Bibliographic Record

Only fields requiring guidelines specific to visual materials are in this manual. General definitions and guidelines for all fields are in the Beinecke Manuscript Unit’s Manuscript Cataloging Manual.

The following fields are required in all records:

  • Leader

  • 008

  • 040

  • 245

  • 264

  • 300

  • 336

  • 337

  • 338

  • 506

  • 520

  • 561

  • 500 Title source

  • 524

  • 655

  • 6xx At least one, other than 655

  • 852

The following fields are required when applicable (see field definitions for more information):

  • 006 For realia

  • 007 For all material types other than realia

  • 035 ‡9 Finding aid search string

  • 099 _9 ‡a call number call number

  • 1xx

  • 351

  • 545

  • 555 0_ ‡a

  • 530

  • 546 If text is present

  • 6xx Corresponding to 1xx

  • 856 42 ‡3 ‡u Finding aid link