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5xx Introduction 500 General Note 501 "With" 502 Dissertation 504 Bibliography, Etc. 505 Formatted Contents 506 Restrictions on Access 507 Note for Graphic Material 508 Creation/Production Credits 510 Citation/References 511 Participant/Performer 513 Type of Report/Period Covered 514 Data Quality 515 Numbering Peculiarities 516 Type of Computer File/Data 518 Date/Time and Place of Event 520 Summary, Etc 521 Target Audience 522 Geographic Coverage 524 Preferred Citation 525 Supplement 526 Study Program Information 530 Additional Physical Form Available 533 Reproduction 534 Original Version 535 Location 536 Funding Information 538 System Details 539 Data Elements of Reproduction 540 Terms Governing Use/Reproduction 541 Immediate Source of Acquisition 544 Location of Other Archival Materials 545 Biographical/Historical 546 Language 547 Former Title Complexity 550 Issuing Body 552 Entity/Attribute Information 555 Cumulative Index/Findings Aids

556 Information about Documentation

561 Ownership/Custodial History 562 Copy/Version Identification 563 Binding Information 565 Case File Characteristics 567 Methodology 580 Linking Entry Complexity 581 Publications About Described Materials 583 Action 584 Accumulation and Frequency of Use 585 Exhibitions 586 Awards 590 Local 599 Differentiable Local

Contents Fixed field 0xx 1xx 2xx 3xx 4xx 5xx 6xx 7xx 8xx 9xx

556 Information About Documentation Note (R)


Input Standards
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Display constant controller
		Documentation
8		No display constant generated
2nd Indicator Undefined
		Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)			Input Standards
‡a		Information about documentation note (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory
‡z		International Standard Book Number (R)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable

Definition

A note about the documentation of the described materials, such as code books which explain the contents and use of the file or a user's manual.

Use field 581 (Publications About Described Materials Note) if the note is about the analysis, study or use of the file.

1st Indicator

Display constant controller. A value that controls the generation of the display constant preceding the note.

Documentation. The value that generates the display constant Documentation:.

556

"Technical Documentation for Computer Tapes, 1974 Census of Agriculture, County Reports and Miscellaneous Tables."

8

No display constant generated. The value that specifies that a display constant is not generated.

556

8

Documentation also available as FSWEC- 77/0387-1.

2nd Indicator

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

).

	Undefined

Subfields

‡a Information about documentation note

The entire text of the note.

556

1970 censuses of population file (A, B, or C) summary tape (sample). Arlington, Va. : Data Use and Access Laboratories, 1972. (Technical document ; no. ST-4P ).

556

BASIC reference. 3rd ed. Boca Raton, Fl. : IBM, c1984. (Personal computer hardware reference library); 6361132.

‡z International Standard Book Number

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) associated with the document.

Printing

Field 556 prints as a note. The 1st indicator controls display constants. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information.

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