Many people have questioned the relevancy of “main entry” especially in light of online systems. How is RDA dealing with the concept of “main entry”?
The concept of main entry as used in a card catalogue is no longer applicable in online catalogues, and this term will not be used in RDA. Nevertheless, there is still a need to choose a preferred access point for a work or expression in order to create bibliographic citations, and to collocate works and expressions in the online catalogue. Section 2 of RDA will provide instructions on constructing the preferred access point representing the work or expression.
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