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Local Holdings Format and Standards : 8xx Fields : 878 Item Information-Indexes

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878  Item Information-Indexes (R)


  

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

 

This field contains item information about indexes that are not separately cataloged in the holdings of the reporting organization. A display may be generated from the contents of field 878 and its related 852 (Location), 855/865 (Captions and Pattern/Enumeration and Chronology), or 868 (Textual Holdings) field to which it is linked by subfield ‡8 (Field link and sequence number) or related by subfield ‡3 (Materials specified).

A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and their repeatability is given in the 853-878 Holdings Data-General Information section.

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 878 and input conventions are given in the 876-878 Item Information-General Information section.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATIONS

EXAMPLES
852 0 1 TxAM‡bReference‡hRA423‡i.B24
866   0 ‡80‡av. 5
868   0 ‡80‡aChronological Index
868   0 ‡80‡a Alphabetic Index
876     ‡3v.5‡aABH1332-1-3‡p A14828301589
878     ‡3Chronological index‡aABH1332-1-4‡pA14828301588
878     ‡3Alphabetic index‡aABH1332-1-5‡pA14801389752

852 0 1 CaOON‡bChem‡hQD79.C454‡iLSS
853 3 3 ‡81‡av.‡i(year)
855     ‡81‡av.‡i(year)‡osubject index
855     ‡82‡av.‡i(year)‡oauthor index
863 4 0 ‡81.1‡a1-8‡i1973-1982
863 4 0 ‡81.2‡a9‡i1983
865 4 1 ‡81.1‡a2‡i1982/1983
865 4 1 ‡82.1‡a2‡i1982/1983
876     ‡81.2‡aADF1383-1-1‡pA14802938478
878     ‡81.1‡aADF1383-1-2‡pA14809183075
878     ‡82.1‡aADF1383-1-3‡pA14809813780