Punctuation:
Certain types of notes may follow ISBD rules for content and form, including punctuation. Although this is not prescribed within UNIMARC, it is recommended that ISBD conventions be followed where possible.
General notes:
Field 300 has two uses: it is for general notes that do not belong under any of the more specific categories of notes; and it is for notes that belong to other categories but which were not so categorized by the source format, or were coded in the source format as belonging to a category which is not present in UNIMARC. If a note belongs to more than one category represented by fields 301 to 315, then the tag earlier in numerical order other than 300 should be used as a general rule. Notes relating to fields 320 onwards should be entered in those specific fields and not in earlier fields. If two notes belong to the same category they should be contained in separate occurrences of the required field.
Notes generated from linking fields:
From the UNIMARC record, a note may be generated from data in other fields, e.g. 4-- linking fields or 5-- related title fields. If such a note is to be generated, it is not entered in a 3-- field.
300 GENERAL NOTES Field Definition
This field contains a note on any aspect of the bibliographic item or the record relating to it.
Occurrence
Optional. Repeatable. It may be used in place of any of the note fields 301 to 315 or, when source formats do not provide the same categorization of notes as UNIMARC, in place of any note which cannot be allocated to a more specific notes field.
Indicators
Indicator 1: blank (not defined)
Indicator 2: blank (not defined)
Subfields
$a Text of Note. Not repeatable.
Notes on Field Contents
The data in this field can be in any form. See examples for guidance. If more than one note is to be recorded, each is entered in a repeated field 300.
Related Fields
See the other notes fields.
Examples
EX 1: 300 ##$aSkeleton outline of events contemporary of Lady Margaret Roper (Alexander Alesius) : (1 folded leaf) in pocket
A note on accompanying material.
EX 2: 300 ##$aIncludes index
Used when the source format has no equivalent of field 320.
EX 3: 300 ##$aContaining details of hunts, including their countries, histories and former Masters of Foxhounds, Harriers, Staghounds, Draghounds, Beagles, Basset Hounds, Otterhounds and Bloodhounds in the United Kingdom and Ireland; hunts of America, the Commonwealth and Europe, results of hound shows, three maps showing boundaries of foxhounds and one of distribution of hare hunts.
EX 4: 300 ##$aDrawings executed between 1816 and 1825 are compared with the work of J.M.W. Turner in: George Filbert, his early work / Thomas Johnson. New York : Dow, 1965
A note citing published research based on drawings described in the catalogue record and held by the institution.
EX 5: 300 ##$aGift of Leavitt Hunt's daughter, Mrs William E. Patterson, 1947
A provenance note, indicating the donor and former owner of a rare book.
301 NOTES PERTAINING TO IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS Field Definition
This field contains a note on any identification number appearing on the item or in the record.
Occurrence
Optional. Repeatable.
Indicators
Indicator 1: blank (not defined)
Indicator 2: blank (not defined)
Subfields
$a Text of Note. Not repeatable.
Notes on Field Contents
This field may be used for notes relating to any identification number when it appears on the item or when it is known to have been assigned to the item being recorded. It may be used to note the number itself, if it cannot be recorded in any of the fields 010 to 040 which deal with identification numbers, or it can be used to comment on a particular number. If notes about more than one number are to be recorded, each is entered in a repeated field 301.
Related Fields
0-- IDENTIFICATION BLOCK
Prefer the use of identification block when data from a note field in a source format can be formatted to be entered in a 0 field.
Examples
EX 1: 301 ##$a"DOE/EIA 0031/2".
A technical report number appearing on the title page of the item.
EX 2: 301 ##$aIncorrectly cited as BL R&D Report 5657
A new series of library and information research reports is published, the first of which is The on line public library (LIR Report 1) by A.J. Convey, A. Pearce and A.J. Wood, previously listed as BL R&D Report 5657.
302 NOTES PERTAINING TO CODED INFORMATION Field Definition
A note relating to data elements which are coded in the 1-- fields.
Occurrence
Optional. Repeatable.
Indicators
Indicator 1: blank (not defined)
Indicator 2: blank (not defined)
Subfields
$a Text of Note. Not repeatable.
Notes on Field Contents
The data in this field can be in any form. If more than one note is to be recorded, each is entered in a repeated field 302.
In most cases a more specific note field can be used. In those instances, prefer the more specific field, e.g. use field 307 rather than 302 for notes on types of illustrations present in the item, even though illustration information is present in coded form in field 105.
Related Fields
1-- CODED INFORMATION BLOCK
Data recorded in the CODED INFORMATION BLOCK in coded form may be recorded in field 302 in free text form with or without elaboration.
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