502 Dissertation Note

Field definition and scope:

Field 502 contains a note that gives the designation of an academic dissertation or thesis and the institution to which it was presented. It may also include the degree for which the author was a candidate, name of the granting institution or faculty, the year it was granted, and dissertation identifier. Dissertation information may be encoded as a note in subfield $a or parsed into specific subfields.

Other notes indicating the relationship between the item being cataloged and the author's dissertation or thesis, such as statements indicating that the work represents or is based on the author's thesis (e.g., Originally presented as ... ) are recorded in field 500 (General Note). Notes concerning abstracts, abridgements, or revisions of theses are also recorded in field 500.

The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.

Field 502 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 502	Dissertation Note	O	O	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Dissertation note	M	O	NR
$b	Degree type	O	O	NR
$c	Name of granting institution	O	O	NR
$d	Year degree granted	O	O	NR
$g	Miscellaneous information	O	O	R
$o	Dissertation identifier	O	O	R
$6	Linkage	A	O	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Content designator history:

Subfields $b - Degree type [new, 2008]

$c - Name of granting institution [new, 2008]

$d - Year degree granted [new, 2008]

$g - Miscellaneous information [new, 2008]

$o - Dissertation identifier [new, 2008]