One-character alphabetic code that indicates the frequency of an item; used in conjunction with 008/19 (Regularity).
Used when the frequency is known to be intentionally irregular.
Includes publications whose frequency is 6, 7, or 8 numbers a year.
Includes publications whose frequency is 2 numbers a year.
Includes publications whose frequency is 9, 10, 11, or 12 numbers a year.
Includes publications whose frequency is 4 numbers a year.
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the intended regularity of an item; used in conjunction with 008/18 (Frequency).
Predictable irregularity pattern.
Used 1) when the frequency is known to be intentionally irregular (008/18 is coded as #); or 2) when the frequency in field 310 is expressed as numbers per year.
Undefined; contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the type of continuing resource.
Also used for yearbooks and other types of continuing resources that do not fit into existing types. For conference proceedings, use # in combination with 008/29.
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the form of material in which an item was originally published.
One-character alphabetic code that specifies the form of material for the item being described.
Eye-readable print, such as a photocopy.
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the nature of an item if it consists entirely of a certain type of material. If the item can be considered more than one type of material, the types are recorded in 008/25-27 (Nature of contents) and 008/24 position is coded blank (#).
Abstracts or summaries of other publications.
Also includes glossaries or gazetteers.
Index to bibliographical material other than itself (e.g., an indexing journal).
Full or partial texts of enactments of legislative bodies or texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
Thesis, dissertation, or work identified as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an academic certification or degree.
Authored surveys that summarize what has been published about a subject
Critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
Treaties or accords negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.
Up to three one-character alphabetic codes (recorded in alphabetical order) that indicate that a work contains certain types of materials. If fewer than three codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and each unused position contains a blank (#).
Abstracts or summaries of other publications.
Also used for a glossary or a gazetteer.
Index to bibliographical material other than itself (e.g., an indexing journal).
Includes of full or partial texts of enactments of legislative bodies, published either in statute or in code form, or texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or administrative agencies.
Thesis, dissertation, or work identified as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an academic certification or degree.
Includes authored surveys that summarize what has been published about a subject
Includes critical reviews of published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound recordings, theater, etc.).
Includes treaties or accords negotiated between two or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a relationship, grant rights, etc.
One-character alphabetic code that indicates whether an item is published or produced by or for an international, national, provincial, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, the jurisdictional level of the agency.
One-character numeric code that indicates whether an item consists of the proceedings, reports, or summaries of a conference.
Undefined; each contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the original alphabet or script of the language of the title on the source item upon which the key title (field 222) is based.
May relate to the title proper in field 245 when no key title is present.
Includes no diacritics or special characters.
Includes diacritics and special characters.
Used if the language itself has diacritics even if the title in hand does not contain any characters from the extended alphabet.
Also used when the title incorporates words from more than one alphabet or script.
One-character numeric code that indicates whether the item was cataloged according to successive entry, latest entry, or integrated entry cataloging conventions.
New bibliographic record is created each time 1) a title changes, or 2) a corporate body used as main entry or uniform title qualifier, changes. The earlier or later title or author/title is recorded in a linking field (field 780/785) on each record.
Cataloged under its latest (most recent) title or issuing body (pre-AACR cataloging rules). All former titles and/or issuing bodies are given in notes (fields 247, 547, and 550).
Cataloged under its latest (most recent) title and/or responsible person or corporate body. Used for integrating resources and electronic serials that do not retain their earlier titles.