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072 - Subject Category Code (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise

2008

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Code for the subject category that is associated with the described item.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Code source

0 - NAL subject category code list

7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Subfield Codes

$a - Subject category code (NR)

Code for the broad subject associated with the item.

$x - Subject category code subdivision (R)

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

$2 - Source (NR)

MARC code that identifies the thesaurus used to assign the subject category code when the second indicator position 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	#0$aK800


072	#7$aE5$x.510 $2mesh


072	#7$a17$x02.1 $2cosatisc

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