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Generally, determine access points for the material being cataloged from its chief source of information. When statements appearing in the chief source are ambiguous or insufficient, use information appearing outside the material and the chief source for

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Generally, determine access points for the material being cataloged from its chief source of information. When statements appearing in the chief source are ambiguous or insufficient, use information appearing outside the material and the chief source for determining access points. However, all access points should be justified1 in the catalog record.

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APPM2 1989

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology