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502  Dissertation Note (R)

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Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards
‡a Dissertation note (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory


Definition

 A note that gives the designation of an academic dissertation or thesis and the institution to which it was presented. Use field 502 also to include the degree for which the author was a candidate and the year it was granted.

Use field 500 for other notes indicating the relationship between the item being cataloged and the author's dissertation or thesis (e.g., Originally presented as...). Use field 500 also for notes concerning abstracts, abridgements or revision of theses. See section 3.1, " Theses and Dissertations," for more information.

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Subfields
‡a Dissertation note

The entire text of the note.

502 Inaug.--Diss.--Heidelberg, 1972.
502 Karl Schmidt's thesis (doctoral)--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 1965.
502 Mémoire de stage (3e cycle )--Université de Nantes, 1981.
502 Thesis (M.A.)--Yale University, 1974.

Printing

 Field 502 prints as a note. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information.

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