate bodies / Recording relationships to persons, families, and
corporate bodies associated with a resource / ch. 18-22
Constructing added entry headings for persons, families,
corporate bodies, and places as governments / Constructing the authorized access point representing a
person, family, or corporate body / ch. 8-11, 16
Choosing added entries for the work, expression, or
manifestation / Recording primary relationships between work,
expression, manifestation, and item / ch. 17
Choosing added entries for related works, expressions, or
manifestations (including analytic and series added
entries) / Recording relationships between works, expressions, and
manifestations / ch. 24-26
Constructing added entry headings for related works,
expressions, and manifestations / Constructing the authorized access point representing
related works, expressions, and manifestations / ch. 5-6
Subject headings / Subject access points
Constructing subject headings for persons, families,
corporate bodies, places as governments, works,
expressions, and manifestations / Constructing the authorized access point representing
persons, families, corporate bodies, places as governments,
works, expressions, and manifestations / ch. 5-6, 8-11, 16
Where is it in RDA -- Authority Records
Heading / Authorized access point
Constructing headings for persons, families, and
corporate bodies / Constructing the authorized access point representing a
person, family, or corporate body / ch. 8-11
Constructing headings for works, expressions, and
manifestations / Constructing the authorized access point representing a
work, expression, or manifestation / ch. 5-6
Constructing headings for places as governments / Constructing the preferred access point for places as
governments / ch. 11, 16
See references / Variant access points
For persons, families, and corporate bodies / Constructing variant access points representing persons,
families, and corporate bodies / ch. 8-11
For works, expressions, and manifestations / Constructing variant access points representing works,
expressions, and manifestations; recording relationships
between resources and persons, families, & corporate bodies / ch. 5-6
ch. 18-22
For places as governments / Constructing variant access representing places as
governments / ch. 11, 16
See also references / Authorized access points for related entities
For related persons, families, and corporate bodies / Recording relationships between persons, families, and
corporate bodies / ch. 29-32
For works, expressions, and manifestations / Recording relationships between works, expressions, and
manifestations / ch. 24-26
For related places as governments / Recording relationships between places as governments / ch. 11
Explanatory references / Explanations of relationships
For related persons (separate bibliographic identities) / Explanation of relationship for person / appendix E
Notes / Attributes of entities
Biographical or historical data / Recording attributes of persons, families, corporate bodies,
and places as governments (date associated with the person,
place of birth, corporate history, etc.) / ch. 8-11
Information about the work, expression, or manifestation / Recording attributes of works, expressions, and
manifestations (date of work, language of expression, etc.) / ch. 5-6
Sources consulted / Sources consulted / ch. 5, 8, 24, 29
Cataloguer’s notes / Cataloguer’s notes / ch. 5, 8, 24, 29
[Based on 5JSC/Chair/14] Where is it in RDA (LC)
As of Jan. 7, 2010 - p. 1