A main haulage road. Where the coal has cleats, main entries are driven at right angles to the face cleats.
The basic catalog entry for a document, usually the author entry, giving all the information necessary for the complete identification of the item.
A library term referring to the complete catalogue record of an item, presented in the form by which the item is to be identified in any other references. It is the main or central identification.
The major access point chosen for a bibliographic record; all others are added entries.
The basic catalogue entry; the main entry has the fullest particulars for the complete identification of a work. In card catalogues – especially dictionary ones – the main entry bears the tracing.
A full catalogue entry giving all the information necessary for identifying a work. The main entry includes the tracings for all other entries, or access points, under which a work is entered in the catalogue. The main entry is usually an author entry.
The entry determined by AACR2 to be the primary access point for the item.
The main access point for an item; it is used in citing an item.
In the days of card catalogs it was necessary to designate a “main” entry so that multiple copies of the card could be printed. This is no longer the case, and AristoCAT® Systems don’t recognize the concept of a main entry at all.
The first point of identification a user will see when looking for an item in a card catalog or automated system. Most items have an "author" main entry; other items produced by many people (See also glossary entry "Shared responsibility') have the title as the main entry. MARC Fields: 1xx, 245.
The principal author or the title of items not ascribed to specific authorship under which the catalog record will be arranged in a single alphabetic listing
The complete catalog record of an item, presented in the form by which the entity is to be uniformly identified and cited. The main entry may include the tracing(s). See also Added entry.
The most complete bibliographic identification of a work contained within a catalog. It will also include tracings of all the other headings under which the same work can be found in the catalog. Usually, the author entry is the main entry in a card catalog.
The primary field of access. Usually the author or in the absence of a responsible person or body, the title of the work.
The entry chosen for a bibliographic record, whether it be a personal or corporate name, or the title of a composite work, a collection, an anonymous work, a periodical or serial, or a uniform title.