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876 Item Information-Basic Bibliographic Unit (R)

Find the field definition and scope, indicators, subfield codes, and guidelines for applying content designations for field 876.

Field definition and scope

This field contains item information about a basic bibliographic unit in the holdings of the reporting organization. A display may be generated from the contents of field 876 and its related 852 (Location), 853/863 (Captions and Pattern/Enumeration and Chronology), or 866 (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

852   0   0   TxAM ‡b Stacks ‡h HD9195.A5 ‡i W5

876             AAH8128-1-1 ‡c $13.75 ‡p A14802137389

852   0   1   NvLN ‡h Z671 ‡i .L7

853   2   0   ‡8 1 ‡a v. ‡b no. ‡u 12 ‡v r ‡i (year) ‡j (month)

863   4   0   ‡8 1.1 ‡a 108 ‡b 1-6 ‡i 1989 ‡j 1-6

863   4   0   ‡8 1.2 ‡a 108 ‡b 7-12 ‡i 1989 ‡j 7-12

876             ‡8 1.1 ‡a AAA1000-1-1 ‡p A1481283827

876             ‡8 1.2 ‡a AAA1000-1-3 ‡p A1481283831