Definition | Contains the stock number, its source, form of issue, and terms of availability. Use also for LC photonegative and color transparency numbers. Use for archival identification or order numbers assigned by a distributor to computer files. Enter the following numbers in their designated fields, not in field 037: - International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN). Use field 020.
- International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN). Use field 022.
- Publisher's number for scores and sound recordings. Use field 028.
- Publisher's number for videorecordings. Use field 028.
- Standard numbers and codes. Use field 024.
- Original study numbers. Use field 036.
- Government document classification numbers. Use field 086.
GPO stock numbers for serials. The Government Printing Office assigns a different and unrelated GPO stock number to each issue of a serial. Do not enter GPO stock numbers in serial records. Stock number source. If you enter a stock number (subfield ‡a), you must also enter the source of the stock number (subfield ‡b). |
1st Indicator | Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (  ). |
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2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
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| ‡a Stock number | Enter punctuation that is part of the stock number. Do not enter Stock Number or S/N. | 037 | | | 001-000-03825-7 ‡b Information center | |
| ‡b Source of stock number/acquisition | The name or abbreviation of the publisher, distributor or vendor. The subfield can contain full information relating to the name and address of the publisher, distributor or vendor, including information that may also be found elsewhere in the record (e.g., in the imprint). | 037 | | | C CPS 68 003 ‡b U.S. Bureau of the Census | | 037 | | | IUCPSR 7559 ‡b Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | 037 | | | MN-1090.03 ‡b Preservation Services, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, SISC, Rm. 2H11, MRC 806, Washington, D.C. 20560 | | 037 | | | ‡b Industry Publishers, 14965 N.E. 6th Ave., Miami, Fla. | |
| ‡c Terms of availability | The price or price code. For non-serially issued items, use only if the information is not present in field 020 or field 024. | 037 | | | PB-362547 ‡b National Technical Information Service ‡f paper copy ‡c $4.00 ‡f microfiche ‡c $3.00 | | 037 | | | FSWEC-77/0420 ‡b National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22161 ‡f Magnetic tape copy ‡c $175.00 | | 037 | | | ‡b Ruth Duarte, P.O. Box 74, Napa, CA ‡c $25.00 | |
| ‡f Form of issue | The description of the binding or format of the item. Commonly used to record an item in more than one physical form, each with a separate price. Do not use for statements of coverage or type of subscriber, which are qualifiers in subfield ‡c. | 037 | | | LC-USZ62-40275 ‡b DLC ‡f photographic copy | | 037 | | | ‡b Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Ltd., 42 William IV St., London, V.C.2, England ‡c $25.00 ‡f hard bound ‡c $12.50 ‡f paperbound | |
| ‡g Additional format characteristics | The names of formats, format version numbers, and/or format version dates in which the data is available for transfer. You may repeat subfield ‡g for: - Compression technique information on algorithms or processes applied to the data set in its transfer format to reduce the size of the file.
- Transfer size (in megabytes) of the file when transferred.
- Recording information (i.e., information about the options available or methods used to write the data set to the medium, the density in which the data set can be transferred, and the units of measure for the recording density).
| 037 | | | ‡b EROS Data Center ‡f 9-track tape; ‡g DEM; ‡c $40 (per file) ‡c $20 (per file in groups of 2 to 6) ‡c $90 base fee plus $7 per file (in groups of 7 or more). ‡g ASCII recording mode; available with no internal labels or with ANSI standard labels; logical record length is 1024 bytes; block size is a multiple of 1024 up to 31744 bytes; 1600 or 6250 characters per inch. | |
| ‡n Note | Textual notes pertaining to the acquisition of the item. | 037 | | | ‡b University Microfilms ‡f microfiche ‡c $15.95 ‡n Available only without color | |
Printing | Field 037 does not print. |
