MARC 21 fields 500-530
Fields 500-535 contain notes relating to aspects of bibliographic items
that are not specific to any particular type of material or control (e.g.,
archival control). Specialized note fields are used when access to the data
is needed and/or the note is introduced by a distinctive word or phrase.
Field 500 is used for all other note information.
- 500 - GENERAL NOTE (R)
- 505 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE (R)
- 506 - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE (R)
- 515 - NUMBERING PECULIARITIES NOTE (R)
- 516 - TYPE OF COMPUTER FILE OR DATA NOTE (R)
- 520 - SUMMARY, ETC. (R)
- 525 - SUPPLEMENT NOTE (R)
- 530 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE
(R)
500 - GENERAL NOTE (R)
General information for which a specialized 5XX note field has not been
defined.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - General note (NR)
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
The part of the described materials to which the field applies.
- $5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
Titles/Description based on:
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Title from title screen (viewed on June 10, 1999). |
| 500 |
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Description based on: 1997; title from title screen. |
| 500 |
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Title from home page. |
| 500 |
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Title from opening screen. |
| 500 |
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Description based on printout of online display; title
from caption. |
| 500 |
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Description based on: Vol. 13, no. 2 (June 1999 release);
title from welcome screen. |
| 500 |
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Examined for cataloging on Feb. 12, 1998. |
| 500 |
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Title from title bar display; description based on the
display of Nov. 11, 1997. |
| 500 |
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Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 3 (1999); title from
journal information screen (viewed Nov. 22, 1999). |
| 500 |
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Description and title from journal information screens
as viewed Apr. 11, 2000. |
| 500 |
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Description based on content as of Sept. 1998. |
| 500 |
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Description based on JSTOR World Wide Web homepage;
title from title screen (viewed Mar. 24, 1998). |
Other general notes:
| 500 |
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Updated monthly. |
| 500 |
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Inclusive coverage: 1974 to the present. |
| 500 |
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Database coverage: 1969- |
| 500 |
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Continuously updated. |
| 500 |
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Dates of coverage: 1993 to the present. |
| 500 |
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Made available through: OCLC FirstSearch Electronic
Collections Online. |
| 500 |
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Fee-based subscription service. |
505 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE (R)
The titles of separate works or parts of an item or the table of contents
of a finding aid for materials under archival control. The field may also
contain statements of responsibility and volume numbers or other sequential
designations.
Indicators
- First - Display constant controller
A value that indicates the completeness of the note and which may be
used to generate an introductory term or phrase.
- 0 - Contents
Contents: may be generated.
- 1 - Incomplete contents
All parts of a multipart item are not listed because they were not
available for analysis. Incomplete contents: may be generated.
- 2 - Partial contents
All parts were available for analysis but only selected parts are
listed. Partial contents: may be generated.
- 8 - No display constant generated
- Second - Level of content designation
Subfield Codes
- $a - Formatted contents note (NR)
The format of the note is determined by the relevant cataloging rules.
- $g - Miscellaneous information (R)
- $r - Statement of responsibility (R)
- $t - Title (R)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
506 - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE (R)
Information on the restrictions that govern access to or the limited distribution
of the described materials.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Terms governing access (NR)
Legal, physical, or procedural restrictions imposed on individuals wishing
to see the described materials.
- $b - Jurisdiction (R)
The name of a person, an institution, or a position or function within
the institution, by whom or which the terms governing access are imposed
and to whom the restriction may be appealed.
- $c - Physical access provisions (R)
Arrangements required for physical access.
- $d - Authorized users (R)
A class of users or specific individuals to whom the restrictions in
subfield $a do not apply.
- $e - Authorization (R)
The source of authority for the restriction.
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
- $5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
| 506 |
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Access restricted to subscribers. |
| 506 |
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Access limited to subscribers/license holders. |
| 506 |
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Restricted to subscribers with a site license. |
| 506 |
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ACCESS RESTRICTED to the Northwestern University
community and other subscribers. |
| 506 |
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ACCESS RESTRICTED to the Northwestern University community
and other subscribers. Each user is responsible to use these electronic
resources for individual, noncommercial use, without systematically
DOWNLOADING, distributing, or RETAINING substantial portions of information. |
| 506 |
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Licensing required. |
| 506 |
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Access restricted to registered users connected from
an approved IP address. |
| 506 |
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Restricted to institutions with a site license to the
JSTOR collection. |
| 506 |
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Subscription based access. |
| 506 |
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Subscription required for access to abstracts and full
text. |
| 506 |
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OhioLINK membership required for access. |
515 - NUMBERING PECULIARITIES NOTE (R)
An unformatted description of irregularities and peculiarities in numbering
or publishing patterns, report year coverage, revised editions, and/or issuance
in parts.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Numbering peculiarities note (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
| 515 |
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Website contains current week only. |
| 515 |
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Each title is updated periodically. |
| 515 |
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Latest issue revised after initial publication with
new articles, corrections, or interactive letters to the editor. |
| 515 |
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Articles posted individually as processed, cumulated
into annual vols. (one per year, 1997- ) |
| 515 |
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Successive articles are uniquely identified by a manuscript
number and date. |
| 515 |
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Publication updated daily; monthly issues only are retained. |
516 - TYPE OF COMPUTER FILE OR DATA NOTE (R)
A general descriptor that characterizes a file (e.g., text, computer program,
numeric). Specific information such as the form or genre of textual material
(e.g., biography, indexes) also may be included. The general type of file
is coded in field 008/26 (Type of computer file).
Indicators
- First - Display constant controller
A value that controls the generation of a display constant as an introductory
phrase.
- # - Type of file
- 8 - No display constant generated
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Type of computer file or data note (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
| 516 |
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Text (citations) |
| 516 |
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Electronic serial in ASCII text. |
| 516 |
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Text (electronic journal) |
| 516 |
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Available in ASCII, Acrobat, and PostScript file formats |
| 516 |
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Electronic journal articles are available in portable
document format (PDF). Abstracts are in HTML |
| 516 |
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Text and JPEG graphics formats |
| 516 |
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Electronic journal issued in formatted-text files: TeX,
DVI, PostScript, and PDF |
| 516 |
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Bit-mapped images; PDF, PostScript, and TIFF formats
available for printing |
| 516 |
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Most issues in PDF format; some html |
520 - SUMMARY, ETC. (R)
Contains unformatted information that describes the scope and general contents
of the materials. This could be a summary, abstract, annotation, review,
or only a phrase describing the material.
The level of detail appropriate in a summary may vary depending on the audience
for a particular product. When a distinction between levels of detail is
required, a brief summary is given in subfield $a and a fuller annotation
is given in subfield $b.
The text is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term
that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.
Indicators
- First - Display constant controller
A value that controls the generation of a display constant as an introductory
term.
- # - Summary
- 0 - Subject
- 1 - Review
- 2 - Scope and content
- 3 - Abstract
- 8 - No display constant generated
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Summary, etc. note (NR)
- $b - Expansion of summary note (NR)
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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Over 580,000 papers included in every congress, conference,
exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British
Library from Oct. 1993 to the present. |
| 520 |
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Contains cumulative bibliographic citations to statistical
books and articles in more than 1,000 journals, with coverage generally
extending back to 1974, earlier in some instances. |
| 520 |
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Provides full-text online access to back issues. Consult
the online table of contents for specific holdings. |
| 520 |
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"... access to Dept. of the Navy policy, procedures,
information, data, and tools of interest to the Navy Acquisition/Procurement
Work Force". |
| 520 |
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Publishes research announcements of significant advances
in all branches of mathematics. |
| 520 |
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Serves as the Institute of Physics Publishing's Web-based
online research service. It features the Institution of Electrical
Engineers' INSPEC Database with the possibility of additional databases
being added in the future. |
| 520 |
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Dow Jones Interactive contains a wide variety of business
and financial information including business and economic news, stock
market quotations, financial and investment services and general news
and information. Dow Jones Interactive is comprised of databases that
contain documents with up-to-the-minute and retrospective information
on companies, industries, the economy, and governmental affairs, organized
and produced by Dow Jones and Company, Inc. |
525 - SUPPLEMENT NOTE (R)
Information on the existence of supplements or special issues (usually unnamed)
that are neither cataloged as separate records nor recorded in field 770
(Supplement/Special Issue Entry).
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Supplement note (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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Electronic supplementary materials to articles published
in the print journal published on Springer-Verlag's server accessible
via the World Wide Web. |
530 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE (R)
Availability information concerning a different physical format in which
the described item is available.
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Additional physical form available note (NR)
For serials, availability source, availability conditions, and order
number information are included in subfield $a.
- $b - Availability source (NR)
The organizational unit or vendor from which the additional physical
form may be acquired.
- $c - Availability conditions (NR)
The terms under which the additional physical form is available.
- $d - Order number (NR)
- $3 - Materials specified (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR)
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
| 530 |
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Also issued in a print edition. |
| 530 |
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Also available in print with title: Chemicals in our
community. |
| 530 |
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Available in a print edition, with title: Bibliography
and index of geology. |
| 530 |
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Electronic version of: Metabolic engineering. |
| 530 |
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Print version available. |
| 530 |
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Online version of the print title. |
| 530 |
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Online version of the print: Neighborhood networks nnewslines. |
For single record approach:
| 530 |
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Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. |
| 530 |
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Tables of contents and selected articles also available
online. |
| 530 |
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Issued also in electronic format under title: Copyright
and new media legal news. |
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serials@northwestern.edu