source: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/endpunc.htm
Music Cataloging at Yale AACR2
Ending Punctuation for Variable Fields
Updated December 1995
This document is an expanded version of a posting on Autocat by PACSCL (Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries) in December 1992.
1XX | 2XX | 3XX | 4XX | 5XX | 6XX | 7XX | 8XX |
| FIELD |
MUST END IN |
| 100-130 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- |
| 210-240 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 242 |
Last subfield preceding $y ends with a period |
| 243 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 245 |
. |
| 246-247 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 250-257 |
. |
| 260 |
. ) ] - (Serials may end in , at end of $b) |
| 261 |
. |
| 262 |
. ) ] - |
| 263-270 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 300 |
(when 4XX is present) . |
| 300 |
(when NO 4XX is present) . ) ] |
| 306 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 307 |
. |
| 310-321 |
never ADD punctuation (Serials may end in , at end of $b) |
| 340 |
. ) ] |
| 342 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 343-352 |
. |
| 355-357 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 362 |
. - |
| 400-490 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 500-501 |
. > " ? ! - -- * (See footnote) |
| 502-504 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 505 0 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 505 1 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 505 2 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 506-508 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 510 |
never ADD punctuation ($b may end with a -) |
| 511-511 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 516 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 518-530 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 533 |
. > " ? ! - -- * (See footnote) |
| 534 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 535-536 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 538-562 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 565 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 567-581 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 583 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 584-585 |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 586 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 59X |
. > " ? ! - -- |
| 600-630 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- |
| 650-651 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- * (see footnote) |
| 653 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 654-655 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- * (see footnote) |
| 656-657 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- * (see footnote) An index term followed by a subject subdivision does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the preceding term ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, open date, or other data that end with a mark of punctuation) |
| 658 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- * (see footnote) |
| 69X |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- |
| 700-730 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- |
| 740 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- * (see footnote) |
| 752 |
. (unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation) |
| 753 |
never ADD punctuation |
| 754 |
. * (see footnote) |
| 755 |
. (unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation) * (see footnote) |
| 76X-78X |
$a ends with a . Never ADD punctuation, unless an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a period is present, or subfield $a is the last subfield |
| 800-830 |
. ) ] " ? ! - -- |
| 856 |
never ADD punctuation (if $z is the last subfield, this may include a mark of punctuation) |
| 886 |
never ADD punctuation |
If the final subfield is $2 (or $3, $5 or $7), the punctuation precedes the subfield.
Updated and posted to AUTOCAT by Becky Ringler, Original Cataloger, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, (619) 534-8640, rringler@ucsd.edu
Web version created by Mickey Koth Yale University Music Library
Last revised Apr. 3, 2003.
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