Eighteenth-Century Short Title (ESTC) Records (Additions and Changes to Authority Records)

Authority records for names established by the British Library in connection with the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue project are submitted to the NAF by ESTC North America staff. Since these headings are being provided by a national library, they may not be changed without special permission. Proposed changes should be referred to the NACO Coordinator who will route them to Coop Cat.

ESTC records can be identified by the following elements:

1. The 040 field contains either UK/ESTC-NA or UK/LU-ECT.

2. The first 670 citation is supplied by project staff and might not represent the publication that caused the heading to be established. The parenthetical statement of the title page form may not include all elements in the heading or may reflect a variant form.

3. Cross references might not be justified by information cited in 670 fields.

4. The record will contain a 667 note field reading: Data provided by ESTC/BL.

Eighteenth-Century Short Title Example

See also:

Section II - Additons and Changes to Authority Records