MARC 21 Concise Authority: Series Treatment Fields (64X)

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Fields 640-646 contain information concerning the treatment of a series or other multipart item represented by the heading in a 1XX field in the same record. The data elements and fields that are used to record series treatment information include three character positions in field 008 and link, standard number, and call number fields in the 01X-09X range.

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640 - SERIES DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION (R)

The beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or sequential designations used on items in a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. A citation for the source of the information may also be present.

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Subfield Codes

Examples


640
0#$av. 1- Apr. 1970-

640
0#$a1972-

640
1#$aVols. published for the years 1953-1966

640
1#$aComplete in 15 v.

640
1#$aCalendar year 1982 pub. in 1983$zp. 3

640
1#$aVol. 1 pub. in 1954$zp. 2 of cov., v. 15

640
1#$aProjected in 6 v.$zv. 1, p. 316

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641 - SERIES NUMBERING PECULIARITIES (R)

A note that describes irregularities in the report year coverage and/or numbering of a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. A citation for the source of the information may also be present.

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Subfield Codes

Examples


641
##$aEach issue covers: Apr. 1-Mar. 31

641
##$aSome items issued: with numeric/alpha or alpha numeric designation (447P; X042); some with double numbering (3092R-3092T); and some with numeric sub-subdivision (825/1)

641
##$aIntrod. and concluding vols. unnumb.

641
##$aNumbering begins with no. 3

641
##$aDouble numbering discontinued with t. 179$zt. 179, t.p.

641
##$aNo. 7 never published$zno. 11, t.p. verso

641
##$aNumbering does not begin with v. 1$zLC data base, 8-5-85

641
##$aPublication suspended 1922-29$zUnion list of serials

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642 - SERIES NUMBERING EXAMPLE (R)

The series numbering example that is to be followed in the sequential designation portion of a series added entry tracing in bibliographic records for individual issues of the series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the series numbering applies may also be present.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


642
##$a79/2$5DLC

642
##$ano. AK-RD-86-14$5DI

642
##$ano. 19$ditems published [1982 - ]$5DLC

642
##$av. 3, no. 4$ditems published before [1979 - ]$5DLC

642
##$avol. 6$5DLC$5DLC photo-offset reprint

642
##$ano. 4$5DLC$5MH

642
##$ano. 34$5DLC

642
##$a1992, no. 1$5DI

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643 - SERIES PLACE AND PUBLISHER/ISSUING BODY (R)

The place of publication and the name of the publisher/issuing body of the series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The ISBD punctuation that is associated with imprint data elements is not carried in the MARC record. It may be generated by the presence of subfields $a and $b. The volumes/dates to which the publication information applies may also be present.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


643
##$aQuito$bs.n.

643
##$aLondon, England$aDover, N.H.$bManchester University Press

643
##$aMadrid$bJ. & A. Garrigues

643
##$aBowling Green, OH$bSocial Philosophy and Policy Center$aNew Brunswick, USA$bTransaction Books

643
##$aLisboa$bInstituto de Investigaçaõ Científica Tropical/Junta de Investigações Científicas do Ultramar$dno. 137-

643
##$aLisboa$bJunta de Investigações Científicas do Ultramar$dno.[130]-136

643
##$aLisboa$bMinistério do Ultramar, Junta de Investigações do Ultramar$d[no. 3-127]

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644 - SERIES ANALYSIS PRACTICE (R)

A code that indicates a specific organization's analysis practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the practice applies may also be present.

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Subfield Codes

Examples


644
##$af$5DLC

644
##$ap$5DLC

644
##$an$dv. 49-$5DLC

644
##$af$dv. 1-48$5DLC

644
##$an$bexcept v. 10, no. 1-3, v. 19, no. 4$5DLC

644
##$af$danalyzable parts$5DLC

644
##$an$ditems processed after May 27, 1993$5DLC

644
##$af$ditems processed before May 28, 1993$5DLC

644
##$af$5DLC$5DLC photo-offset reprint

644
##$af$5DLC$5MH

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645 - SERIES TRACING PRACTICE (R)

A code that indicates a specific organization's tracing practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the tracing practice applies may also be present.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


645
##$at$5DLC

645
##$at$ditems cataloged after Dec. 31, 1980$5DLC

645
##$an$ditems cataloged before Jan. 1, 1981$5DLC

645
##$an$5DLC

645
##$an$5DLC$5MH

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646 - SERIES CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE (R)

A code that indicates a specific organization's classification practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the classification practice applies may also be present.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


646
##$as$5DLC

646
##$ac$5DLC

646
##$am$5DLC

646
##$as$5DLC

646
##$ac$5DI

646
##$ac$dno. 65-$5DLC

646
##$as$dno. 1-64$5DLC

646
##$as$5DLC$5ICU

646
##$as$5DLC$5DLC photo-offset reprint

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