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.

--Series Statement Fields (4XX)--

    - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME (R)

      Indicators
         First - Type of personal name entry element
            0 - Forename
            1 - Surname
            2 - Multiple surname [OBSOLETE]
            3 - Family name
         Second - Pronoun represents main entry
            0 - Main entry not represented by pronoun
            1 - Main entry represented by pronoun
      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)
         $t - Title of a work (NR)
         $u - Affiliation (NR)
         $v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
         $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
    - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (R)
      Indicators
         First - Type of corporate name entry element
            0 - Inverted name
            1 - Jurisdiction name
            2 - Name in direct order
         Second - Pronoun represents main entry
            0 - Main entry not represented by pronoun
            1 - Main entry represented by pronoun
      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)
         $v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
         $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
    - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME (R)
      Indicators
         First - Type of meeting name entry element
            0 - Inverted name
            1 - Jurisdiction name
            2 - Name in direct order
         Second - Pronoun represents main entry
            0 - Main entry not represented by pronoun
            1 - Main entry represented by pronoun
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element
         (NR)
         $b - Number [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)
         $v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
         $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
         $4 - Relator code (R)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
   440 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE (R)
      Indicators
         First - Undefined
         Second - Nonfiling characters
            0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters present
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Title (NR)
         $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
         $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
         $v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
         $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)
   490 - SERIES STATEMENT (R)
      Indicators
         First - Specifies whether series is traced
            0 - Series not traced
            1 - Series traced differently
         Second - Undefined
      Subfield Codes
         $a - Series statement (R)
         $l - Library of Congress call number (NR)
         $v - Volume number/sequential designation (R)
         $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
         $6 - Linkage (NR)