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'''Subject headings for fictitious characters''', imaginary places, fictious organizations, etc. follow the Library of Congress guidelines. CCS policy varies from the LC policy of waiting for the third appearance of a character, by tracing the character sooner if it looks likely to recur.  
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For '''subject headings for fictitious characters''', comic and cartoon characters, imaginary places, fictitious organizations, etc., follow the Library of Congress Subject Heading Manual guidelines H 1610 "Fictitious Characters". For more specific instructions on comic and cartoon characters see H 1430; for legendary characters see H 1795.


Construct the fictitious character heading like a personal name entry:
CCS policy varies from the LC policy of waiting for the third appearance of a character, by tracing the character after the first appearance if it looks likely to recur. Add the character subject heading retrospectively to other records already in the CCS database if the heading is established later.
 
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<code>650 0 Surname, forename (Fictitious character)--Fiction</code>
600 10 Poirot, Hercule {{subfield|c}} (Fictitious character) {{subfield|v}} Fiction.
 
650 &nbsp;0 Simpsons (Fictitious characters) {{subfield|v}} Fiction.
For juvenile fiction, when the character is encountered within the title, series title, or summary note it is not necessary to create a character heading. There are exceptions under
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certain circumstances.
# If there is no other access.
# If the character appears in both adult and juvenile books, e.g., Fox Mulder & Dana Scully of X-Files. If books are in both collections and character headings are already in use in the adult collection, then the headings can be used in juvenile collection with ''&Dagger;x Juvenile fiction.''<ref name="catmin199610">[http://www.ccs.nsls.lib.il.us/ccs/minutes/cat/1996/cat1096.txt Catalogers' minutes, Oct. 1996]</ref>
 
Follow normal Subject Authority file procedure for proposing headings. Search the work being cataloged for mention of other works in which the character appears, or search the CCS database for other fiction works by the same author; look for the character’s name in subtitles or notes. Add the character subject heading to other records already in the CCS database
 
==References==
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==External links==
[http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/fictionpara.html PCC guidelines for Subject Headings for Fictitious Characters, Places, etc.]<br />

Latest revision as of 18:40, 5 August 2020

For subject headings for fictitious characters, comic and cartoon characters, imaginary places, fictitious organizations, etc., follow the Library of Congress Subject Heading Manual guidelines H 1610 "Fictitious Characters". For more specific instructions on comic and cartoon characters see H 1430; for legendary characters see H 1795.

CCS policy varies from the LC policy of waiting for the third appearance of a character, by tracing the character after the first appearance if it looks likely to recur. Add the character subject heading retrospectively to other records already in the CCS database if the heading is established later. 

600 10 Poirot, Hercule ‡c (Fictitious character) ‡v Fiction.
650  0 Simpsons (Fictitious characters) ‡v Fiction.
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