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052 - Geographic Classification (R)

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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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

Geographic classification code that represents the geographic area and, if applicable, the geographic subarea and populated place name covered by an item.

Indicators

First - Code source

# - Library of Congress Classification

1 - U.S. Dept. of Defense Classification

7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Geographic classification area code (NR)

Numeric or alphanumeric code that represents the main geographic area covered by an item.

$b - Geographic classification subarea code (R)

Geographic subarea code related to the geographic area coded in subfield $a.

$d - Populated place name (R)

Approved form of name for a populated place.

$2 - Code source (NR)

MARC code for the source of the geographic classification. 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


052	##$a3810
052	1#$aBK
052	##$a4034$bR4 $bR8
052	##$a4033$bF65
052	1#$aUS$b51

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