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151 - Heading-Geographic Name (NR)


MARC 21 Authority - full
October 2014

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Geographic name (NR)
  • $g - Miscellaneous information (R)
  • $v - Form subdivision (R)
  • $x - General subdivision (R)
  • $y - Chronological subdivision (R)
  • $z - Geographic subdivision (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Geographic name used as a heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, a traced or an untraced reference record, or a reference and subdivision record.

In an established heading record, field 151 contains the established form of a geographic name. In records for references, this field contains an unestablished form of a geographic name.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 151 and input conventions are given in the X51 Geographic Names-General Information section.

EXAMPLES

151 ##$aNorth End (Boston, Mass.)
151 ##$aGreat Lakes
151 ##$aMississippi River
151 ##$aGulf Stream
151 ##$aTropics
151 ##$aVenus (Planet)
151 ##$aGreen River (Ky. : River)
151 ##$aGreen River (Wyo.-Utah)
151 ##$aAtlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
151 ##$aDeveloping countries
151 ##$aFort Alexander Indian Reserve (Man.)
151 ##$aCasper (Wyo.)$vMaps
151 ##$aChorweiler (Cologne, Germany)
151 ##$aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union
151 ##$aNotre Dame de Laeken (Belgium : Parish)
151 ##$aLos Olmos Creek (Tex.)
151 ##$aAland Islands (Finland)
151 ##$aLa Plata (Argentina)

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