Common MARC bibliographic fields and subfields for monographs

Scope

This document provides a quick reference of commonly used MARC bibliographic fields and subfields in monographic cataloging.

For additional fields and more detailed information, refer to:

Contents

0XX fields

010 - Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
|a - Library of Congress control number
|z - Canceled/invalid LC control number

020 - International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
|a - International Standard Book Number
|z - Canceled/invalid ISBN

022 - International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
|a - International Standard Serial Number
|z - Canceled/invalid ISSN

024 - Other Standard Identifier
|a - Standard number or code
|z - Canceled/invalid standard code

035 - System Control Number
|a - System control number (e.g., OCLC control number)
|z - Canceled/invalid system control number

040 - Cataloging Source
|a - Original cataloging agency
|b - Language of cataloging (eng only)
|e - Description conventions

050 - Library of Congress Call Number
|a - Classification number
|b - Item/Cutter number

090 - Locally Assigned LC-Type Call Number
|a - Classification number
|b - Local Item/Cutter number

1XX fields

100 - Main Entry: Personal Name
|a - Personal name
|c - Titles & other words associated with a name
|d - Dates associated with a name
|e - Relator term
|q - Fuller form of name
|0 - Authority record control number

110 - Main Entry: Corporate Name
|a - Corporate name or jurisdiction name
|b - Subordinate unit
|e - Relator term
|0 - Authority record control number

111 - Main Entry: Meeting Name
|a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name
|c - Location of meeting
|d - Date of meeting
|e - Subordinate unit
|j - Relator term
|n - Number of meeting
|0 - Authority record control number

2XX fields

245 - Title Statement
|a - Title
|b - Remainder of title
|c - Statement of responsibility
|n - Number of part/section of a work
|p - Name of part/section of a work

246 - Varying Form of Title
|a - Title proper/short title

250 - Edition Statement
|a - Edition statement
|b - Remainder of edition statement

264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, & Copyright Notice
|a - Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture
|b - Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer
|c - Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture

3XX fields

300 - Physical Description
|a - Extent (pagination)
|b - Other physical details (illustrations, maps, etc.)
|c - Dimensions (height or height x width)
|e - Accompanying material

336 - Content Type
|a - Content type term
|b - Content type code
|2 - Source

337 - Media Type
|a - Media type term
|b - Media type code
|2 - Source

338 - Carrier Type
|a - Carrier type term
|b - Carrier type code
|2 - Source

4XX fields

490 - Series Statement (as transcribed from the resource)
|a - Series statement
|v - Volume number/sequential designation
|x - International Standard Serial Number

5XX fields

500 - General Note
|a - General note

504 - Bibliography, Etc. Note
|a - Bibliography, etc. note

505 - Formatted Contents Note
|a - Formatted contents note
|r - Statement of responsibility
|t - Title

520 - Summary, Etc.
|a - Summary, etc.
|c - Assigning source

6XX fields

600 - Subject Heading: Personal Name
|a - Personal name
|c - Titles & other words associated with a name
|d - Dates associated with a name
|q - Fuller form of name
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

610 - Subject Heading: Corporate Name
|a - Corporate name or jurisdiction name
|b - Subordinate unit
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

611 - Subject Heading: Meeting Name
|a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name
|c - Location of meeting
|d - Date of meeting
|e - Subordinate unit
|n - Number of meeting
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

650 - Subject Heading: Topical Term
|a - Topical term
|v - Form subdivision
|x - General subdivision
|y - Chronological subdivision
|z - Geographic subdivision
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

651 - Subject Heading: Geographic Name
|a - Geographic name
|v - Form subdivision
|x - General subdivision
|y - Chronological subdivision
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

655 - Index Term: Genre/Form
|a - Genre/form data
|0 - Authority record control number
|2 - Source of heading

7XX fields

700 - Added Entry: Personal Name (editors and/or additional authors)
|a - Personal name
|c - Titles & other words associated with a name
|d - Dates associated with a name
|e - Relator term
|q - Fuller form of name
|0 - Authority record control number

710 - Added Entry: Corporate Name
|a - Corporate name or jurisdiction name
|b - Subordinate unit
|e - Relator term
|0 - Authority record control number

711 - Added Entry: Meeting Name
|a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name
|c - Location of meeting
|d - Date of meeting
|e - Subordinate unit
|j - Relator term
|n - Number of meeting
|0 - Authority record control number

776 - Additional Physical Form Entry
|i - Relationship information
|a - Main entry heading
|c - Qualifying information
|t - Title
|b - Edition
|d - Place, publisher, & date of publication
|z - ISBN
|w - Record control number

8XX fields

830 - Series Added Entry: Uniform Title
|a - Uniform title
|v - Volume number/sequential designation
|x - International Standard Serial Number
|0 - Authority record control number

9XX fields - Local

955 - Cataloging Statistics
|a - Date
|b - Cataloger initials
|c - Statistics code

999 - Shelf-ready Call Number
Included in vendor-supplied records when loaded to Alma; deleted automatically every month.
|a - Classification part
|b - Item part
|c - Call number prefix

Host bibliographic records

Inventory control records - single item is cataloged and represented by separate bibliographic records (e.g., two titles bound together as a single item).

245 - Boundwith statement & barcode

774 - Constituent Unit Entry
|t - Title of related record
|w - MMS ID of related record
|9 - Source of added field
 

By abaron on 10-14-2024

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