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662  Subject Added Entry–Hierarchical Place Name (R)

Input Standards

Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards
‡a Country or larger entity (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
‡b First-order political jurisdiction (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
‡c Intermediate political jurisdiction (R) Optional/Optional
‡d City (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
‡e Relator term (R) Optional/Optional
‡f City subsection (R) Optional/Optional
‡g Other nonjurisdictional geographic region and feature (R) Optional/Optional
‡h Extraterrestrial area (R) Optional/Optional
‡2 Source of heading or term (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
‡4 Relator code  (R) Optional/Optional


Definition

 A hierarchical form of geographic name used as a subject added entry. Subject added entries are assigned to a bibliographic record to provide access according to generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules.

1st Indicator

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

2nd Indicator

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

Subfields
‡a Country or larger entity The name of a country or a larger political jurisdiction. Subfield ‡a also contains the names of geographical areas/entities such as continents or hemispheres at a country level or higher. Subfield ‡a may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
662 Canada ‡d Toronto .
‡b First-order political jurisdiction The name of a first-order political jurisdiction or division and, depending on the country, including the names of states, provinces, territories, départements, etc.
662 France ‡b Doubs.
‡c Intermediate political jurisdiction The name of a second-order or lower political jurisdiction or division, not including towns or cities, and, depending on the country, including the names of counties, islands, municipalities, prefectures, regions, etc. Subfield ‡c may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
662 England ‡b Greater Manchester ‡c Manchester.
‡d City The name of a city or town.
662 Japan ‡g Kanto (region) ‡c Tokyo (metropolis) ‡d Tokyo (inhabited place) ‡f Shibuya. ‡2 tgn
‡e Relator term A designation of function that describes the relationship between a hierarchical place name and the described materials.

Relator codes, which also specify a relationship of a hierarchical place name to the described materials, are contained in subfield ‡4.

‡f City subsection The name of a smaller unit within a populated place, e.g. neighborhoods, parks, or streets.
662 United States ‡b California ‡c Los Angeles (County) ‡d Los Angeles ‡f Little Tokyo. ‡2 tgn
‡g Other nonjurisdictional geographic region and feature The name of a terrestrial nonjurisdictional geographic entity, e.g., rivers, lakes, islands, mountains, etc. Subfield ‡g may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
662 Africa ‡g Nile River ‡g Sixth Cataract. ‡2 tgn
‡h Extraterrestrial area The name of any extraterrestrial entity or space and includes solar systems, galaxies, star systems, planets as well as geographic features of individual planets, etc. Subfield ‡h may be repeated for hierarchies when multiple levels are given, retaining the order highest-to-lowest.
662 ‡h Mars ‡h Valles Marineris ‡2 [MARC code for Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]
‡2 Source of heading or term A MARC code that identifies the source list from which the heading in a subject added entry was assigned. See MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.
662    United States ‡ b New York (State) ‡ g Niagara Falls. ‡ 2 lcsh/naf
‡4 Relator code A three-character code that indicates the relationship between the hierarchical place name and the described materials. See MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

Relator terms, which also specify a relationship of a hierarchical place name to the described materials, are contained in subfield ‡e.

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