008 - Books (NR)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2008
Character Positions
18-21 - Illustrations
(006/01-04)
Up to four (4) one-character alphabetic
codes (recorded in alphabetical order)that indicate the presence
of types of illustrations in the item. If fewer than four
alphabetic codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and
unused positions contain blanks (#).
# - No
illustrations
a -
Illustrations
b - Maps
c - Portraits
d - Charts
e - Plans
f - Plates
g - Music
h - Facsimiles
i - Coats of
arms
j - Genealogical
tables
k - Forms
l - Samples
m - Phonodisc, phonowire,
etc.
o -
Photographs
p -
Illuminations
| - No attempt to
code
22 - Target audience
(006/05)
One-character alphabetic code that
describes the intellectual level of the target audience for which
the material is intended.
# - Unknown or not
specified
a - Preschool
b - Primary
c -
Pre-adolescent
d - Adolescent
e - Adult
f -
Specialized
g - General
j - Juvenile
| - No attempt to
code
23 - Form of item
(006/06)
One-character alphabetic code that
specifies the form of material for the item.
# - None of the
following
a - Microfilm
b - Microfiche
c -
Microopaque
d - Large
print
f - Braille
r - Regular print
reproduction
Eye-readable print, such as a
photocopy.
s - Electronic
| - No attempt to
code
24-27 - Nature of contents
(006/07-10)
Up to four one-character codes (recorded
in alphabetical order) that indicate whether a significant part
of the item is or contains certain types of material. If fewer
than four codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and
unused positions contain blanks (#).
# - No specified nature of
contents
a -
Abstracts/summaries
Abstracts or summaries of other
publications. Not used when a publication includes an abstract or
summary of its own content.
b -
Bibliographies
c - Catalogs
Also includes lists of collectible
objects, such as stamps and coins, or trade catalogs, etc. For
catalogs of books, sound recordings, or motion pictures, code b
(Bibliographies), code k (Discographies), or code q
(Filmographies), are given with code c.
d -
Dictionaries
e -
Encyclopedias
f - Handbooks
g - Legal
articles
i - Indexes
Index to bibliographical material
other than itself.
j - Patent
document
k -
Discographies
l - Legislation
Full or partial texts of enactments of
legislative bodies, published either in statute or in code form,
or texts of rules and regulations issued by executive or
administrative agencies.
m - Theses
Thesis, dissertation, or work identified
as having been created to satisfy the requirements for an
academic certification or degree.
n - Surveys of literature in
a subject area
Composed entirely of authored surveys
that summarize what has been published about a subject.
o - Reviews
Devoted entirely to critical reviews of
published or performed works (e.g., books, films, sound
recordings, theater).
p - Programmed
texts
q -
Filmographies
r -
Directories
s - Statistics
t - Technical
reports
u -
Standards/specifications
v - Legal cases and case
notes
w - Law reports and
digests
z - Treaties
Treaty or accord negotiated between two
or more parties to settle a disagreement, establish a
relationship, grant rights, etc.
2 - Offprints
Publication that originally was
published as an article in a monograph or a serial and that is
also issued separately and independently. Includes preprints and
postprints.
6 - Comics/graphic
novels
| - No attempt to
code
28 - Government
publication (006/11)
One-character code that indicates
whether or not the item is published or produced by or for an
international, national, state, provincial, or local government
agency, or by any subdivision of such a body.
# - Not a government
publication
a - Autonomous or
semi-autonomous component
c - Multilocal
f -
Federal/national
i - International
intergovernmental
l - Local
m - Multistate
o - Government
publication-level undetermined
s - State, provincial,
territorial, dependent, etc.
u - Unknown if item is
government publication
z - Other
| - No attempt to
code
29 - Conference
publication (006/12)
One-character code that indicates
whether the item consists of the proceedings, reports, or
summaries of a conference.
0 - Not a conference
publication
1 - Conference
publication
| - No attempt to
code
30 - Festschrift
(006/13)
One-character code that indicates
whether the item is a festschrift.
0 - Not a
festschrift
1 -
Festschrift
| - No attempt to
code
31 - Index
(006/14)
One-character numeric code that
indicates whether the item includes an index to its own
contents.
0 - No index
1 - Index
present
| - No attempt to
code
32 - Undefined
(006/15)
Contains a blank (#) or a fill character
(|).
33 - Literary form
(006/16)
One-character code used to indicate the
literary form of an item. Numeric codes 0 and 1 provide a generic
identification of whether or not the item is a work of fiction.
Alphabetic codes may be used to identify specific literary
forms.
0 - Not fiction (not further
specified)
1 - Fiction (not further
specified)
d - Dramas
e - Essays
f - Novels
h - Humor, satires,
etc.
Humorous work, satire, or of similar
literary form.
i - Letters
Single letter or collection of
correspondence.
j - Short stories
Short story or collection of short
stories.
m - Mixed forms
Represents a variety of literary forms
(e.g., poetry and short stories).
p - Poetry
s - Speeches
u - Unknown
| - No attempt to
code
34 - Biography
(006/17)
One-character alphabetic code that
indicates whether or not an item contains biographical material,
and if so, what the biographical characteristics are.
# - No biographical
material
a -
Autobiography
b - Individual
biography
c - Collective
biography
d - Contains biographical
information
| - No attempt to
code