MARC 21 Concise Authority: Note Fields (667-68X)


This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2002 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see www.loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

General notes are contained in field 667 (Nonpublic General Note) or field 680 (Public General Note). The remaining 667-68X fields are used for specialized information. Except for fields 678 and 680, these notes often are not written in a form adequate for public display.

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Items highlighted in red indicate changes made after the 2001 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2002 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.


667 - NONPUBLIC GENERAL NOTE (R)

General information about a 1XX heading for which a specialized note field has not been defined.

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667

##$aLater arr. for string orchestra as part of the Adagio und Fuge, K. 546

667

##$aFor works on relations with an individual man, assign an additional heading for the name of the man.

667

##$aGive phrase as quoted note.$5DLC

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670 - SOURCE DATA FOUND (R)

A citation for a consulted source in which information is found about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record. The information found in the source may also be present.

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670

##$aPhone call to National Register of Historic Places

670

##$aIts Annual report, 1981:$bp.3 (The World Bank is a group of three institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC))

670

##$a[Added entry of Inside Japan]

670

##$aInside Japan, 1981 (a.e.)$bverso t.p. (Howard Smith)

670

##$a[Author of Ireland]

670

##$aHis Ireland, 1974:$bt.p. (Howard Smith)

670

##$aThe official Stephen King web presence, viewed Oct. 26, 2001: $bThe man (Stephen Edwin King; b. Portland, Maine, 1947) $uhttp://www.stephenking.com

670

##$aInU/Wing STC files$b(usage: a lay-hand in the country)

670

##$aLund, D.A. Billions for homes, c1980 (subj.)$bt.p. (TCF) verso t.p. (Twin City Federal) p. 11 (founded 4-2-23)

670

##$aBillington, R. A.$bLocal history is...1974.

670

##$aIts Guide to manuscripts in the Bentley Historical Library, 1976:$bt.p. (Bentley Historical Library, Michigan Historical Collections, Univ. of Mich.)

670

##$aEicher, D.J. Beyond the solar system, c1992:$bt.p. (Astronomy library)

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675 - SOURCE DATA NOT FOUND (NR)

A citation for a consulted source in which no information is found about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record.

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675

##$aLippincott;$aRand McNally;$aWeb. geog.;$aRand McNally new international atlas

675

##$aNat. reg. hist. pl.

675

##$aNew Grove;$aThompson, 10th ed.

675

##$aWW in world Jewry, 1965;$aAcademic ww, 1973-74;$aWW in educ., 1974

675

##$aHarsch, Joseph C. Germany at war, 1942: ser. t.p. (Headline books)

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678 - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA (R)

A summary of the essential biographical, historical, or other information about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record.

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678

##$aM.D., M.R.C.O.G.;$aDept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Maternity Hosp., Queen Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgbaston.

678

##$ab. 1928

678

##$aThe Faribault State School and Hospital provided care, treatment, training, and a variety of other services to mentally retarded individuals and their families. It was operated by the State of Minnesota from 1879 to 1998 under different administrative structures and with different names. A more detailed history of the Hospital may be found at$uhttp://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/80881.html

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680 - PUBLIC GENERAL NOTE (R)

General information about a 1XX heading for which a specialized note field has not been defined. The note is written in a form adequate for public display.

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680

##$iHere are entered works on methane as a combustible gas formed in coal mines. Works on methane present in a stratum of coal are entered under$aCoalbed methane.

680

##$iHere are entered works on Ukrainians and Carpatho-Rusyns residents in the territory comprising the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Works on their descendants after 1918 are entered under$aUkrainians$ior$aCarpatho-Rusyns.

680

##$iSurgery performed on an outpatient basis. May be hospital-based or performed in an office or surgicenter.

680

##$ioutpatient surg performed in MD's office, surgicenter or hosp; only/econ/methods/psychol/stand/trends/util(if by MeSH definition)

680

##$iUse under topical headings for works containing lists of abbreviations pertaining to the topic.

680

##$iWhen Baroque is combined with style, it appears in the form$aBaroque style.$iMay be combined with terms in the Objects facet, e.g., sculpture.

680

##$iMay be combined with geographic name in the form$aBaroque sculpture--Germany.$5CaQMCCA

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681 - SUBJECT EXAMPLE TRACING NOTE (R)

Documents the use of the 1XX subject or authorized subdivision heading as an example or reference in fields 260, 360, and/or 680 in another authority record.

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681

##$iExample under$aWar

681

##$iExample under subdivision$aOfficials and employees

681

##$iNote under$aPublic officers

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682 - DELETED HEADING INFORMATION (NR)

An explanation for the deletion of an established heading or subdivision record from an authority file (Leader/05, value d). The replacement heading(s) may be contained in subfield(s) $a.

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682

##$iThis heading has been replaced by headings of the type$aPaleontologists--[place]$ifor which individual subject authority records are not made.

682

##$iThis heading has been removed from the subject authority file because it is not a valid AACR 2 heading.

682

##$iThis heading has been removed from the subject authority file because it is covered by an identical heading in the name authority file (n81-18255).

682

##$iThis subdivision is obsolete.

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688 - APPLICATION HISTORY NOTE (R)

Information that documents changes in the application of a 1XX heading.

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688

##$a(91)75; was see under CYCLOHEXANES 1975-90

688

##$aMarch 1990 note added

688

##$aestab. 1975; heading was: Cruelty to children [1952-1975]

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