Re: MARC 856 question

From: john g marr <jmarr_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:35:58 -0600
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Walker, David wrote:

> 856 40 indicates that the link it to the resource, but not necessarily 
> the *whole* resource.

  Correct. As OCLC puts it:

    "The electronic location in field 856 is for the same resource 
described by the record as a whole ... If the data in field 
856 relates to a constituent unit of the resource represented by the 
record, use subfield 3 to specify the portion(s) to which the field 
applies."

  You would probably have separate 856s for the entire "same resource as 
described by the record as a whole" and any constituent part (e.g. 
contents) linked individually.

> ... table of contents links ... are also often coded as ind 2 = 1 (a 
> version of the resource), but so are many full-text links, so that 
> doesn't help.

  Right again. It's the same idea:

    "The location in field 856 is for an electronic version of the resource 
described by the record. In this case, the item represented by the 
bibliographic record is not electronic, but an electronic version is 
available. If the data in field 856 relates to a constituent unit of the 
resource represented by the record, use subfield 3 to specify the 
portion(s) to which the field applies."

  John G. Marr
  Cataloger
  CDS, UL
  Univ. of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM 87131
  jmarr_at_unm.edu
  jmarr_at_flash.net


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