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788 - Complex Linking Entry Data (NR)

MARC 21 Authority - concise
May 2017

Explanatory text and the headings referred to when the linking relationship between headings from different subject heading systems or thesauri cannot be adequately conveyed by fields 700-785. No subelements of the heading referred to are separately subfield coded. Adjacent headings referred to may be contained in a single subfield $a. The heading referred to may be an established heading or a subject subdivision that is not equivalent to but is related to the heading in the 1XX field.

Indicators

First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Thesaurus
0 - Library of Congress Subject Headings
1 - LC subject headings for children's literature
2 - Medical Subject Headings
3 - National Agricultural Library subject authority file
4 - Source not specified
5 - Canadian Subject Headings
6 - Répertoire de vedettes-matière
7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Subfield Codes

$a - Heading referred to (R)
$i - Explanatory text (R)
$2 - Source of heading or term (NR)
Description of subfield $2 is given in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries—General Information section.
$4 - Relationship (R)
Description of subfield $4 is given in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries—General Information section.
$5 - Institution to which field applies (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$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

788 #0$isubdivision$aForeign bodies$iunder names of organs, e.g.$aEye-Foreign bodies
788 #7$iterms$aChinese$iand$aFurniture$iare separate facets.$2aat
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