The Library of Congress >> Librarians, Archivists >> Standards >> MARC

Concise Formats - 2008 Archive >> Authority >> 01X-09X >> 072

072 - Subject Category Code (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Concise

2008

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

Code for the subject category that is associated with the 1XX field in an established heading record or a node label record.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Code source

# - No information provided

0 - NAL subject category code list

7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Subfield Codes

$a - Subject category code (NR)

Code for the broad subject category to which the heading belongs in a hierarchically-arranged thesaurus.

$x - Subject category code subdivision (R)

Level of specificity within the broader category coded in subfield $a.

$2 - Code source (NR)

MARC code that identifies the thesaurus used to assign the subject category code when the second indicator position of this field contains value 7. Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


072	##$aC23.$x739. $x102


072	#0$aQ200


072	##$aL1.$x346. $x596.$x463


072	##$aC4.$x697


072	##$aZ1.$x58. $x266.$x513

Concise Formats - 2008 Archive >> Authority >> 01X-09X >> 072

The Library of Congress >> Librarians, Archivists >> Standards >> MARC

(11/30/2009)