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<h1>Authorities Help</h1><h2>What is a MARC Authority Record?</h2>

<p>A MARC Authority Record are used to ensure consitency across catalog records by providing a way to define the standard form of names for:</p><ul><li>People (Authors, Editors, Publishers, Illustrators etc)</li><li>Titles</li><li>Subjects</li><li>Organizations (Companies, Academic Instituites etc)</li></ul>For more information about Authority Records with MARC 21 see the tutorial on the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/uma/index.html">Library of Congress website</a>

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