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MARC bibliographic records should comply with standards as set forth in these documents:
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed., 2002 revision)
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html
Bibliographic Formats and Standards
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/default.htm
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/currlcri.html
Library of Congress Subject Headings
http://authorities.loc.gov/
Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
CONSER Documentation
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/conser.html
Other documents or sites which may assist you in cataloging include the MARC Standards site from the Library of Congress - Network Development and MARC Standards Office
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc.html) and The Library of Congress Cataloging Policy & Support Office (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/).
Each MOBIUS library is required to exercise authority control over its own database. Libraries may use the Library of Congress Authorities (http://authorities.loc.gov/) and MARC 21 Format for Authority Data (http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html)
websites to assist in authority control.