Fixed Field Reference Guide
The following are the most commonly encountered codes for books format Fixed Fields. Other codes may be valid in some circumstances; see the OCLC MARC Fixed Field Lists for details.
Type: Do not modify
Bib lvl: Do not modify
Source: Must be blank if 040 | is DLC, otherwise should be "d". May be "c" in certain records.
Lang: Three letter code for the language of the item. Most common codes:
- cze=Czech
- dut=Dutch
- eng=English
- fre=French
- ger=German
- ita=Italian
- jpn=Japanese
- pol=Polish
- rus=Russian
- spa=Spanish
Repr: Normally blank. Other common codes encountered are:
- a=microfilm
- b=microfiche
- z=other form of reproduction
Enc lvl: Do not modify
Conf pub:
- 0=not a conference publication
- 1=a conference publication
Ctry: Two- or three-letter country code. For states of the USA, use the two-letter postal code
plus the letter "u". Most common other codes encountered are:
- bcc=British Columbia, Canada
- cc=China ("Red" China)
- cs=Czechoslovakia
- enk=England
- fr=France
- gw=postwar Germany (do not use ge or wb)
- gx=Germany (before the division of the country)
- ie=Ireland
- jp=Japan
- mx=Mexico
- ne=Netherlands
- onc=Ontario, Canada
- pl=Poland
- po=Portugal
- ru=Russia (Federation)
- sa=South Africa
- si=Singapore
- sp=Spain
- stk=Scotland
- ur=Soviet Union
Indx:
- 0=No index
- 1=Index present
Mod rec: Do not modify.
Govt pub: Blank if not a government publication. Other common codes:
- f=federal government
- i=international bodies
- l=local government
- s=state government
Cont: Use up to four codes.
- a=abstracts/summaries
- b=bibliographical references or bibliographies
- c=catalogs
- d=dictionaries
- e=encyclopedias
- f=handbooks
- g=legal articles
- i=indexes of items other than book itself
- k=discographies
- l=legislation
- n=literature surveys
- o=reviews
- p=programmed textbooks
- q=filmographies
- r=directories
- s=statistics (must contain a lot of statistics)
- t=technical reports
- v=legal cases and case notes
- w=law reports and digests
Desc:
- a=AACR2
- i=ISBD (pre-AACR2)
- =pre-AACR2 and pre-ISBD
Int lvl: Do not modify.
Festschr:
- 0=Not a Festschrift
- 1=Is a Festschrift
Illus: Use up to four codes. Do not use codes not on this list.
- a=illustrations (general, or mixed)
- b=maps
- c=portraits
- e=plans
- f=plates
- g=music
- h=facsimiles
- i=coats of arms
- j=geneolocigal tables
- k=forms
F/B: First indicator ("F"):
Second indicator ("B"):
- =Not biographical
- a=individual autobiography
- b=individual biography
- c=collective biography or autobiography
- d=contains biographical information
Dat tp:
- s=one date
- t=publication date and copyright date differ, but is not a reprint
- m=range of dates
- q=date unknown, range of dates given
- r=is a reprint
Dates: Dates as found in 260|c. Second date may also be original date of publication if a reprint, as found in a note
