USMARC FORMAT FOR AUTHORITY DATA: FIELD LIST
1993 Edition, including Update No. 1 (July 1995) and Update No. 2 (March 1997)
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
This document lists all valid and obsolete data elements that may appear in USMARC authority records. It is intended to meet the need for a simple data element list to support MARC system development and online validation of MARC data elements. This listing does not include any descriptions or examples of MARC data elements. Descriptions and examples can be found in the USMARC Concise Authority Format.
--Series Treatment Fields (64X)-- 640 - SERIES DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR VOLUME DESIGNATION (R) Indicators First - Note format style 0 - Formatted style 1 - Unformatted style Second - Undefined Subfield Codes $a - Dates of publication and/or volume designation (NR) $z - Source of information (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) 641 - SERIES NUMBERING PECULIARITIES (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Numbering peculiarities note (NR) $z - Source of information (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) 642 - SERIES NUMBERING EXAMPLE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Series numbering example (NR) $d - Volumes/dates to which series numbering example applies (NR) $5 - Institution/copy to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 643 - SERIES PLACE AND PUBLISHER/ISSUING BODY (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Place (R) $b - Publisher/issuing body (R) $d - Volumes/dates to which place and publisher/issuing body apply (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) 644 - SERIES ANALYSIS PRACTICE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Series analysis practice (NR) f - Analyzed in full p - Analyzed in part n - Not analyzed $b - Exceptions to analysis practice (NR) $d - Volumes/dates to which analysis practice applies (NR) $5 - Institution/copy to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 645 - SERIES TRACING PRACTICE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Series tracing practice (NR) t - Traced as a series added entry n - Not traced as a series added entry $d - Volumes/dates to which tracing practice applies (NR) $5 - Institution/copy to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 646 - SERIES CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Series classification practice (NR) c - Volumes are classified as a collection m - Volumes are classified with main or other series s - Volumes are classified separately $d - Volumes/dates to which classification practice applies (NR) $5 - Institution/copy to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) --Complex Name References (663-666)-- 663 - COMPLEX SEE ALSO REFERENCE--NAME (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Explanatory text (R) $b - Heading referred to (R) $t - Title referred to (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 664 - COMPLEX SEE REFERENCE--NAME (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Explanatory text (R) $b - Heading referred to (R) $t - Title referred to (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 665 - HISTORY REFERENCE (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - History reference (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 666 - GENERAL EXPLANATORY REFERENCE--NAME (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - General explanatory reference (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) --Note Fields (667-68X)-- 667 - NONPUBLIC GENERAL NOTE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Nonpublic general note (NR) $5 - Institution to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 668 - CHARACTERS IN NONROMAN ALPHABETS (R) [OBSOLETE] Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Characters in nonroman alphabet (NR) 670 - SOURCE DATA FOUND (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Source citation (NR) $b - Information found (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) 675 - SOURCE DATA NOT FOUND (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Source citation (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 678 - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA (NR) Indicators First - Type of data # - No information provided 0 - Biographical sketch 1 - Administrative history Second - Undefined Subfield Codes $a - Biographical or historical data (R) $b - Expansion (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) 680 - PUBLIC GENERAL NOTE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Heading or subdivision term (R) $i - Explanatory text (R) $5 - Institution to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 681 - SUBJECT EXAMPLE TRACING NOTE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Subject heading or subdivision term (R) $i - Explanatory text (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 682 - DELETED HEADING INFORMATION (NR) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Replacement heading (R) $i - Explanatory text (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) 688 - APPLICATION HISTORY NOTE (R) Indicators Subfield Codes $a - Application history note (NR) $5 - Institution to which field applies (R) $6 - Linkage (NR)