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380 - Form of Work (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Full

February 2010

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Form of work (R) $0 - Record control number (R) $2 - Source of term (NR)	$6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

A class or genre to which a work belongs. May be used to differentiate a work from another work with the same title.

Multiple forms of work from the same source vocabulary may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a (Form of work). Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

Both indicator positions are undefined; each contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Form of work

A term expressing the class or genre of the work.


100	1#$aWilder, Thornton,$d1897-1975.$tOur town.
380	##$aPlay


130	#0$aCinderella (Choreographic work)
380	##$aChoreographic work


130	#0$aWar of the worlds (Television program)
380	##$aTelevision program

$0 - Record control number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$2 - Source of term

MARC code that identifies the source of the term in subfield $a when it is from a controlled list.

Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

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