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868 - Textual Holdings-Indexes (R)


MARC 21 Holdings - Full
January 2000

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Textual description of the holdings of indexes in the collections of the reporting organization. It may be used instead of or in addition to field 865 (Enumeration and Chronology--Indexes) and any related 855 (Captions and Pattern--Indexes) to record and/or display all or part of the holdings.

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 868 and input conventions are given in the 866-868 Textual Holdings-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

EXAMPLE

855 ##$81$a(year)$oalphabetical index
865 42$81.1$a1937-1942
865 42$81.2$a1946-1968
865 42$81.3$a1969-1978$oTen year cumulative index
868 40$80$a1937-1942, 1946-1968, plus 1969/1978 cumulative vol.
[The 868 field provides an alternative display and replaces the 865 fields.]

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