700 Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field 700 contains a personal name that is equivalent to the name contained in the 100 field of the same record. It links headings within a system or from different thesauri or authority files.
The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.
Field 700 is repeatable .
Guidelines for applying content designators:
The content designators identify the subelements occurring in a name or name/title heading that contains a personal name constructed according to the generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules [e.g., Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR 2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)].
Personal names used in phrase subject headings (e.g., John, the Baptist, Saint, in the Koran) are contained in the X50 fields.
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:
Position | Description | NLR | Repeatability |
Field 700 | Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name | O | R |
Indicator: | |||
First | M | ||
0 | A | ||
1 | A | ||
3 | A | ||
Second | M | ||
0 | A | ||
1 | A | ||
2 | A | ||
3 | A | ||
4 | A | ||
5 | A | ||
6 | A | ||
7 | A | ||
Subfield code: | |||
$a | M | NR | |
$b | A | NR | |
$c | A | R | |
$d | A | NR | |
$e | A | R | |
$f | A | NR | |
$g | A | NR | |
$h | A | NR | |
$j | O | R | |
$k | A | R | |
$l | A | NR | |
$m | A | R | |
$n | A | R | |
$o | A | NR | |
$p | A | R | |
$q | A | NR | |
$r | A | NR | |
$s | A | NR | |
$t | A | NR | |
$v | A | R | |
$w | A | NR | |
/0 Link display | M | ||
$x | A | R | |
$y | A | R | |
$z | A | R | |
$0 | A | R | |
$2 | A | NR | |
$5 | A | R | |
$6 | A | NR | |
$8 | O | R |
See: Examples for this field.
Ambiguous headings
(what is considered a "personal" name)
Display constant for X00 fields
Display constants for 7XX Linking Entries
First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element
Values 1 - Single surname [redefined]
2 - Multiple surname [obsolete]
In 1996, the first indicator value 2 (Multiple surname) was made obsolete. Value 1 (Single surname) was redefined as Surname to be used for headings with either single or multiple surnames.
Subfields $u - Record control number [obsolete] [USMARC only]
$v - Record control number [obsolete] [USMARC only]
$0 - Record control number [new]
$v - Form subdivision [redefined] [USMARC only]
$3 - Authority record control number [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]
In USMARC, from 1993 to 1995, subfield $v was defined as Record control number in the 7XX Heading Linking Entry fields. When subfield $v was adapted for form subdivisions in MARC bibliographic and authority heading fields in 1995, subfield $v was redefined as Form subdivision and subfield $u was defined as Record control number. In 1997, subfield $0 was added as Record control number in 5XX and 7XX fields and $u was made obsolete.
700 Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name
X00 Personal Names
[General Information]
Alphabetic List of Surname Prefixes
Related MARC fields or documents:
X00 Personal Names - General Information
7XX Heading Linking Entries - General Information
See also:
