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
Libraries Australia usage: for use as a Name record, coded as MARC 110. For subject usage, follow LC/NAF and tag as 151 (AN 000036450792).
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{deg}0{softsign}South, 159{deg}0{softsign}East; 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 {acute}etat m{acute}elan{acute}esien, 1984: t.p. (iles Salomon) p. 1, etc. (independent since 1978; capital, Honiara)
