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Standard entry tags

Every catalog record has a particular format consisting of standard entry tags. The most common format is the MARC format with MARC entry tags.

Acorn allows a search to be limited to certain fields and entries within a record. When searching by words or phrase or when searching by everything, type your search expression followed by the entry tag(s) enclosed in braces in the appropriate text field. Acorn locates only the specified entries/fields in the records for your search term. For example, if you enter CHOPIN {100} Acorn searches for items written by Chopin.

Refer to the following table for some of the most common US MARC and Technical Report entry tags:

Entry Tag Definition
100

personal author main entry

245 main title and statements of responsibility
260 publication information including date published
440 series title entry
500 general note
505

contents note

520 summary or abstract
650 topical subject heading
651 geographical subject heading
710 added corporate author
AUTH personal author(s)
CONN contract number
CORP corporate author
CTTL classified title
TITL unclassified title
DATE date entered
DESC descriptors
IDEN identifiers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other record formats may use different entry tags and fields.