USMARC FORMAT FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA: FIELD LIST

1994 Edition, including Update No. 1 (March 1995), Update No. 2 (March 1996), and Update No. 3 (July 1997)

Network Development and MARC Standards Office

This document lists all valid and obsolete data elements that may appear in USMARC bibliographic 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 Bibliographic Format.

--Main Entry Fields (1XX)--

   100 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME (NR)

      Indicators
         First - Type of personal name entry element
            0 - Forename
            1 - Surname
            2 - Multiple surname [OBSOLETE]
            3 - Family name
         Second - Undefined
         Second - Main entry/subject relationship (BK MU SE)
         [OBSOLETE]
            0 - Main entry/subject relationship irrelevant
            1 - Main entry is subject
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Personal name (NR)
         $b - Numeration (NR)
         $c - Titles and other words associated with a name (R)
         $d - Dates associated with a name (NR)
         $e - Relator term (R)
         $f - Date of a work (NR)
         $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
         $k - Form subheading (R)
         $l - Language of a work (NR)
         $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
         $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
         $q - Fuller form of name (NR)
         $t - Title of a work (NR)
         $u - Affiliation (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
   110 - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (NR)
      Indicators
         First - Type of corporate name entry element
            0 - Inverted name
            1 - Jurisdiction name
            2 - Name in direct order
         Second - Undefined
         Second - Main entry/subject relationship (BK MU SE)
         [OBSOLETE]
            0 - Main entry/subject relationship irrelevant
            1 - Main entry is subject
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element
         (NR)
         $b - Subordinate unit (R)
         $c - Location of meeting (NR)
         $d - Date of meeting or treaty signing (R)
         $e - Relator term (R)
         $f - Date of a work (NR)
         $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
         $k - Form subheading (R)
         $l - Language of a work (NR)
         $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R)
         $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
         $t - Title of a work (NR)
         $u - Affiliation (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
   111 - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME (NR)
      Indicators
         First - Type of meeting name entry element
            0 - Inverted name
            1 - Jurisdiction name
            2 - Name in direct order
         Second - Undefined
         Second - Main entry/subject relationship (BK MU SE)
         [OBSOLETE]
            0 - Main entry/subject relationship irrelevant
            1 - Main entry is subject
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element
         (NR)
         $b - Number (BK CF MP MU SE VM MX) [OBSOLETE] 
         $c - Location of meeting (NR)
         $d - Date of meeting (NR)
         $e - Subordinate unit (R)
         $f - Date of a work (NR)
         $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
         $k - Form subheading (R)
         $l - Language of a work (NR)
         $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R)
         $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
         $q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry
         element (NR)
         $t - Title of a work (NR)
         $u - Affiliation (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
   130 - MAIN ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE (NR)
      Indicators
         First - Nonfiling characters
            0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters present
            # - Nonfiling characters not specified [OBSOLETE]
         Second - Undefined
         Second - Main entry/subject relationship (BK MU SE)
         [OBSOLETE]
            0 - Main entry/subject relationship irrelevant
            1 - Main entry is subject
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Uniform title (NR)
         $d - Date of treaty signing (R)
         $f - Date of a work (NR)
         $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
         $h - Medium (NR)
         $k - Form subheading (R)
         $l - Language of a work (NR)
         $m - Medium of performance for music (R)
         $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
         $o - Arranged statement for music (NR)
         $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
         $r - Key for music (NR)
         $s - Version (NR)
         $t - Title of a work (NR)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)