336 - Content Type (R)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2009
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the
2009/2010 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.
The form of communication through which a work is expressed.
Used in conjunction with Leader /06 (Type of record), which
indicates the general type of content of the resource. Field
336 information enables expression of more specific content
types and content types from various lists.
Multiple content types from the same source vocabulary or
code list may be recorded in the same field in separate
occurrences of subfield $a (Content type term) and subfield $b
(Content type code). Terms from different source vocabularies
are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.
Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Content type term (R)
$b - Content type code (R)
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
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##$aperformed
music$2rdacontent |
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##$atwo-dimensional moving
image$btdi$2rdacontent |
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##$btxt$2rdacontent
$3liner notes |
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##$atext$2rdacontent
$3liner notes |
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