BibFormats

513  Type of Report and Period Covered Note (R)

Record Type

BIB

Input Standards

Field (Full/Minimal)
Required if applicable/Optional
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa Type of report (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂb Period covered (NR) Optional/Optional
ǂ6 Linkage (NR) System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8 Field link and sequence number (R) Optional/Optional

Definition

A note about the type of report and the period covered.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character

Undefined

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character

Undefined

Subfields

 
ǂa Type of report

The type of report (e.g., annual report or interim report).

513     Interim report; ǂb January-July 1977
ǂb Period covered

The dates indicating the period covered by the report.

513     Quarterly technical progress report; ǂb January-April 1, 1977
ǂ6 Linkage

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:

  • Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
  • Precede subfield ǂb by a semicolon-space when subfield ǂa also occurs in the field
  • Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)
513     Annual report; ǂb July 1997-June 1998.

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.

513     Annual report ǂb July 1997-June 1998

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

Field 513 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 513.