Series Information in the MARC Record

by Jan Militello

Series information is contained in a Bound to Stay Bound MARC record in either the 440 Series Statement/Added Entry—Title or in a combination of the 490 Series Statement with an 800 Series Added Entry—Personal Name or an 830 Series Added Entry—Uniform Title. If Library of Congress authorizes that a series should be traced, a 440 is used. If Library of Congress determines that a series should not be traced or that it should be traced differently, the 490/800 or 490/830 combination is used. It is possible for a title to be in more than one series. Examples follow.

245 10 |aGalileo :|bastronomer and physicist /|cby Robin S. Doak.
440 0 |aSignature lives

245 10 |aIn-line skating :|bcheck it out! /|cKristin Eck.
490 1 |aExtreme sports
800 1 |aEck, Kristin.|tExtreme sports.

245 10 |aStunt bicycle riding /cby K.C. Kelley.
490 1 |aExtreme sports
830 0 |aExtreme sports (Milwaukee, Wis.)

245 10 |aHenry and Mudge :|bthe first book of their adventures /|cstory by Cynthia Rylant ; pictures by Sucie Stevenson.
440 0 |aReady-to-read.|nLevel 2
490 1 |aHenry and Mudge books
800 1 |aRylant, Cynthia.|tHenry and Mudge books.

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