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522 Geographic Coverage Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Display constant controller
	Geographic coverage
8	No display constant generated
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa	Geographic coverage note (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

A note about the geographic coverage of the item usually used for survey materials.

Use field 052 to record geographic data in coded form.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

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

	Geographic coverage. The value that generates the display constant Geographic coverage:.

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

2nd Indicator

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

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Geographic coverage note

The entire text of the note.

052			3800
522			New York State

052	1		US ǂb 51
522	8		County-level data from Virginia

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.
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)

522

8

County-level data from Virginia.

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

522

8

County-level data from Virginia

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

Indexing

Field 522 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 522.

This page last revised: August 15, 2022

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