COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BFebruary2021

605 Title used as subject

This field contains a title, which is one of the subjects of the resource.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
605Title used as subjectr
aEntry elementnr
hNumber of partr
iName of partr
kDate of publicationnr
lForm subheadingnr
mLanguagenr
nMiscellaneous informationr
qVersion (or date of version)nr
rMedium of performance (for music)r
sNumeric designation (for music)r
uKey (for music)nr
jArranged statement (for music)nr
xTopical subdivisionr
yGeographical subdivisionr
wForm subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
2System codenr
3Authority record numbernr
6Linking datanr
9Previous authority record number*nr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Name display indicator*
No value
0Not displayed**
1Displayed in catalogues**
2Displayed in bibliographies**
3Displayed in catalogues and bibliographies**
2Not defined

SUBFIELDS

605a Entry element

The short title or title proper.

605h Number of part

The number of a part when the item to which the title refers is only a part of the work named in the title. Repeatable for a subdivided part.

605i Name of part

The name of a part when the item to which the title refers is only a part of the work named in the title. Repeatable for a subdivided part (see examples 3, 10).

605k Date of publication

The date of publication of the item added to the subject heading to distinguish it from other items.

605l Form subheading

A standard phrase added to a subject heading to further specify the uniform title.

605m Language

The language of the item when required as part of the subject heading because it differs from the language usually associated with the work to which the title refers, or when the work does not have a main language. If the work is in more than one language, enter all languages in a single subfield m.

605n Miscellaneous information

Information that cannot be entered in any other subfield (see examples 4, 5, 9).

605q Version (or date of version)

An identification of the version of the work represented by the item; this may be the original date of the version (see example 6).

605r Medium of performance (for music)

The instrumentation of the item.

605s Numeric designation (for music)

A number assigned by the composer or others to distinguish works. The number may be the serial, opus or thematic index number or date used as a number.

605u Key (for music)

The musical key used as part of the uniform title.

605j Arranged statement (for music)

The statement that a musical work is an arrangement.

605x Topical subdivision

A term added to further specify the topic that the subject heading represents (see example 2).

605y Geographical subdivision

A term to further specify a place in relation to the title that the subject heading represents.

605z Chronological subdivision

A term to further specify the time period in relation to the title that the subject heading represents.

605w Form subdivision

A term to further specify the kind or genre of the material (see examples 3, 6, 7, 10).

6052 System code

Code of the system or subject heading list (thesaurus) from which the subject heading is derived. It is recommended that this subfield is always filled in in a field 605.

6053 Authority record number

Identification number of an authority record for a title (see examples 8, 9).

6056 Linking data

A two-digit number (01–99) for linking the 605 fields with the corresponding 965 fields (see example 10).

6059 Previous authority record number*

This subfield is generated automatically in the compatibility process of bibliographic and authority records that are marked to be deleted.

If field 605 is linked to such authority record, the identification number of the authority record, that is used instead of the "deleted" record, is entered automatically in subfield 3 during the compatibility process; the former content of subfield 3 is transferred into subfield 9.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

This field contains a uniform title, since most other titles that are used as subject headings are included in field 604. Any anonymous work, which is the subject of the resource, is entered in field 605. Further information and examples on the contents of subfields are found at field 500. A title proper, which is to be entered in this field, should be entered in subfield a, including any other title information necessary.

Subfield 6056 is used only when a title is not linked to an authority record via subfield 6053.

RELATED FIELDS

604NAME AND TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
When the subject is an author/title, field 604 is used.

EXAMPLES

  1. 605⊔⊔a≠The ≠reporter 2lc
    (The Library of Congress subject heading assigned to the record for Concerned about the planet: 'The reporter' magazine and American liberation, 1949-1968 by Martin K. Doudna.)
  2. 605⊔⊔aBible xAbstracting and indexing 2lc
    (A subject heading assigned to a book about abstracting and indexing the Bible. For the resource which is an index see example 7.)
  3. 605⊔⊔aBible iN.T. iJohn XIII-XVII wCommentaries 2lc
    (A subject heading assigned to Love revealed: meditations on chapters 13–17 of the Gospel by John by George Bowen.)
  4. 605⊔⊔a≠The ≠Archers n(Radio program) 2lc
    (A subject heading assigned to a book entitled Forever Ambridge: thirty years of the Archers, dealing with the history of a serialized radio programme.)
  5. 605⊔⊔aEmpire strikes back n(Motion picture) 2lc
    (A subject heading assigned to the record of Once upon a galaxy: a journal of the making of 'The Empire Strikes back'. The cataloguing agency omits leading articles (cf. example 4).)
  6. 605⊔⊔aAnglo-American cataloguing rules q2nd ed. wCongresses 2lc
    (The subject heading refers specifically to a particular edition of the work. The record in which the subject heading occurs is for Seminar on AACR 2: proceedings of a seminar organised by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the Library Association.)
  7. 605⊔⊔aVariety wIndexes 2lc
  8. *

    605⊔⊔31152872 aKumranski rokopisi 2SGC
  9. *

    605⊔⊔32606696 aRapalska pogodba n1920 2SGC
  10. *

    605⊔⊔aBiblia iN. T. iActus apostolorum wSvetopisemski komentarji 2NUK 601
    965⊔⊔aSveto pismo iNova zaveza iApostolska dela 601
    (A subject heading in the record for the book The Acts of the Apostles.)
  11. * COBISS.net

    605⊔⊔aЗаконик Данила првог 2CG