440 Series Statement/Added Entry

440 Series Statement/Added Entry - Title (R) (Variable Data Field)

Field definition and scope:

Field 440 contains a series title statement when the series statement and the controlled added entry form of the series title are the same. Field 440 is both a series statement and a series added entry (title is traced). When a 440 field is present, a corresponding 830 field is not used since it would duplicate the 440 field.

Since series statements do not include medium designators (subfield $h), when a series added entry requires a medium designator, field 490 is used for the series statement with a corresponding 8XX field for the series added entry.

The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.

Field 440 is repeatable .

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National-level (NLR) and Minimal-level (MLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:

Position	Description	NLR	MLR	Repeatability
Field 440	Series Statement/Added Entry - Title	A	A	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Second	Nonfiling characters	M
0	No nonfiling characters present	A
1-9	Number of nonfiling characters present	A

Subfield code:
$a	Title	M	M	NR
$n	Number of part/section of a work	A	A	R
$p	Name of part/section of a work	A	A	R
$v	Volume number/sequential designation	A	A	NR
$x	International Standard Serial Number	A	A	NR
$6	Linkage	A	A	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Input conventions:

Content designator history:

Subfields $n - Number of part/section of a work [defined]

$p - Name of part/section of a work [defined]

Subfields $n and $p were defined in 1980. Prior to that time, numbered or named parts were not separately subfield coded.

Subfield $h - General material designation [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

For projected media (motion pictures, filmstrips, videorecordings, slides, and transparencies), this field can occur in records for items cataloged under rules in effect before the 1975 revision of Chapter 12 of AACR 1. Prior to this revision, a media qualifier was not required in the series added entry when the name of the medium was an integral part of the series title, thus allowing the series added entry to be derived from the series statement. Under the revised rules of AACR 1, all series added entries for projected media and special instructional materials must contain a media qualifier; therefore, field 440 does not occur in records for items cataloged under the revised version of the AACR 1 rules.

Under AACR 2 , field 440 can occur in records if an institution chooses not to use media qualifiers in series added entries.

Related MARC field or document:

830 Series Added Entry - Uniform Title

See also:

4XX Series Statement Fields

Variable Data Fields