4xx Fields

Use 4xx and 8xx fields for series data. Use 4xx fields for series statements transcribed from the item. Use field 440 if the transcribed and traced versions are the same. Use 8xx fields for series added entries if the added entry differs from the series statement or if the series statement is in a note (5xx fields).

Use field 440 for series statements that are also the traced form.

Use field 490 for series statements not traced or traced differently. To trace the series, enter the series added entry in an appropriate 8xx field.

Use field 490 for name/title series statements found in retrospective cataloging copy. Trace the series in field 800, 810, 811, or 830.

Fields 400, 410, and 411 are obsolete. OCLC has run a database scan to convert them. Records containing these fields fail validation. You may find these fields in local systems in records used prior to this change.

Use field 800, field 810 and field 811 for series added entries in name/title form.

Use field 830 for any series added entry in title form.

Printing specifications pertain to series fields (4xx and 8xx), not to series data incorporated in notes.

Field 440 and 490 print following the physical description as a series statement.

The print program supplies parentheses around each series statement in the 4xx fields. Do not enter parentheses or final punctuation in a 4xx field. If more than one series statement is present in a record, the print program encloses each statement in parentheses. One space separates multiple series statements.

For series tracings based on the 440 field, the print program supplies the word Series preceded by the appropriate Roman numeral.

For subsequent series tracings based on the 490 field, if any, the print program supplies the series entry preceded by the word Series: and the appropriate Roman numeral. If the series is in field 490, an 8xx field or an 8xx/note combination, the first series prints preceded by Series:.

The print program supplies a period at the end of the series heading and tracing unless final punctuation (. ! ?) is present. However, the print program does not supply a period for the first series tracing.

ISBD records. The print program supplies a space-dash-space ( -- ) between the physical description (3xx fields) and the first series statement.

If a publication includes the ISSN for the series, enter the ISSN in subfield ‡x of the series statement field. The print program supplies ISSN before the number. The ISSN does not print in the series tracing or heading: