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877 Item Information-Supplementary Material (R)

Find the field definition and scope, indicators, subfield codes, and guidelines for applying content designations for field 877.

Field definition and scope

This field contains item information about supplementary material that are not separately cataloged in the holdings of the reporting organization. A display may be generated from the contents of field 877 and its related 852 (Location), 854/864 (Captions and Pattern/Enumeration and Chronology), or 867 (Textual Holdings) field to which it is linked by subfield ‡8 (Field link and sequence number) or related by subfield ‡3 (Materials specified).

A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and their repeatability is given in the 853-878 Holdings Data-General Information section.

Guidelines for applying the content designators defined for field 876 and input conventions are given in the 876-878 Item Information-General Information section.

Guidelines for applying content designations

Examples

853   2   0   ‡8 1 ‡a v. ‡b no. ‡u 6 ‡v r ‡i (year) ‡j (month) ‡w m ‡x 01,07

854   2   0   ‡8 1 ‡a (year) ‡b (month) ‡w x

863   3   0   ‡8 1.1 ‡a 18-173 ‡i 1907-1988

863   4   0   ‡8 1.2 ‡a 174 ‡b 1-6 ‡i 1988 ‡j 07-12

863   4   0   ‡8 1.3 ‡a 175 ‡b 1-5 ‡i 1989 ‡j 01-05

864   3   0   ‡8 1.1 ‡a 1910-1988

877             ‡3 1986 ‡a ACC8761-3-2 ‡j Lost ‡p J87958763
[Holdings consist of v.18-174 (1907-Dec. 1988); v.175, no.1-5 (Jan.-May 1989) with irregularly issued supplements, 1910-1988; supplement for 1986 is lost from the collection.]