3-- Notes Block

Definition and Scope of Fields

This block contains notes - free text statements qualifying and amplifying the description and access points and dealing with any aspect of the physical makeup of the item or its contents.

Fields

300 General Notes

301 Notes Pertaining to Identification Numbers

302 Notes Pertaining to Coded Information

303 General Notes Pertaining do Descriptive Information

304 Notes Pertaining to Title and Statement of Responsability

305 Notes Pertaining to Edition and Bibliographic History

306 Notes Pertaining to publication, distribution, etc.

307 Notes Pertaining to Physical Description

308 Notes Pertaining to Series

310 Notes Pertaining to Binding and Availability

311 Notes Pertaining to inking fields

312 Notes Pertaining to Related Titles

313 Notes Pertaining to Subject Access

314 Notes Pertaining to Intellectual Responsibility

315 Notes Pertaining to Material (or Type of Publication) Specific Information

316 Note Relating to he Copy in Hand

317 Provenance Note

318 Action Note

320 International Bibliographies/indexes note

321 External Indexes/Abstracts/Referencies Note

322 Credits Note (Projected and Video Material and Sound Recordings)

323 Cast Note (Projected and Video Material and Sound Recordings)

324 Original Version Note

325 Reproduction Note

326 Frequency Statement Note (Serials)

327 Contents Notes

328 Dissertation (Thesis) Note

330 Summary or Abstract

332 Preferred citation of described materials

333 Users/Intended Audience Note

336 Type of Electronic Resources

337 System Requirements Note (Electronic Resources)

345 Acquisition Information Note

Notes on Field Contents

Punctuation:

Certain types of notes may follow ISBD rules for content and form, including punctuation. Although this is not prescribed within UNIMARC, it is recommended that ISBD conventions be followed where possible.

General notes:

Field 300 has two uses: it is for general notes that do not belong under any of the more specific categories of notes; and it is for notes that belong to other categories but which were not so categorized by the source format, or were coded in the source format as belonging to a category which is not present in UNIMARC. If a note belongs to more than one category represented by fields 301 to 315, then the tag earlier in numerical order other than 300 should be used as a general rule. Notes relating to fields 320 onwards should be entered in those specific fields and not in earlier fields. If two notes belong to the same category they should be contained in separate occurrences of the required field.

Notes generated from linking fields:

From the UNIMARC record, a note may be generated from data in other fields, e.g. 4-- linking fields or 5-- related title fields. If such a note is to be generated, it is not entered in a 3-- field.