USMARC Concise Bibliographic: Note Fields (Part 1: 50X-535)


Fields 500-535 contain notes relating to aspects of bibliographic items that are not specific to any particular type of material or control (e.g., archival control). Specialized note fields are used when access to the data is neededand/or the note is introduced by a distinctive word or phrase. Field 500 is used for all other note information.

500 - GENERAL NOTE (R)


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

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


500
##$aRecast in bronze from artist's plaster original of 1903.

500
##$aCaption title.

500
##$aProgram notes by Phillip Ramey on album.

500
##$aBased on a play which originally appeared in France as "Un peu plus tard, un peu plus tot."

500
##$aImprint stamped on verso of t.p.

500
##$aThree-dimensional film: Natural vision.

500
##$aSlides in pocket.

500
##$aIncludes index.

500
##$a"The first American Jewish weekly of its kind"--The Jewish encyclopedia, v. 8.

500
##$aSubsequent publishers: William M. Swain & Co., 1857-64; George W. Childs, 1864. Cf. Pa. Hist. Commission. A checklist of Pa. newspapers.

500
##$aFrom the papers of the Chase family. $5DLC

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501 - WITH NOTE (R)


A note that is used when more than one bibliographic work is contained in a physical item at the time of publishing, release, issue, or execution. The works usually have distinctive titles and lack a collective title.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


501
##$aWith: The reformed school / John Dury. London : Printed for R. Wasnothe, [1850]

501
##$aWith: Peer Gynt (Suite) no. 1-2 / Edvard Grieg -- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche / Richard Strauss.

501
##$aWith (on verso): Motor road map of south- east England.

501
##$aMounted on a wooden stand to form a pair with: Bale's New celestial globe, 1845.

501
##$aIn cassette with: Dissection of the brain stem: inferior and superior cerebellar peduncle -- Dissection of the hemispheres: long association bundles -- Dissection of the hemispheres: extreme and external capsules and related structures.

501
##$aOn reel with: They're in the Army now.

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502 - DISSERTATION NOTE (R)


The designation of an academic dissertation or thesis and the institution to which it was presented. (A note that describes the relationship of a work to a dissertation or thesis is recorded in field 500).

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


502
##$aThesis (M.A.)--University College, London, 1969.

502
##$aInaug.--Diss.--Heidelberg, 1972.

502
##$aKarl Schmidt's thesis (doctoral)--Ludwig- Maximilians-Universit„t, Munich, 1965.

502
##$aMemoire de stage (3e cycle)--Universite de Nantes, 1981.

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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


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


504
##$aBibliography: p. 238-239.

504
##$aSources: p. 125-152.

504
##$aIncludes bibliographical references.

504
##$aDiscography: p. 105-111.

504
##$aFilmography: v. 2, p. 344- 360.

504
##$aIncludes bibliographies and index.

504
##$aChronological list of the author's works: p. 469-475.

504
##$a"Literature cited": p. 67-68. $b19



504
##$a"Spisok izdannikh knig": p. 277.

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505 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE (NR)


The titles of separate works or parts of an item or the table of contents of a finding aid for materials under archival control. The field may also contain statements of responsibility and volume numbers or other sequential designations.

Indicators

Examples


505
0#$apt. 1. Carbon -- pt. 2. Nitrogen -- pt. 3. Sulphur -- pt. 4. Metals.

505
0#$aHow these records were discovered -- A short sketch of the Talmuds -- Constantine's letter.

505
00$gvol. 1. $tThe history of Anne Arundel County.-- $gvol. 2. $tThe history of ... [intermediate volumes omitted from example] -- $gvol. 23. $tThe history of Prince Georges County --

505
80$gvol. 24.$tThe history of Washington County beginning in 1884 -- $gvol. 25. $tState manifest and birth record (1764- 1977).

505
8#$aContents on sound disk: A suitable tone ; Left hand colouring ; Rhythm and accent ; Tempo ; Flexibility ; Ornaments -- Sonata in D major, op. V, no. 1 / Corelli -- Sonata in G minor / Purcell (with Robert Donington, gamba) -- Forlane from Concert royal no. 3 / Couperin.

505
00$tQuark models / $rJ. Rosner -- $tIntroduction to gauge theories of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions / $rC. Quigg -- $tDeep inelastic leptognnucleon scattering / $rD.H. Perkins -- $tJet phenomena / $rM. Jacob -- $tAn accelerator design study / $rR.R. Wilson -- $tLectures in accelerator theory / $rM. Month.

505
00$tQuatrain II $g(16:35) -- $tWater ways $g(1:57) -- $tWaves $g(10:49).

505
20$tBaptisms, 1816-1872 -- $tChurch members, 1816-1831 -- $tHistory of the Second Presbyterian Church of West Durham / $rby L. H. Fellows.

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506 - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE (R)


Information on the restrictions that govern access to or the limited distribution of the described materials.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


506
##$aClassified.

506
##$aFor official use only.

506
##$3Office files of Under Secretary $aNo one may examine these records or obtain information from them or copies of them except by written permission; $bSecretary of the Treasury or his duly authorized representative; $cKept in remote storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

506
##$aRestricted access; $cWritten permission required; $bDonor.

506
##$aRestricted: cannot be viewed until 2010; $dMembers of donor's family.

506
##$aClassified under national security provisions; $bDepartment of Defense; $eTitle 50, chapter 401, U.S.C.

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507 - SCALE NOTE FOR GRAPHIC MATERIAL (NR)


In the VM specifications, this field contains the scale of architectural drawings or three-dimensional artifacts. In the MP specifications, the scale of an item is contained in this field only in pre-AACR 2 cataloging records. Scale information is contained in field 255 (Mathematical Data Area) in AACR 2 formulated records.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


507
##$aScale 1:10 of the original.

507
##$aScale 1/16 in. to 1 ft.

507
##$aScale 1:500,000; $b1 in. equals 8 miles.

507
##$bPerspective map not drawn to scale.

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508 - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE (NR)


The names of the persons (other than members of the cast) or organizations who participated in the artistic or technical production of the work. The introductory term Credits: that customarily precedes the names is not carried in the USMARC record. It may be generated based on the field tag.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


508
##$aProducer, Joseph N. Ermolieff ; director, Lesley Selander ; screenplay, Theodore St. John ; music director, Michel Michelet.

508
##$aMusic, Michael Fishbein ; camera, George Mo.



508
##$aFilm editor, Martyn Down ; narrator, Margaret Throsby ; consultant, Robert F. Miller.

508
##$aPhotographer, Richard Beymer ; film editor, Charles Pavlich ; narrator, Patty Duke Astin.

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510 - CITATION/REFERENCES NOTE (R)


Citations or references to published bibliographic descriptions, reviews, abstracts, or indexes of the content of the described item.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


510
1#$aEducation index, $b1966-, $x0013- 1385

510
2#$aMoving picture world, $b1975-

510
4#$aAlgae abstracts, $cv. 3, W73-11952

510
4#$aGoff, $cA- 970

510
2#$aChemical abstracts, $x0009-2258

510
4#$331911 Arctic field notebook $aDay, Harold. "Statistical Methods for Population Transport Estimation," Journal of Ecological Studies, $cvol. 7, 1974, p. 187

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511 - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE (R)


The names of the participants, players, narrators, presenters, or performers.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


511
0#$aComedy skits performed by Second City.

511
1#$aAnne Baxter (Louise), Maria Perschy (Angela), Gustavo Rojo (Bill), Reginald Gilliam (Mr. Johnson), [Catherine Elliot?] (Aunt Sallie), Ben Tatar (waiter).

511
0#$aMarshall Moss, violin ; Neil Roberts, harpsichord.

511
0#$aVoices: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Andy Devine.

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513 - TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED NOTE (R)


Information on the type of report and the period covered by the report.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


513
##$aInterim report; $bJan.- July 1977.

513
##$aQuarterly technical progress report; $bJan.-Apr. 1, 1977.

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514 - DATA QUALITY NOTE (NR) [PROVISIONAL]


Contains a note that provides a general assessment of the quality of the data set constituting the item.
For cartographic material, recommendations on tests to be performed and information to be reported are found in the Spatial Data Transfer Standard (FIPS 173).

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


514
##$aThe map layer that displays Special Feature Symbols shows the approximate location of small (less than 2 acres in size) areas of soils ... [subfield $a shortened in this example] $dQuarter quadrangles edited and joined internally and to surrounding quads. All known errors corrected. $eThe combination of spatial linework layer, Special Feature Symbols layer, and attribute data are considered a complete SSURGO dataset. $fThe actual on ground transition between the area represented by the Special Feature Symbol and the surrounding soils generally is very narrow with a well defined edge. The center of the feature area was compiled and digitized as a point. The same standards for compilation and digitizing used for line data were applied to the development of the Special Feature Symbols layer.

514
##$bApproximately 95%.

514
##$aHorizontal position accuracy 1-3 meters $fDifferential GPS $g3 meters $hStatic tests $iBar test $jOne foot $kBar check

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515 - NUMBERING PECULIARITIES NOTE (R)


An unformatted description of irregularities and peculiarities in numbering or publishing patterns, report year coverage, revised editions, and/or issuance in parts.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


515
##$aVols. 53 and 54 combined.

515
##$aDesignation New series dropped with v. 38, 1908.

515
##$aSome issues lack volume numbering.

515
##$aSuspended 1926-1929, 1936.

515
##$aNo banquet held in 1914.

515
##$aIssued in parts.

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516 - TYPE OF COMPUTER FILE OR DATA NOTE (R)


A general descriptor that characterizes a file (e.g., text, computer program, numeric). Specific information such as the form or genre of textual material (e.g., biography, indexes) also may be included. The general type of file is coded in field 008/26 (Type of computer file).

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


516
##$aComputer programs

516
##$aNumeric (Summary statistics)

516
##$aNumeric (Spatial data: Point)

516
##$aText (Law reports and digests)

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518 - DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE (R)


Textual information on the date/time and/or place of creation, capture, or broadcast associated with an event or the finding of a naturally occurring object. This information in coded form is contained in field 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event).

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


518
##$aRecorded in Vienna in 1961, previously released as WST 17035.

518
##$aFound on March 5, 1975, in Richmond, Tex.

518
##$aFilmed on location in Rome and Venice from January through June 1976.

518
##$aRecorded Aug. 29-31, 1977, Smetana Hall, Prague (the 1st work) and Nov. 21-23, 1966, "Stadion" Studio, Brno (the 2nd).

518
##$aBroadcast October 17, 1954 at 7:30 p.m. (PST).

518
##$3Horse $aCast in 1925.

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520 - SUMMARY, ETC. (R)


Contains 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

Subfield Codes

Examples


520
##$aAn illustrated collection of nursery rhymes set to music.

520
0#$aTwo head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, one frame held by eagle.

520
##$aDescribes associations made between different animal species for temporary gain or convenience as well as more permanent alliances formed for mutual survival.

520
##$aMiscellaneous cartographic records with an emphasis on biogeography of the United States and Alaska, 1872- 1941. $bIncludes published and photoprocessed maps of Alaska and coastal waters, 1888-90, many of which were compiled from surveys made on the "Albatross";- maps, 1908-19, annotated by the Alaskan Fisheries Division ...

520
##$aPublic release motion pictures, 1915- 37. $bIncludes films on control of rats, prairie dogs and porcupines; fish culture in the United States and pearl culture in Japan; inspection trip to Alaska by Service officials; life in a Boy Scout camp and Air Service bombing techniques in 1921.

520
1#$a"Combines the most frequently asked questions regarding AIDS with the most prominent US physician, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, resulting in an informative 38-minute production"--Cf. Video rating guide for libraries, winter 1990.

520
##$aPapers "originally commissioned as course material for a series of continuing legal education seminars"-- Pref., v. 1.

520
2#$aFonds consists of minutes of meetings, research files relating to the delivery of health case services in Nova Scotia, recorded...

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521 - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE (R)


Information that identifies the specific audience or intellectual level for which the content of the described item is considered appropriate.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


521
0#$a3.1.

521
1#$a008-012.

521
2#$a7 & up.

521
3#$aVision impaired $afine motor skills impaired $aaudio learner $bLENOCA.

521
4#$aHighly motivated $ahigh interst $bLENOCA.

521
##$aProgram designed for geographers, planners, geologists, meteorologists and others who have a professional interest in analyzing spatial data.

521
8#$a"Roman Catholics."

521
8#$aMPAA rating: R.

521
0#$a5.

521
3#$3Puzzles $aTactile learner.

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522 - GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE NOTE (NR)


Information on the geographic coverage of the described material (usually survey material). This information in coded form may be contained in field 052 (Geographic Classification Code).

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


522
8#$aCounty-level data from four Northwestern states (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington).

522
##$aCanada.

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524 - PREFERRED CITATION OF DESCRIBED MATERIALS NOTE (R)


The format of the citation of the described materials that is preferred by the custodian.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


524
##$aJames Hazen Hyde Papers, 1891-1941, New York Historical Society.

524
##$aALS, S.W. Johnson to J.H. Hyde, January 17, 1923, in the James Hazen Hyde Papers, 1891-1941, New York Historical Society.

524
##$aSmithsonian Archives Record Unit 54, Joseph Henry Collection, 1808, 1825-1878, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3.

524
##$aDepartment of Public Instruction. Division of Management, Planning and Federal Services. Public School Enrollment, 1974-1975. Computer file.

524
##$3Bundeswildschutzverordnung $aBWildSchV $2publshr

524
##$aC.A.S. $2glc/1988

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525 - SUPPLEMENT NOTE (R)


Information on the existence of supplements or special issues (usually unnamed) that are neither cataloged as separate records nor recorded in field 770 (Supplement/Special Issue Entry).

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


525
##$aSupplements accompany some issues.

525
##$aSeparately paged supplement accompanies v. 5.

525
##$aVols. for 1961- - kept up to date by midyear supplements. Cf. New serial titles.

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530 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE (R)


Availability information concerning a different physical format in which the described item is available.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


530
##$aIssued as Beta 1/2 in. or VHS 1/2 in. or U- matic 3/4 in.

530
##$aCOM fiche and hard copies available for consultation.

530
##$aIssued also as 16 mm. filmstrip in cartridge and as slide set and as videorecording.

530
##$aIssued also as a motion picture.

530
##$aAvailable on microfiche.

500
##$aIssued in 1978 in longer version (51 min.).

530
##$aPhotoreproduced facsimile version; $bPublished as Dudley, Cuthbert, ed., The Novel of Lord Ethelbert of Waxlot (Oxford University Press, 1973).

530
##$aAvailable in microfilm as part of the Papers of Grover P. Stover; $bDocumentary Microfilms, 450 East 52nd St., New York, N.Y. 10006; $cBuyers must acquire entire film set; $dDM-GPS81.

530
##$3Ethnic enrollment study data $aAvailable in computer file and in computer output microfiche; $bState Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.

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533 - REPRODUCTION NOTE (R)


Descriptive data for a reproduction of an original item when the main portion of the bibliographic record describes the original item and the data differ.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


533
##$aMicrofilm. $bWashington, D.C. : $cUnited States Historical Documents Institute, $d[1972] $e12 reels ; 35 mm. $7s1972####dcun#a

533
##$aPositive photograph. $bRome : $cVatican Archives. $e18 cm. x 12 cm.

533
##$aPhotocopy. $bSeattle, Wash. : $cUniversity of Washington, $d1979. $e28 cm.

533
##$aMicrofilm. $mVol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1837)-v. 20, no. 12 (Dec. 1856). $bWashington, D.C. $cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service, $d1971. $e3 microfilm reels; 35 mm. $nIssues for 1853- 1856 on reel with: Journal of the American Temperance Union and the New York prohibitionist, v. 21, no. 7 (July 1857)-v. 24 (1860).

533
##$3Corrrespondence files $aMicrofilm. $bMiddleton, Conn., $cWesleyan University Archives, $d1973. $e35 mm. negative. $7s1973####ctun#a

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534 - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE (R)


Descriptive data for an original item when the main portion of the bibliographic record describes a reproduction of that item and the data differ.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


534
##$pOriginally issued: $aFrederick, John. $tLuck. $nPublished in: Argosy, 1919.

534
##$pOriginally published: $cNew York : Harper & Row, 1972, $b1st ed.

534
##$pReproduction of: $tFemme nue en plein air, $c1876. $e1 art original : oil, col. ; 79 x 64 cm. $lIn Louvre Museum, Paris.

534
##$pReprint. Originally published: $cOxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1963. $f(International series of monographs on electromagnetic waves ; v. 4).

534
##$pOriginal: $nWatercolor in the $lPicture Division, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, $emeasures 29.344 x 32.5 cm. (sheet).

534
##$pOriginally issued: $cLondon, 1920, $mat scale 1:50,000.

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535 - LOCATION OF ORIGINALS/DUPLICATES NOTE (R)


The name and address of the repository that has custody of the original or a duplicate copy of the described material when either is housed in a repository different from that of the material being described.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


535
1#$3Coal reports $aAmerican Mining Congress; $b1920 N St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036; $d202-861- 2800



535
2#$3Harrison papers $aNeils Bohr Library, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics; $b335 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017

535
2#$3Duplicate transcripts $aPennsylvania State University Archives; $bUniversity Park, PA

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