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MARC21 authority format : field summary

00X Control fields
001 Control number
003 Control number identifier
005 Date and time of latest transaction
008 Fixed-length data elements
01X-09X Number and code fields
010 Library of Congress control number
014 Link to bibliographic record for serial or multipart item
016 National bibliographic agency control number
020 International standard book number
022 International standard serial number
024 Other standard identifier
031 Musical incipits information
035 System control number
040 Cataloguing source
042 Authentication code
043 Geographic area code
045 Time period of content
050 Library of Congress call number
052 Geographic classification
053 LC classification number
055 Library and Archives Canada call number
060 National Library of Medicine call number
065 Other classification number
066 Character sets present
070 National Agricultural Library call number
072 Subject category code
073 Subdivision usage
082 Dewey decimal call number
083 Dewey decimal classification number
086 Government document call number
087 Government document classification number
09X Local call numbers
1XX Heading fields
100 Heading--Personal name
110 Heading--Corporate name
111 Heading--Meeting name
130 Heading--Uniform title
148 Heading--Chronological term
150 Heading--Topical term
151 Heading--Geographical term
155 Heading--Form/Genre term
180 Heading--General subdivision
181 Heading--Geographic subdivision
182 Heading--Chronological subdivision
185 Heading--Form subdivision
2XX-3XX Complex subject references
260 Complex see reference--Subject
360 Complex see also reference--Subject
4XX See from tracing fields
400 See from tracing--Personal name
410 See from tracing--Corporate name
411 See from tracing--Meeting name
430 See from tracing--Uniform title
448 See from tracing--Chronological term
450 See from tracing--Topical term
451 See from tracing--Geographic name
455 See from tracing--Genre/Form term
480 See from tracing--General subdivision
481 See from tracing--Geographic subdivision
482 See from tracing--Chronological subdivision
485 See from tracing--Form subdivision
5XX See also from tracing fields
500 See also from tracing--Personal name
510 See also from tracing--Corporate name
511 See also from tracing--Meeting name
530 See also from tracing--Uniform title
548 See also from tracing--Chronological term
550 See also from tracing--Topical term
551 See also from tracing--Geographic name
555 See also from tracing--Genre/Form term
580 See also from tracing--General subdivision
581 See also from tracing--Geographic subdivision
582 See also from tracing--Chronological subdivision
585 See also from tracing--Form subdivision
64X Series treatment fields
640 Series dates of publication and/or sequential designation
641 Series numbering peculiarities
642 Series numbering example
643 Series place and publisher/issuing body
644 Series analysis practice
645 Series tracing practice
646 Series classification practice
663-666 Complex name references
663 Complex see also reference--Name
664 Complex see reference--Name
665 History reference
666 General explanatory reference--Name
667-68X Note fields
667 Nonpublic general note
670 Source data found
675 Source data not found
678 Biographical or historical data
680 Public general note
681 Subject example tracing note
682 Deleted heading information
688 Application history note
7XX Heading linking entry fields
700 Established heading linking entry--Personal name
710 Established heading linking entry--Corporate name
711 Established heading linking entry--Meeting name
730 Established heading linking entry--Uniform title
748 Established heading linking entry--Chronological term
750 Established heading linking entry--Topical term
751 Established heading linking entry--Geographic name
755 Established heading linking entry--Genre/form term
780 Subdivision linking entry--General subdivision
781 Subdivision linking entry--Geographic subdivision
782 Subdivision linking entry--Chronological subdivision
785 Subdivision linking entry--Form subdivision
788 Complex linking entry data
8XX Location and alternate graphics
856 Electronic location and access
880 Alternate graphic representation
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