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844 - Name of Unit (NR)


MARC 21 Holdings - Full
January 2000

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Name of unit (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Bibliographic title or a supplied designation describing a basic bibliographic unit, supplementary material, or an index. A supplement or index designation used as a caption is contained in fields 853-855 (Captions and Pattern), subfield $a-$h (Enumeration captions).


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Name of unit
Bibliographic title of the unit or a supplied designation describing it.
Double quotation marks enclosing the name are not carried in the MARC record; they may be generated for display.
$6 - Linkage
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

EXAMPLES

844 ##$aCurrent developments
853 00$81$av.
863 40$81.1$a1-16
863 40$81.2$a18
844 ##$aCases
853 00$81$av.
863 40$81.1$a1-22
844 ##$aDecisions
853 00$81$av.
863 40$81.1$a23-24
[Because each unit has a different title, three holdings records are necessary. All the records are linked to the appropriate bibliographic record by a number in field 004 (Control Number for Related Bibliographic Record).]
844 ##$aUpdates
854 01$81$a(year)$bno.$i(month)
864 41$81.1$a1985$b1$i01
864 41$a1985$b2$i02

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Display constant - Name of unit is surrounded by quotation marks, as specified by Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items (ANSI/NISO Z39.71). The quotation marks are not input as data, but may be generated as a display constant.

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