24X Subfield $a - Title:  [242, 245]

- Title proper/Short title:  [246, 247]

Subfield $a contains the title proper and alternative title, excluding the designation of the number or name of a part.  Subfield $a also contains the first title of separate works (by the same or different authors/composers) in a collection lacking a collective title.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $a includes all the information up to and including the first mark of ISBD punctuation (e.g., an equal sign ( = ), a colon ( : ), a semicolon ( ; ), or a slash ( / ), or the medium designator, e.g., [microform]).

Examples:

245  10  $aMap of Amish farmland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

245  00  $aProceedings /$c ...

245  00  $aETZ :$b ...

245  00  $aJohn Eager Howard.

245  13  $aal-Sharq al-`Arabī.

245  13  $aAn interpretation of Zarahemla ...

245  10  $aNineteenth-century bird prints.

245  10  $aUnder the hill, or, The story of Venus and Tannhauser.

245  10  $a[Seventeen poems].

245  00  $aConcerto for piano, with chamber music ensemble, op. 26 (1961).

245  00  $aHamlet ;$bRomeo and Juliette ; Othello ...

245  00  $aOklahoma$h[sound recording] ;$bCarousel ; South Pacific ...

245  00  $aPortals to the world.$pSelected Internet resources.$pMaldives$h[electronic resource] /$ccreated and maintained by the Asian Division, Area Studies Directorate.

To return, select:

242  Translation of Title by Cataloging Agency

245  Title Statement

246  Varying Form of Title

247  Former Title