Primary resource: Library of Congress Name Authority File at DRA

• Choose Author search to search for author's name, or Subject search to search for personal names apart from authors, or geographic names.
• Carry out your search, and then choose the link marked (about) next to the entry you retrieve.
• The term marked Heading: is the authoritative form of the name which you should use.

If this fails, then look at the MASTER authority lists

• Personal names
• Geographic names

If all else fails, create your own entry:

• Look at AACR suggestions for formatting personal names or geographic names
• Create your entry using the suggested format, and then add to MASTER authority list

Primary resource: Library of Congress Catalog

• Fill in search form, and click on Search.
• When you reach the record you want, click on the tab marked Full Record.
• If there is a field listed marked Uniform Title, use this, omitting the opening and closing "[" and "]" brackets, and also omitting the phrase "[from old catalog]" if present.
• If there is NO field listed marked Uniform Title, use the field marked Main Title:, omitting any opening definite or indefinite articles (in any language).

If this fails, then look at the MASTER authority list for uniform titles

If all else fails, create your own entry:

• Look at AACR suggestions for formatting uniform titles
• Create your entry using the suggested format, and then add to MASTER authority list

Primary resource: ISO 639-2 list of languages

If this fails, then look at the MASTER authority list for languages

If all else fails, create your own entry:

• Create an entry using a similar format to the ISO 639-2 list
• Add this to MASTER authority list