Select MARC Bibliographic Fields for Describing a Book

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245 - TITLE STATEMENT (NR)

The title and statement of responsibility area of the bibliographic description of a work.

Indicators

  • First - Title added entry
    A value that indicates whether a title added entry is to be generated from field 245.
  • 0 - No added entry
    No title added entry is made either because no title added entry is desired or because the title added entry is not traced the same as the title in field 245.
  • 1 - Added entry
    The desired title added entry is the same as the title in field 245.
  • Second - Nonfiling characters
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Title (NR)
  • $b - Remainder of title (NR)
  • $c - Statement of responsibility, etc. (NR)

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246 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE (R)

A form of the title appearing on different parts of an item or a portion of the title proper, or an alternative form of the title when the form differs significantly from the title contained in field 245.

Indicators

  • First - Note/added entry controller
    A value that indicates whether an added entry for the title is to be generated.
  • 0 - Note, no added entry
  • 1 - Note, added entry
  • 2 - No note, no title added entry
  • 3 - No note, added entry
  • Second - Type of title
    A value that indicates the type of title contained in field 246 and controls the generation of a note and an associated display constant. All of the values except 0 and 1 generate a note field.
  • # - No type specified
  • 0 - Portion of title
    An added entry may be generated by first indicator value 1. No note is generated.
  • 1 - Parallel title
    The parallel title that is contained in subfield $b of field 245. No note is generated.
  • 2 - Distinctive title
    A special title that appears in addition to the regular title on individual issues of an item and by which the issue may be known. Distinctive title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 3 - Other title
    A title that appears on the piece that is not more appropriately indicated by one of the other values. Other title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 4 - Cover title
    A title that is printed on the original cover of a publication or lettered or stamped on the publisher's binding and which is used when the cover is not the chief source of the bibliographic description. Cover title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 5 - Added title page title
    A title in another language found on a title page that is not used as the chief source of the bibliographic description. Added title page title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 6 - Caption title
    A title printed at the head of the first page of text. Caption title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 7 - Running title
    A title printed at the top or bottom margin of each page of a publication. Running title: may be generated with the note for display.
  • 8 - Spine title
    A publisher's title found on the spine of a publication. Spine title: may be generated with the note for display.

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Title proper/short title (NR)
  • $b - Remainder of title (NR)

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250 - EDITION STATEMENT (NR)

Information relating to the edition of a work as determined by applicable cataloging rules.

Indicators

  • First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Edition statement (NR)
  • $b - Remainder of edition statement (NR)
    Usually, a statement of personal or corporate responsibility and/or a parallel edition statement.

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264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)

Statement relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work.

Indicators

  • First - Sequence of statements
  • # - Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest
  • 2 - Intervening
  • 3 - Current/latest
  • Second - Function of entity
  • 0 - Production
  • 1 - Publication
  • 2 - Distribution
  • 3 - Manufacture
  • 4 - Copyright notice date

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R)
  • $b - Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R)
  • $c - Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice (R)

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300 - Physical Description (R)

A physical description of the described item, including its extent, dimensions, and such other physical details as a description of any accompanying materials and unit type and size.

Indicators

  • First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Extent (R)
    The number of pages, volumes, cassettes, total playing time, etc., of the described item.
  • $b - Other physical details (NR)
    Physical characteristics such as illustrative matter, coloration, playing speed, groove characteristics, presence and kind of sound, number of channels, and motion picture presentation format.
  • $c - Dimensions (R)
    Expressed in centimeters, millimeters, or inches; may include a parenthetical qualifier giving the format of the item (e.g., (fol.), (8vo)).
  • $e - Accompanying material (NR)
    May include a parenthetical physical description of the accompanying material.

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336 - Content Type (R)

The form of communication through which a work is expressed. Used in conjunction with Leader /06 (Type of record), which indicates the general type of content of the resource. Field 336 information enables expression of more specific content types and content types from various lists.

Multiple content types from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a (Content type term) and subfield $b (Content type code). Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Indicators

First - Undefined

o# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

o# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Content type term (R)

$b - Content type code (R)

$2 - Source (NR)

oCode from: Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes. (

Example for a book:

336 ## $a text $2 rdacontent

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337 - Media Type (R)

Media type reflects the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource. Used as an alternative to or in addition to the coded expression of Media type in field 007/00 (Category of material). Field 337 information enables indication of more specific media types and media types from various lists.

Multiple media types from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a (Media type term) and subfield $b (Media type code). Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Media type term (R)

$b - Media type code (R)

$2 - Source (NR)

Code from: Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes.

Example for a book:

337 ## $a unmediated $2 rdamedia

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338 - Carrier Type (R)

Carrier type reflects the format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier in combination with the media type (which indicates the intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource). Used as an alternative to or in addition to the coded expression of carrier type in field 007/01 (Specific material designation). Field 338 information enables indication of more specific carrier types and carrier types from various lists.

Multiple media types from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a (Carrier type term) and subfield $b (Carrier type code). Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Indicators

First - Undefined

o# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

o# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Carrier type term (R)

oTerm for the category of carrier used to convey the content of the resource.

$b - Carrier type code (R)

oCode for the category of carrier used to convey the content of the resource.

$2 - Source (NR)

Example for a book:

338 ## $a volume $2 rdacarrier

______500 - GENERAL NOTE (R)

General information for which a specialized 5XX note field has not been defined.

Indicators

  • First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - General note (NR)

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504 - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE (R)

Information on the presence of one or more bibliographies, discographies, filmographies, and/or other bibliographic references in a described item or in accompanying material.

Indicators

  • First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Bibliography, etc. note (NR)

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505 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE (R)

The titles of separate works or parts of an item or the table of contents. The field may also contain statements of responsibility and volume numbers or other sequential designations.

Indicators

  • First - Display constant controller
    Controls the generation of an introductory phrase.
  • 0 - Contents
  • 1 - Incomplete contents
    All parts of a multipart item are not listed because they were not available for analysis. Incomplete contents: may be generated for display.
  • 2 - Partial contents
    All parts were available for analysis but only selected parts are listed. Partial contents: may be generated for display.
  • 8 - No display constant generated
  • Second - Level of content designation
  • # - Basic
  • 0 - Enhanced

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Formatted contents note (NR)
    The format of the note is determined by the relevant cataloging rules.
  • $g - Miscellaneous information (R)
  • $r - Statement of responsibility (R)
  • $t - Title (R)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
    The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.

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520 - SUMMARY, ETC. (R)

Unformatted information that describes the scope and general contents of the materials. This could be a summary, abstract, annotation, review, or only a phrase describing the material.

The level of detail appropriate in a summary may vary depending on the audience for a particular product. When a distinction between levels of detail is required, a brief summary is given in subfield $a and a fuller annotation is given in subfield $b.

The text is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.

Indicators

  • First - Display constant controller
    Controls the generation of an introductory phrase.
  • # - Summary
  • 0 - Subject
  • 1 - Review
  • 2 - Scope and content
  • 3 - Abstract
  • 8 - No display constant generated
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - Summary, etc. note (NR)

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538 - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE (R)

Technical information about an item, such as the presence or absence of certain kinds of codes; or the physical characteristics of a computer file, such as recording densities, parity, blocking factors, mode of access, software programming language, computer requirements, peripheral requirements, trade name or recording systems, number of lines of resolution, and modulation frequency. For sound and videorecordings, information about the trade name or recording system(s) (e.g., VHS), modulation frequency and number of lines of resolution may be included.

Links to technical details relating to digital resources may also be recorded.

Indicators

  • First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
  • Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

  • $a - System details note (NR)
  • $i - Display text (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

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