MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data: 760: Main Series Entry (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

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Information concerning the related main series when the target item is a subseries (vertical relationship). When a note is generated from this field, the introductory phrase Main series: or Subseries of: may be generated based on the field tag for display.

$a - Main entry heading (NR)

Main entry heading from the 100 (Main Entry Personal Name), 110 (Main Entry Corporate Name) or 111 (Main Entry Meeting Name) field of the related record.

$b - Edition (NR)

Name of the edition from field 250 (Edition Statement) of the related record.

$c - Qualifying information (NR)

Parenthetical qualifying information from subfield $b (Qualifying information) of field 222 (Key Title) or other data needed to distinguish between two titles.

$d - Place, publisher, and date of publication (NR)

Publication information from subfields $a, $b, and/or $c of field 260 (Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)) of the related record.

$g - Related parts (R)

Data that indicates the specific piece or pieces of the related item that are involved in the relationship with the resource described in the 1XX/245 of the record, such as dates and volumes. The related parts information includes the location of a component part in a target item.

$h - Physical description (NR)

$i - Relationship information (R)

Designation of a relationship between the resource described in the 760 field and the resource described in the 1XX/245 of the record.

$m - Material-specific details (NR)

$o - Other item identifier (R)

$s - Uniform title (NR)

Title from field 240 (Uniform Title) or field 243 (Collective Uniform Title) of the related record.

$t - Title (NR)

Title from subfields $a, $n, and $p of field 245 (Title Statement) or subfield $a of fields 130 (Uniform Title) or 222 (Key Title) of the related record.

$w - Record control number (R)

System control number of the related record preceded by the MARC code, enclosed in parentheses, for the agency to which the control number applies.

See Organization Code Sources for a listing of sources used in MARC 21 records.

$x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)

ISSN for a serial title from field 022 (International Standard Serial Number) in the related record. The initialism ISSN may be generated for display.

$y - CODEN designation (NR)

CODEN designation from field 030 (CODEN Designation) in the related record. The acronym CODEN may be generated for display.

$4 - Relationship code (R)

Designation in coded form of a relationship between the resource described in the 760 field and the resource described in the 1XX/245 of the record.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

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

$7 - Control subfield (NR)

Four fixed-position character positions (designated as $7/0, $7/1, etc.) that indicate special characteristics of the linked entry. Because the definitions of the codes in subfield $7 are dependent on the character position in which they occur, the coding of any character position mandates that each preceding character position contains a code or the fill character ( | ); succeeding character positions need not be used.

0 - Type of main entry heading

One-character code that indicates the type of name contained in subfield $a. The code corresponds to the 1XX tag in the record for the related item.

p - Personal name

c - Corporate name

m - Meeting name

u - Uniform title

n - Not applicable

1 - Form of name

One-character code that indicates the form of the name contained in subfield $a. The code corresponds to the first indicator value in the 1XX field in the record for the related item and is interpreted in conjunction with the value in $7/0.

0 - Forename

1 - Single surname

2 - Multiple surname

3 - Family name

0 - Inverted name

1 - Jurisdiction name

2 - Name in direct order

n - Not applicable

2 - Type of record

One-character code that indicates the type of record for the related item. The code corresponds to that in Leader/06 (Type of record) in the record for the related item.

a - Language material

c - Notated music

d - Manuscript notated music

e - Cartographic material

f - Manuscript cartographic material

g - Projected medium

i - Nonmusical sound recording

j - Musical sound recording

k - Two-dimensional nonprojectable graphic

m - Computer file

o - Kit

p - Mixed material

r - Three-dimensional artifact or naturally occurring object

t - Manuscript language material

3 - Bibliographic level

One-character code that indicates the bibliographic level of the related item. The code corresponds to that in Leader/07 (Bibliographic level) in the record for the related item.

a - Monographic component part

b - Serial component part

c - Collection

d - Subunit

m - Monograph/item

s - Serial

i - Integrating resource


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760 - Main Series Entry (R)