MARC 21 Concise Format for Classification Data: 353: Complex See Also Reference (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

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Explanatory text and the classification number referred to that are required when see also relationships exist between classification numbers that cannot be adequately conveyed by one or more simple cross references generated from field 553 (Valid Number Tracing).

$a - Classification number referred to-single number or beginning number of span (R)

$c - Classification number referred to-ending number of span (R)

$i - Explanatory text (R)

Explanatory text of the see also reference. The text may be broken up by subfield $a or $c data and may be only a connector term, such as e.g. or and.

$y - Table sequence number for internal subarrangement or add table (R)

$z - Table identification (R)

Identification of the table to which a classification number recorded in field 353 belongs, if the classification number is part of a table. The identification of the table by which a classification number or span is further sub-arranged is contained in field 762 (Table Identification). For a classification number span, subfield $z is given only once, before the first number. Subfield $z is input before the first element of the classification number in the first subfield $a.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

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

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

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


353	##$a914$c919, $iplus notation$a0025$ifrom table under$a913$c919, $ifor telephone directories, e.g., New York City telephone directory$a917.4710025
353	##$iCf.$aF2381 $cF2383$iEssequibo, Dememrara, and Berbice (Former Dutch colonies)
353	##$iCf.$aNA6600+, $iArchitecture
353	##$iCf. classes D, E, F, Local residence directories which include business directories

353 - Complex See Also Reference (R)