MARC ǂ3 Materials specified

MARC subfield 3 in the Authority, Bibliographic, and holdings formats contains the part of the described materials to which the field applies when the content of the field does not apply to the whole resource. It is authorized for many MARC fields, and is not repeatable.

Policy and formulation

• Subfield 3 is always the first subfield
• If the information in description fields refers to different types of material cataloged together, repeat the field using appropriate description in ǂ3
• Enter the entire call number in non-description fields, along with any additional information needed to disambiguate
• If the information refers to more than one copy, repeat the field
• If the information refers to more than one volume of a single copy, combine volume numbers in a single ǂ3

Valid fields

Subfield ‡3 is currently valid for about 75 MARC fields. Some of the major ones are:

• MARC 100 Main Entry - Personal Name
• MARC 250 Edition Statement
• MARC 260 Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) (Bibliographic)
• MARC 264 Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice
• MARC 300 Physical Description
• MARC 336 Content Type
• MARC 337 Media Type
• MARC 338 Carrier Type
• MARC 490 Series Statement
• MARC 500 General Note
• MARC 506 Restrictions on Access Note
• MARC 510 Reference Citation Note
• MARC 520 Summary, Etc.
• MARC 530 Additional Physical Form Available Note
• MARC 581 Publications About Described Materials Note
• MARC 583 Action Note
• MARC 585 Exhibitions Note
• MARC 600 Subject Added Entry - Personal Name
• MARC 610 Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name
• MARC 630 Subject Added Entry - Uniform Title
• MARC 650 Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
• MARC 655 Index Term - Genre/Form
• MARC 700 Added Entry - Personal Name
• MARC 710 Added Entry - Corporate Name
• MARC 752 Added Entry - Hierarchical Place Name
• MARC 852 Location
• MARC 856 Electronic Location and Access

Examples

An object and manuscript cataloged together

260 ǂ3 Dressing case ǂc January 21st, 1854 ǂe ([New Orleans]) 260 ǂ3 Letter ǂc 1854 January 21 ǂe (New Orleans) 300 ǂ3 Dressing case ǂa 1 box ; ǂc 22 x 29 x 14 cm 300 ǂ3 Letter ǂa 2 leaves ; ǂc 23 x 19 cm

Add example of multiple volume numbers

Two copies of a psalter, both embroidered and both restricted

506 1_ ǂ3 STC 2662 copy 1 ǂa RESTRICTED. Original available by special permission only. ǂ5 DFo 506 1_ ǂ3 STC 2662 copy 2 ǂa RESTRICTED. Original available by special permission only. ǂ5 DFo 655 _7 ǂ3 STC 2662 copy 1ǂa Embroidered bindings (Binding) ǂ2 rbbin ǂ5 DFo 655 _7 ǂ3 STC 2662 copy 2ǂa Embroidered bindings (Binding) ǂ2 rbbin ǂ5 DFo

(The corresponding 506 fields copied into the holdings records do not have ǂ3)

A manuscript record covering five items, important enough for each to receive additional individual description

500 ǂ3 X.c.85 (1) ǂa Dated: Warwick house, new years [1641/2?]. Signed: Essex Cheek. Addressed: for my deare daughter the Lady Beuell at Cheasterton, huntingdonshere. Contains seal. In red pencil no. 493. 2 leaves; 26 x 16 cm.

Two copies of a book with different series titles on the wrapper

490 0_ ‡3 Copy 1 ‡a Shakspere munkái 490 0_‡3 Copy 2 ‡a Shakspere Szinművei ; ‡v 12

Two copies of a book, one of which was marked as a promptbook

655 _7 ‡3 PR2796.G3 O1 1841 Sh.Col. ‡a Promptbooks. ‡2 rbgenr ‡5 DFo

Record edits done to different items or copies on the same bib record

583 0_ ‡3 Sh.Misc. 1429 ‡a Recataloged ‡c 2015-11-17 ‡k SEH ‡n 1 ‡o piece ‡2 local ‡5 DFo 583 0_ ‡3 PR2752.P8 C6 no. 14 Cage ‡a Copy added ‡c 2015-11-17 ‡k SEH ‡n 1 ‡o piece ‡2 local ‡5 DFo

Two copies of a book, one of which was marked as a promptbook and cited in an external source

510 4_ ‡3 PROMPT Cymb. 4 ‡a Shattuck: CYM, ‡c 24. 583 0_ ‡3 PR2756.C22 Cymbeline Sh.Col. ‡a Recataloged ‡c 2015-11-16 ‡k SEH ‡n 1 ‡o piece ‡2 local ‡5 DFo 583 0_ ‡3 PROMPT Cymb. 4 ‡a Copy added ‡c 2015-11-16 ‡k SEH ‡n 1 ‡o piece ‡2 local ‡5 DFo 655 _7 ‡3 PROMPT Cymb. 4 ‡a Promptbooks. ‡2 rbgenr