MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Series Statement Fields (4XX)

Fields 440 and 490 contain series statements. Field 440 also provides an added entry for the series. A series statement is recorded in field 490 when either it is given no added entry in the record (an untraced series) or is given an added entry in a form that differs from the series statement appearing on the item. One of fields 800-830 (Series added entries) is used in conjunction with field 490 when the series is to be traced differently.
The parentheses that customarily enclose a series statement and the tracing Series., preceded by a roman numeral, in some displays for field 440 are not carried in the MARC record. They may be generated based on the field tag.

440 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE (R)

A series statement consisting of a series title alone.

Indicators

First - Undefined
- # - Undefined
Second - Nonfiling characters
A value that indicates the number of character positions associated with an initial definite or indefinite article at the beginning of a main entry that are to be disregarded in sorting and filing processes.
- 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters

Subfield Codes

$a - Title (NR)

$n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
A number designation of a part/section of a series.

$p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
A name designation of a part/section of a series.

$v - Volume number/sequential designation (NR)

$x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)

$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

440	#0$aCollection africaine
440	#0$aÖkonomische Studien ; $vBd. 22
440	#4$aThe Pediatric clinics of North America ; $vv. 2, no. 4
440	#0$aJournal of polymer science. $nPart C, $pPolymer symposia ; $vno. 39
440	#4$aThe Rare book tapes. $nSeries 1 ; $v5
440	#0$aJanua linguarum. $pSeries maior, $x0075-3114 ; $v100
440	#0$aRomanica Gothoburgensia, $x0080-3863 ; $v12, 16

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490 - SERIES STATEMENT (R)

A series statement for which no series added entry is traced or for which the added entry is traced in one of the 800-830 fields in a form different from the form contained in field 490.

Indicators

First - Specifies whether series is traced
A value that indicates whether the record contains a corresponding 800-830 series added entry field.
- 0 - Series not traced
- 1 - Series traced differently
Second - Undefined
- # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Series statement (R)
A series title that may also contain a statement of responsibility, other title information, dates, or volume numbers preceding or appearing as part of the title.

$l - Library of Congress call number (NR)
An LC series call number that is used for a serial that has been issued as part of the series.

$v - Volume number/sequential designation (R)

$x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)

$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

490	0#$aPelican books
490	1#$aUniform crime reports
490	1#$aDepartment of the Army pamphlet ; $v27-50
490	1#$a[1981-]: Reference works
490	1#$aDepartment of State publication ; $v7846. $aDepartment and Foreign Service series ; $v128
490	1#$aBulletin / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
490	1#$av. 9-[10]: MPCHT art and anthropological monographs ; $vno. 35
490	1#$aAnnual census of manufactures = $aRecensement des manufactures. $x0315-5587
490	1#$aBulletin / Engineering Experiment Station ; $vno. 50 $l(TA7.O74)
490	1#$aMap / Geological Survey of Alabama ; $v158, plate 3
490	1#$aWest Virginia University bulletin ; $vser. 74, no. 11-3. $aBulletin / Experiment Station, West Virginia University ; $v111

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