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855 - Captions and Pattern-Indexes (R)


MARC 21 Holdings - Full
January 2000

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Caption that is appropriate for each level of enumeration and chronology that is present in a related 865 Enumeration and Chronology Indexes field and codes that define the publication pattern for the item. A display may be generated from the contents of field 855 and the related 865 field(s) to which it is linked by subfield $8 (Field link and sequence number).

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 855 are given in the Caption and Pattern Fields--General Information section.

General description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and the repeatability of each is given in the 853-878 Holdings Data-General Information section.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

EXAMPLES

855 ##$81$a(year)$oalphabetical index
855 ##$81$a(year)$oten year cumulation

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