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524 - Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
February 1999

First Indicator
Display constant controller
# - Cite as
8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Preferred citation of described materials note (NR)
$2 - Source of schema used (NR)
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Format for the citation of the described materials that is preferred by the custodian.

When multiple citation formats exist for the same item, each is recorded in a separate occurrence of field 524.

The note is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory phrase that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Display constant controller
Controls the generation of a display constant preceding the note.
# - Cite as
Used to generate the display constant Cite as:.
8 - No display constant generated
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Preferred citation of described materials note
Entire text of the note.
524 ##$aJames Hazen Hyde Papers, 1891-1941, New York Historical Society.
524 ##$aALS, S.W. Johnson to J.H. Hyde, January 17, 1923, in the James Hazen Hyde Papers, 1891-1941, New York Historical Society.
524 ##$aSmithsonian Archives Record Unit 54, Joseph Henry Collection, 1808, 1825-1878, Box 1,Folder 6, Item 3.
524 ##$aDepartment of Public Instruction. Division of Management, Planning and Federal Services. Public School Enrollment, 1974-1975. Computer file.
245 10$aBundesjagdgesetz :$bmit Landesrecht, Verordnung über die Jagdzeiten und Bundeswildschutzverordnung Fischereischeinrecht Seefischereirecht /$cvon Albert Lorz.
524 ##$3Bundesjagdgesetz$aJagdG$2publshr
524 ##$3Bundeswildschutzverordnung$aBWildSchV$2publshr
[Example of multiple citation formats related to a single published item]
$2 - Source of schema used
MARC code that identifies the source of the schema used to construct the preferred format or the citation for the item described by the bibliographic record.
Code from: Citation Scheme Source Codes.
524 ##$aDakota$2usc
524 ##$aC.A.S.$2glc/1988
$3 - Materials specified
Part of the described materials to which the field applies.
$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 524 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.
Display Constant - Introductory phrase Cite as: is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the first indicator value.
First indicator Display constant
# Cite as:
8 [no display constant]

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