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362 - Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
October 2001

First Indicator
Format of date
0 - Formatted style
1 - Unformatted note

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Dates of publication and/or sequential designation (NR)
$z - Source of information (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Beginning/ending date(s) of an item and/or the sequential designations used on each part. Dates to be used in this field are chronological designations that identify individual issues of the continuing resource. The sequential designations are usually numeric but can be alphabetic as well. The information may be formatted or unformatted. If the date information has been obtained from a source other than the first and/or last issue of the item published, the information is given in an unformatted note and the source of the information is usually cited.

Dates in this field may be identical to the information in fields 008/07-10 (Date 1) and/or 008/11-14 (Date 2). Incomplete, approximate, or questionable dates are not recorded in this field.

Field 362 is repeatable only to record formatted and unformatted information, as specified by the first indicator.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Format of date
Whether the date is in a formatted style or is an unformatted note.
0 - Formatted style
Date is in formatted rather than note form. Formatted dates are designed to be displayed following the title and edition statements. The numeric and/or alphabetic, chronological or other designation is customarily recorded as it appears on the piece.
362 0#$aVol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1981)-
362 0#$a1968-
362 0#$a72/1 ([Feb. 1972])-
362 0#$aVol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1983)-v. 1, no. 3 (June 1983)
1 - Unformatted note
Date is given in an unformatted note style. Unformatted date information is designed to be displayed as a note. This value is used when the first and/or last piece is not in hand, but the information is known from other pieces or sources.
362 1#$aBegan with 1930 issue.$zCf. Letter from Ak. State Highway Dept., Aug. 6, 1975.
362 1#$aBegan with vol. 4, published in 1947.
362 1#$aCeased with 2 (1964)
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Dates of publication and/or sequential designation
Sequential designation may consist of volume number, edition number, issue number, series of volume numbers, or other sequential designations according to the usage of the publisher. The date may consist of the year, month, or day; month or season and year; or year alone, depending upon the frequency of publication and the usage of the publisher. Sequential designators and dates are recorded as given on the item. The ending designation is recorded following the beginning designation.
When both a sequential designation and a chronological designation are given, the chronological one is enclosed in parentheses.
362 0#$aVol. 1 (Mar. 1980)-
362 0#$aVol. 77, num. 1 (enero-abr. 1981)-
362 0#$aVol. 85B, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1945)-v. 92, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1952)
362 0#$a1962-1965.
$z - Source of information
Citation of the source of information contained in subfield $a; used only when the first indicator position contains value 1 (unformatted notes).
Title of the publication cited is preceded by the abbreviation Cf.
362 1#$aBegan with 1962/64.$zCf. New serial titles.
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 362 ends with a period unless the last word in the field ends with another mark of punctuation. When followed by subfield $z, subfield $a ends with a period unless the last word in the subfield ends with another mark of punctuation. See also subfield descriptions for punctuation information.
Display Constant
- [dash]
The dash (-) that precedes subfield $z (Source of information) is not carried in the machine-readable record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the content of the subfield.

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