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842 - Textual Physical Form Designator (NR)


MARC 21 Holdings - Concise
2007

Designation in textual form of the physical form of the item. The physical form designator specifies the physical medium or form, or type of material of the unit held. The general physical form designator in coded form is recorded in field 007 (Physical Description Fixed Field).

Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Textual physical form designator (NR)
Parentheses enclosing the designator are not carried in the MARC record; they may be generated for display.
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
842 ##$acomputer file
842 ##$abinder
842 ##$amodel

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