MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic:
Series Statement Fields (4XX)

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2002 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Fields 440 and 490 contain series statements. Field 440 also provides an added entry for the series. A series statement is recorded in field 490 when either it is given no added entry in the record (an untraced series) or is given an added entry in a form that differs from the series statement appearing on the item. One of fields 800-830 (Series added entries) is used in conjunction with field 490 when the series is to be traced differently.

The parentheses that customarily enclose a series statement and the tracing Series., preceded by a roman numeral, in some displays for field 440 are not carried in the MARC record. They may be generated based on the field tag.

• 440 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE (R)
• 490 - SERIES STATEMENT (R)

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440 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE (R)

A series statement consisting of a series title alone.

Indicators

• First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
• Second - Nonfiling characters
  A value that indicates the number of character positions associated with an initial definite or indefinite article at the beginning of a title that are to be disregarded in sorting and filing processes.
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters

Subfield Codes

• $a - Title (NR)
• $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
  A number designation of a part/section of a series.
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
  A name designation of a part/section of a series.
• $v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
• $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

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490 - SERIES STATEMENT (R)

A series statement for which no series added entry is traced or for which the added entry is traced in one of the 800-830 fields in a form different from the form contained in field 490.

Indicators

• First - Specifies whether series is traced
  A value that indicates whether the record contains a corresponding 800-830 series added entry field.
  • 0 - Series not traced
  • 1 - Series traced differently
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Series statement (R)
  A series title that may also contain a statement of responsibility, other title information, dates, or volume numbers preceding or appearing as part of the title.
• $l - Library of Congress call number (NR)
  An LC series call number that is used for a serial that has been issued as part of the series.
• $v - Volume number/sequential designation (R)
• $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

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