MARC 21 fields 538-59X
Fields 536-586 contain bibliographic notes which are more specific in nature.
A significant number of these note fields are used to record information
relating to the archival or serial control of the bibliographic item.
- 538 - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE (R)
- 546 - LANGUAGE NOTE (R)
- 550 - ISSUING BODY NOTE (R)
- 555 - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE (R)
- 580 - LINKING ENTRY COMPLEXITY NOTE (R)
- 59X - LOCAL NOTES
538 - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE (R)
Technical information about an item, such as the presence or absence of
certain kinds of codes, recording densities, parity, blocking factors, software
programming language, computer requirements, peripheral requirements, trade
name or recording systems, number of lines of resolution, and modulation
frequency. For sound and videorecordings, information about the trade name
or recording system(s) (e.g., VHS), modulation frequency and number of lines
of resolution may be included.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - System details note (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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Mode of access: Internet via the World Wide Web. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Online access via Internet. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web via Internet at the NSF
web site. |
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System requirements: World Wide Web browser, Internet
connectivity, and Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| 538 |
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System requirements: Web browser. |
| 538 |
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System requirements: World Wide Web browser, Internet
access, and RealPage viewer. |
| 538 |
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System requirements: Internet access; World Wide Web
browser. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Internet via the Navy web site. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Internet via the Dept.'s web site. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Electronic mail, FTP, gopher, and World
Wide Web. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Electronic mail, FTP, gopher,
telnet, and World Wide Web. For e-mail subscription, send to: listserv@library.berkeley.edu,
the message: sub cites [first name last name]. For telnet access,
telnet to MELVYL.UCOP.EDU and enter the command: SHOW CURRENT CITES.
Also distributed on the PACS-L and PACS-P lists. |
| 538 |
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Mode of access: Electronic mail and World Wide Web.
For e-mail subscription, sent to listproc@unc.edu, the message: SUBSCRIBE
PRICES [first name last name]. |
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System requirements: WWW browser such as Netscape, and/or
SilverPlatter WinSPIRS, MacSPIRS, or UNIX client software. |
| 538 |
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RealAudio player required to listen to digital audio
recordings. |
546 - LANGUAGE NOTE (R)
Textual information on the language of the described materials. A description
of the alphabet, script, or other symbol system (e.g., arabic alphabet,
ASCII, musical notation system, bar code, logarithmic graphing) may also
be included. Coded language information is contained in fields 008/35- 37
(Language) and/or 041 (Languages).
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Language note (NR)
- $b - Information code or alphabet (R)
The name of the alphabet, script, or information code that is used to
record the language.
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
The part of the described materials to which the field applies.
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
550 - ISSUING BODY NOTE (R)
Information about the current and former issuing bodies of a serial.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Issuing body note (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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Digitized and made available by Project
Muse. |
| 550 |
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Digitized and made available by JSTOR. |
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Issued in its electronic form by the American Institute
of Physics. |
555 - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE (R)
Information on the availability of cumulative indexes for serials or finding
aids and similar control materials for archival and manuscripts control
and visual materials.
Indicators
- First - Display constant controller
A value that controls the generation of an introductory term or phrase.
- # - Indexes
Indexes: may be generated.
- 0 - Finding aids
Finding aids: may be generated.
- 8 - No display constant generated
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Cumulative index/finding aids note (NR)
- $b - Availability source (R)
The organizational unit or vendor from which finding aids or other documentation
may be obtained.
- $c - Degree of control (NR)
The extent of administrative, bibliographic, or physical control available
over the described materials.
- $d - Bibliographic reference (NR)
A citation to a published or unpublished index or finding aid when it
is not cataloged with the described item.
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
The part of the described materials to which the field applies.
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
580 - LINKING ENTRY COMPLEXITY NOTE (R)
A description of the complex relationship between the described item and
other items when an intelligible note cannot be generated from data in the
linking entry fields 760-787.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Linking entry complexity note (NR)
The catalog entry for the related title and a statement describing the
relationship.
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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Continues print version which ceased with v. 47, no.
1 (Jan. 1998). |
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Continues a print version with the same title. |
| 580 |
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Continues the print ed.: General/flag officer worldwide
roster. |
| 580 |
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Continues the print serial: Child development disorders. |
| 580 |
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Ceased in paper format only; continued by an online
version. |
| 580 |
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Continues a paper format publication with the title:
Bulletin (National Science Foundation (U.S.)). |
| 580 |
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The database combines Sociological Abstracts with Social
Planning Policy and Development Abstracts (SOPODA). |
| 580 |
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Cumulated monthly in print as: Mergent municipal news
reports. |
| 580 |
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Online version of the print: Neighborhood networks nnewslines. |
59X - LOCAL NOTES
The 590-599 fields are reserved for local use and local definition.
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