ISSN National Centers use only/ISSN National Centers use only
1st Indicator Undefined
Undefined
2nd Indicator Nonfiling characters
0
No nonfiling characters
1-9
Number of nonfiling characters present
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)
Input Standards
‡a
Key title (NR)
Mandatory/Mandatory
‡b
Qualifying information (NR)
Required if applicable/Required if applicable
Definition
ISSN national centers use field 222 for a unique title assigned to a continuing resource (serial or integrating resource) in conjunction with an International Standard Serial Number in
field 022. The title is formed from title information transcribed from a piece of the continuing resource and is constructed with qualifiers to make it unique when necessary.
National centers assign ISSNs and key titles. You may enter the ISSN and key title if you are inputting a new record and the ISSN and key title are clearly labeled on the item.
If you are inputting a record for a microform or photocopy reproduction, you may transfer the ISSN and key title from the record for the original item to the record for the reproduction.
Punctuation
Omit final punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation or ends with a closing parenthesis.
1st Indicator
Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ).
Undefined
2nd Indicator
Nonfiling characters. The number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., An or The) at the beginning of a title and that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes.
Note: Current practice is to enter the title without articles and use 1st indicator value 0.
0
No nonfiling characters. No initial article character positions are disregarded. Use value 0 if the title does not begin with an article.
Diacritical marks or special characters at the beginning of a field that does not begin with an initial article are not counted as nonfiling characters.
1-9
Number of nonfiling characters present. A field begins with a definite or indefinite article that is disregarded in sorting and filing processes. Enter the number of characters in the article, plus spaces, punctuation, diacritical marks and special characters that precede the first significant word.
Any diacritical mark or special character associated with the first filing character is not included in the count of nonfiling characters.
Subfields
‡a Key title
The key title.
222
0
Soviet astronomy letters
222
0
Municipal salary survey. Bench-mark jobs
222
0
Report - North Dakota State Department of Health
222
0
LDR. Lawyers desk reference
222
0
Journal of polymer science. Part B. Polymer letters
‡b Qualifying information
Information that qualifies the title to make it unique. Always enclose in parentheses.
222
0
Medicina ‡b (Tokyo)
222
0
Medicina ‡b (Madrid)
222
0
Recherches ‡b (Paris. 1953)
222
0
Recherches ‡b (Paris. 1961)
Printing
Field 222 prints as the last note. If an ISSN (
field 022) is present, it prints in the note. If a record contains more than one 222 field, only the first prints.
AACR2 records. The ISSN precedes the key title. The print program supplies ISSN before the ISSN and a space equal-sign space ( = ) between the ISSN and the key title.
022
1
0479-7469
222
0
Volunteer ‡b (Washington)
Prints as:
ISSN 0479-7469 = Volunteer (Washington)
Pre-AACR2 records. The key title precedes the ISSN. The print program supplies Key title: before the key title and ISSN before the ISSN and a comma after the key title.
022
1
0093-9390
222
0
Comprehensive law enforcement and criminal justice ‡b (Lansing)
Prints as:
Key title: Comprehensive law enforcement and criminal justice (Lansing), ISSN 0093-9390