MARC 370 Associated Place

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MARC field 370 in the authority format contains towns, cities, provinces, states, and/or countries associated with persons, corporate bodies, families, works, and expressions. This field is repeatable.

Commonly-used tags

Indicators
Undefined

Subfield delimiters
ǂa Place of birth (NR)
ǂb Place of death (NR)
ǂc Associated country (R)
ǂe Place of residence/headquarters (R)
ǂf Other associated place (R)
ǂg Place of origin of work (R)
ǂs Start period (NR)
ǂt End period (NR)
ǂ2 Source of term (NR)

Policy and formulation

Use both the modern form of the place name and an earlier form of the name during the person's lifetime, if different:

370 ǂc Italy ǂc Venice (Republic : to 1797)

Give place of residence in ǂe and country in ǂc even though the country is already named in the ǂe

370 ǂc France ǂe Paris (France)

Include both Great Britain and England (or Scotland or Wales) in ǂc. Do not include states, provinces, or territories of the US, Canada, or Australia.

370 London (England) ǂb Penshurst (England) ǂc Great Britain ǂc England ǂe Penshurst (England) ǂ2 naf

Neighborhoods may be used in places such as ǂe but use it in addition to the established city name

ǂe Harrow (London, England) ǂe London (England)

Examples

370  Dresden (Germany) ǂb Berlin (Germany) ǂc Germany ǂe Berlin (Germany) ǂe Dresden (Germany) ǂe Leipzig (Germany) ǂ2 naf
370  ǂc Great Britain ǂc England ǂe London (England) ǂ2 naf
370  Naples (Italy) ǂb Vienna (Austria) ǂc Austria ǂc Czech Republic ǂc England ǂc Great Britain ǂc Spain ǂe Prague (Czech Republic) ǂe Vienna (Austria) ǂ2 naf

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