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502 - Dissertation Note (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full

February 1999

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
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# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Dissertation note (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR)	$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Designation of an academic dissertation or thesis and the institution to which it was presented. Other notes indicating the relationship between the item being cataloged and the author's dissertation or thesis, such as statements indicating that the work represents or is based on the author's thesis (e.g., Originally presented as ...) are recorded in field 500 (General Note).

It may also include the degree for which the author was a candidate and the year it was granted. Notes concerning abstracts, abridgements, or revisions of theses are also recorded in field 500.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

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

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Dissertation note

Entire text of the note.


502	##$aThesis (M.A.)--University College, London, 1969.
502	##$aInaug.--Diss.--Heidelberg, 1972.
502	##$aKarl Schmidt's thesis (doctoral)--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 1965.
502	##$aMémoire de stage (3e cycle)--Université de Nantes, 1981.
500	##$aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Sorbonne, Paris, 1969. [Not the original thesis; information recorded in field 500 instead of field 502]

$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.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 502 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. The indication of degree for which the dissertation was presented is generally recorded in parentheses.

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