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 Drupal parses this as is, so remove the quotation marks and the source attribution at the end. Drupal parses this as is, so remove the quotation marks and the source attribution at the end.
  
-====650 - Subject Headings (Parsed) - Read Carefully====+====650 - Subject Headings (Parsed)==== 
 +<note important>important</note>
  
 This is an important field that can be difficult at times.  There will usually be multiple 650 field entries.  We want at least one.  **Appendix B** is a batch method for copying large amounts of 650 fields at once through Z39.50. This is an important field that can be difficult at times.  There will usually be multiple 650 field entries.  We want at least one.  **Appendix B** is a batch method for copying large amounts of 650 fields at once through Z39.50.
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 FAST:  **=650  \4$aAtlanta%%--%%Georgia.** FAST:  **=650  \4$aAtlanta%%--%%Georgia.**
  
-LoC is City first with State/Province/Country in parentheses.  FAST is State/Province/Country%%--%%City.  So, take care when manually converting LoC subject terms to FAST.  There are also other differences, for example when dealing with people's names and their birth and death dates, and when dealing with named events (for example the Vietnam War).  Use searchFAST to get the syntax, and then you will know going forward.+LoC is City first with State/Province/Country in parentheses.  FAST is State/Province/Country%%--%%City.  So, take care when manually converting LoC subject terms to FAST.  There are also other differences, for example when dealing with people's names and their birth and death dates, and when dealing with named events (for example the Vietnam War).  Again, use [[https://fast.oclc.org/searchfast/ | searchFAST]] to get the syntax, and then you will know going forward.
  
 The majority of FAST terms can simply be derived from LoC terms by just taking the first part of the LoC subject term.  This is most apparent when it comes to fiction.\\ The majority of FAST terms can simply be derived from LoC terms by just taking the first part of the LoC subject term.  This is most apparent when it comes to fiction.\\
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 For example you may omit this term from the 650 field: For example you may omit this term from the 650 field:
  
-=650  \0$aDetective and mystery fiction.\\+**=650  \0$aDetective and mystery fiction.**\\
  
-There are also deprecated LoC terms to keep an eye out for - some of the old Genre terms for fiction ended in "stories" but the new ones end in "fiction" (these can be removed as well):+There are also deprecated LoC terms to keep an eye out for - some of the old Genre terms for fiction ended in "stories" but the new ones end in "fiction":
  
-=650  \0$aDetective and mystery stories.\\ +**=650  \0$aDetective and mystery stories.**\\ 
-=650  \0$aRomance stories.\\ +**=650  \0$aRomance stories.**\\ 
-=650  \0$aLove stories.\\+**=650  \0$aLove stories.**\\ 
 + 
 +These can be removed as well.
  
 ====655 - Genre Headings (Parsed)==== ====655 - Genre Headings (Parsed)====
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 **Young adult fiction** - treat the same as adult fiction (full genre treatment). **Young adult fiction** - treat the same as adult fiction (full genre treatment).
  
-Canadian terms are used for items by a Canadian auther or are about Canada; Indigenous materials follows the same principle.\\ +**Canadian terms** are used for items by a Canadian auther or are about Canada; Indigenous materials follows the same principle.\\ 
-Picture books are used only for children's literature, usually for the standard 32 page juvenile fictional picture books, but sometimes juvenile non-fiction as well - the picture book is more of a format than just anything with pictures.\\ +**Picture books** are used only for children's literature, usually for the standard 32 page juvenile fictional picture books, but sometimes juvenile non-fiction as well - the picture book is more of a format than just anything with pictures.\\ 
-Illustrated material can be for adult or juvenile non-fiction - it can be a photography book, or an art book with paintings or drawings, or a technical book with diagrams.\\ +**Illustrated material** can be for adult or juvenile non-fiction - it can be a photography book, or an art book with paintings or drawings, or a technical book with diagrams.\\ 
-Biographies and autobiographies will usually have another genre term related to the subject of the biography (ie:  Music if the biography is about a musician).\\+**Biographies and autobiographies** will usually have another genre term related to the subject of the biography (ie:  Music if the biography is about a musician).\\
 Do not use both Canadian drama and Drama - just one term.  Same with Poetry. Do not use both Canadian drama and Drama - just one term.  Same with Poetry.
  
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