Initial Articles
Initial Articles
(Valid as of 4/20/98)Go to list of Initial Articles
Following AACR2R and current LC practice, do not enter initial articles in uniform, analytical, and varying form title fields. The nonfiling indicator, when applicable, is shown as 0.
DELETE initial articles and begin the field with the first significant word for the following USMARC tags:
| Tag | 1st | 2nd |
|---|---|---|
| 130 | 0 | |
| 240 | 0 | |
| 246 | ||
| 630 | 0 | |
| 730 | 0 | |
| 740 | 0 | |
| 830 | 0 |
DELETE initial articles in $t for these fields:
600
610
611
710
711
800
810
811
RETAIN initial articles and use the nonfiling character for the following USMARC tags:
245 2nd indicator position
440 2nd indicator position
490 No indicator position has been defined for nonfiling characters
For languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Yiddish
| a | eng, hun, por |
| al- | ara (e.g., al-Ghazzali) (or forms ad-, ar-, at-, az-) |
| an | eng |
| as | por |
| az | hun |
| das | ger |
| de | nor, swe, dan, dut |
| den | nor, swe, dan |
| der | ger, yid |
| det | nor, swe, dan |
| di | yid |
| dos | yid |
| een | dut |
| eene | dut |
| egy | hun |
| ein | ger |
| eine | ger |
| el | spa |
| en | nor, swe, dan |
| et | nor, swe, dan |
| ett | nor, swe, dan |
| gl' | ita |
| gli | ita |
| ha- | heb (e.g., ha-sefer) |
| he- | heb (e.g., he-harim) |
| het | dut |
| i | ita |
| il | ita |
| l' | fre, ita |
| la | fre, ita, spa |
| las | spa |
| le | fre |
| les | fre |
| lo | ita |
| los | spa |
| o | por |
| os | por |
| 't | dut |
| the | eng |
| um | por |
| uma | por |
| un | fre, ita, spa |
| un' | ita |
| una | ita, spa |
| une | fre |
| uno | ita |
Last modified: 5/16/2011 3:23 PM
