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788 - Complex Linking Entry Data (NR)

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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Explanatory text and the headings referred to when the linking relationship between headings from different subject heading systems or thesauri cannot be adequately conveyed by fields 700-785. No subelements of the heading referred to are separately subfield coded. Adjacent headings referred to may be contained in a single subfield $a. The heading referred to may be an established heading or a subject subdivision that is not equivalent to but is related to the heading in the 1XX field.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Thesaurus

0 - Library of Congress Subject Headings

1 - LC subject headings for children's literature

2 - Medical Subject Headings

3 - National Agricultural Library subject authority file

4 - Source not specified

5 - Canadian Subject Headings

6 - Répertoire de vedettes-matière

7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Subfield Codes

$a - Heading referred to (R)

$i - Explanatory text (R)

$2 - Source of heading or term (NR)

See Heading Linking Entries--General Information

$5 - Institution to which field applies (R)

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

$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


788	#0$isubdivision$aForeign bodies$iunder names of organs, e.g.$aEye-Foreign bodies


788	#7$iterms$aChinese $iand$aFurniture$iare separate facets.$2aat

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