Definition | A note that provides general information for which a specialized note field (i.e., a specific 5xx field) has not been defined. Use for the following kinds of notes: |
| | - Bibliographic history
- Physical description enhancements
- Program notes
- Series statements that cannot be accommodated in 4xx Fields
- Translation notes
If you are cataloging rare and special collection materials, use field 500 for copy- or institution-specific notes having scholarly or artistic value beyond the local institution. See section 3.8, " Copy- or Institution-Specific Notes and Added Entries," for more information. If the note is about other types of copy-specific and local notes, use field 590 (Local Note) or field 599 (Differentiable Local Note). |
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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Subfields | |
| ‡a General note | A note that provides general information for which a specialized note field (i.e., a specific 5xx field) has not been defined. | 500 | | | Formerly known as: The unidentified soldier. | | 500 | | | Imprint stamped on verso of t.p. | | 500 | | | Many items are stamped "impounded." | | 500 | | | Program notes by Phillip Ramey on album. | | 500 | | | Recast in bronze from artist's plaster original of 1903. | | 500 | | | Source of data: Survey of Consumer Finances, conducted form 1946-1971, by the Economic Behavior Prog., Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. | | 500 | | | Subsequent publishers: William M. Swain & Co., 1857-64; George W. Childs, 1864. Cf. Pa. Hist. Commission. A checklist of Pa. newspapers. | | 500 | | | "The first American Jewish weekly of its kind"--The Jewish encyclopedia, v. 8. | | 500 | | | Three-dimensional film: Natural vision. | | 500 | | | Translated from German. | | 500 | | | Vols. for 1954- by H. S. Olson. | |
| ‡3 Materials specified | The part of the described materials to which the field applies. |
| ‡5 Institution to which field applies | A code of the institution or organization that holds the copy to which the field applies. Use for notes that do not apply to the universal description of the item. See MARC Code List for Organizations ( http://www.loc.gov/marc/organizations/orgshome.html) or Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada ( http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/6/16/s16-202-e.html). | 500 | | | From the papers of the Chase family. ‡5 DLC | | 500 | | | [Library's] copy has book plate of the Benedictine Monastery in Grafschaft; inscribed by Thomas Jefferson. ‡5 DLC | | 500 | | | Plates 4, 5, and 9 are wanting. ‡5 DLC | | 500 | | | Separately cataloged after vol. for 1972. ‡5 DLC | | 500 | | | University Library's copy has ms. notes by author on endpapers. ‡5 OU | |
Printing | Field 500 prints as a note. Subfield ‡3 prints in the order found in the record. Subfield ‡5 does not print. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information. |
