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Ex am ple: United States. Pres ident (1953-1961: Ei senhower)

10. For leg islative bod ies, en ter un der the name of the ju risdiction.
Enter a com mittee or other sub ordinate unit as a sub heading. Add the
number and years in pa rentheses if avail able. (Rules 24.21 A-D)
Ex am ples: United States. Congress. Joint Com mittee of the
Li brary
United States. Con gress (87th : 1961-1962). House
of Rep re sen ta tives
United King dom. Par liament. House of Com mons

Many more rules are listed in Chap ter 24 of AACR2R. If in doubt,
consult the book for the correct form for the corporate head ings.

Uniform Titles (Chapter 25)

Some works are pub lished un der var ious ti tles. The case may be a
different edi tion of the book or a translation of a work into a different
language. It may also be a col lection of dif ferent works. There is a
need to bring all var ious ti tles to gether. AACR2R con tains rules in
Chapter 25 to take care of these sit uations by us ing what is called uni -
form ti tle. Uni form ti tle means one ti tle is cho sen for all vari ations of
the ti tles, so that all ti tles are listed to gether in the cat alog. Different
editions of a work, even though titles vary, are not con sidered to be in
this cat egory. For dif ferent edi tions, new en tries must be made.

1. Se lect one ti tle as the uniform ti tle if the work ap pears in var ious
titles. En close the uni form ti tle in square brackets be fore the ti tle
proper. For a ti tle en try, it is op tional whether or not to use the brack-
ets. (Rule 25.2 A)

Examples: Dickens, Charles
[Pickwick papers]
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club
Arabian nights
One thousand and one nights

2. If a part of the work has a title of its own, use the ti tle of the part
as the uni form ti tle. Make a “see” reference for the head ing of the