Solomon Islands (Geographic Name)

SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is used both for works on the non-jurisdictional island group that includes Buka, Bougainville, and nearby smaller islands in Papua New Guinea and for works on the independent nation called the Solomon Islands. As a geographic subdivision, this heading is used directly.

AACR 1 form: Solomon Islands

Its Forestry Div. Solomon Islands timbers, 1976 (subdiv.) t.p. (Solomon Islands)

Yrbk. of the Commonwealth, 1977: p. 619 (Solomon Islands: the British Solomon Islands; amendment order, 1975, effective from July 1975, changed the official name of the protectorate to Solomon Islands, its protectorate status remained unchanged; self government 1/2/76)

Phone call to BGN, 11/15/78 (Solomon Islands, 8°0ʹSouth, 159°0ʹEast; no other form of name)

Int. yrbk. & statesmen's WW, 1985 (Solomon Islands; constit. monarchy with Queen of England as head of state; July 7, 1978 Independence Day)

Huetz de Lemps, C. Un jeune état mélanésien, 1984: t.p. (iles Salomon) p. 1, etc. (independent since 1978; capital, Honiara)

Carmela. ha-Ḳanibal ha-tarbuti, 1983: t.p. (Iye Shelomoh)

Kilpatrick, C.W. The naval night battles in the Solomons, c1987.

Queirós, P.F. Viaje a las Islas Salomón, c1990.

Fei-chi kuo, So-lo-men chʻün tao, Hsi Sa-mo-ya chʻün tao Hua chʻiao ... 1991: cover p. 4 (So-lo-men tao) p. 26, etc. (Solomon Islands; So-lo-men)