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Authority control and NACO

♪ Music Cataloging at Yale ♪

RDA
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Yale documentation

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NACO-Music Project

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  • A handbook of examples for use in authority records created by the NACO-Music Project
  • 008 field for name authority records
  • A Handbook of Examples For Use in Authority Records Created By the NACO-Music Project
  • Elements of name authority records
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