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Hibbert, El ea nor
See also
Carr, Philippa
Holt, Vic to ria
Kellow, Kathleen
(A per son who writes un der dif ferent names)

3. Name-Ti tle ref er ences. Make a see or see also ref erence from a
title that has been en tered as part of the ti tle in an other entry.

Ex am ple: Tolkien, J.R.R.
Lord of the rings. 2, Two tow ers
See
Tolkien, J.R.R. Two tow ers

4. Ex plan a tory ref er ences. Make an ex plan a tory ref er ence giv ing
more ex plicit guid ance when see and see also ref erences are not ad e-
quate. The cat a loger de cides what ex plan a tory ref er ences are needed
and their word ing.

Ex am ple: Conference . . .
Con fer ence pro ceed ings are en tered un der the name
of the con ference, or the title of the pub lication of
the con fer ence.

Rules for cap i tal iza tion are ex plained in Ap pen dix A, “Cap i tal iza -
tion.” In sum mary, cap italize head ings in ac cordance with nor mal us -
age in the language. For the ti tle, cap italize the first word. Do not
cap i tal ize words in a “gen eral ma te rial des ig na tion.” For any “area”
in cat a log ing, cap i tal ize the first word.
Appendix B, “Ab breviations,” lists all the proper forms for ab bre-
viating words, such as Conn. for Con nect i cut, bibl. for bib li og ra phy,
Jan. for Jan uary, etc. Fa miliarity with the ap pendixes al lows prompt
and ef ficient an swers to ques tions that arise.
The rules listed in AACR2R were strictly designed for a man ual
cataloging sys tem and make no men tion of, or ac commodation for, li -
braries that catalog on com puters. For ex ample, al though the au to-
mated catalog makes no dis tinction be tween main and added en tries,