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500 - General Note (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
October 2003
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
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Subfield Codes
$a - General note (NR)
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

General information for which a specialized 5XX note field has not been defined.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - General note
Note that provides general information for which a specialized note field (i.e., a specific 5XX field) has not been defined.
500 ##$aRecast in bronze from artist's plaster original of 1903.
500 ##$aTranslated from German.
500 ##$aCaption title.
500 ##$aProgram notes by Phillip Ramey on album.
500 ##$aFormerly known as: The unidentified soldier.
500 ##$aBased on a play which originally appeared in France as "Un peu plus tard, un peu plus tôt."
500 ##$aImprint stamped on verso of t.p.
500 ##$aThree-dimensional film: Natural vision.
500 ##$aSlides in pocket.
500 ##$aIncludes index.
500 ##$a"The first American Jewish weekly of its kind"--The Jewish encyclopedia, v. 8.
500 ##$aSubsequent publishers: William M. Swain & Co., 1857-64; George W. Childs, 1864. Cf. Pa. Hist. Commission. A checklist of Pa. newspapers.
500 ##$aSeparately cataloged after vol. for 1972.$5DLC
500 ##$aMany items are stamped "impounded."
500 ##$aVols. for 1954- by H. S. Olson.
500 ##$aSource of data: Survey of Consumer Finances, conducted from 1946-1971, by the Economic Behavior Prog., Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
$3 - Materials specified
Part of the described material to which the field applies.
$5 - Institution to which field applies
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
500 ##$aFrom the papers of the Chase family.$5DLC
500 ##$a[Library's] copy has bookplate of the Benedictine Monastery in Grafschaft; inscribed by Thomas Jefferson.$5DLC
500 ##$aPlates 4, 5, and 9 are wanting.$5DLC
500 ##$aUniversity Library's copy has ms. notes by author on endpapers.$5WU
$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 500 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. If the final subfield is subfield $5, the mark of punctuation precedes that subfield.

Any punctuation within the note (e.g., quotation marks) is carried in the MARC record.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$l - Library of Congress call number (SE) [OBSOLETE, 1990]
$x - International Standard Serial Number (SE) [OBSOLETE, 1990]
$z - Source of note information (AM, SE) [OBSOLETE, 1990]
For all forms of material, a Library of Congress call number associated with a series statement is contained in field 490 (Series Statement). An International Standard Serial Number associated with a series statement is contained in field 440 (Series Statement/Added Entry-Title) or in field 490 (Series Statement). Source information is included as part of the general note in subfield $a of field 500.
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