Information:
The 440 tag was made obsolete in December 2008.
The 490 and 830 tags are now used for series
titles. See those tags for an explanation and
samples.
The Series Statement/Added Entry - Title (440 tag)
of the MARC 21 bibliographic record contains an
indexed title of a series. The 440 tag may also
include the number and name of a part or section of
a series and the volume number of the item within
the series. When the series has been assigned an
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), it may
also be included in the 440 tag.
A series is defined as a group of individual items
each bearing its own separate title proper and a
collective title applying to the group as a whole.
An item can belong to more than one series. A
series may be part of another series, that is, a
sub-series.
The 440 tag helps library users locate the
individual titles in a series. If a library user
reads a book from a fiction series, he or she may
want to see what other titles from that series are
available. Library searchers may find that the
quality or format of information found in a
non-fiction series helpful and want to consult
other titles in that series.
AACR2R governs the Series Statement/Added Entry -
Title tag with rule X.6. The X represents the
particular chapter number depending on what type of
media the librarian is cataloging. All formats
except manuscripts (chapter 4) can contain a series
statement. The series statement is taken from the
chief source of information of the item.
Indicators
First Undefined
blank Undefined
Second Nonfiling characters
0-9 Number of non-filing characters present
Subfields
a Title (NR)
n Number of part/section of a series title (R)
p Name of part/section of a series title (R)
x International Standard Serial Number (NR)
v Volume number/sequential designation (NR)
Punctuation
Precede subfield n with a period.
Precede subfield p with a comma when it follows
subfield n, otherwise precede with a period.
Precede subfield v with space semi-colon.
Precede subfield x with a comma.
Do not include parentheses as the computer program
should supply them.
This tag does not end with a mark of punctuation
(., !, ?, -) unless the tag ends with an
abbreviation or other data that ends with a mark of
punctuation.
Examples:
440 0 _aCredo perspectives
440 0 _aSweet Valley High ;
_v6
440 4 _aThe Civil War
440 0 _aAnnals of the New York Academy of
Sciences,
_x0077-8923 ;
_vv. 498
440 0 _aLudwig string orchestra series ;
_vno. 34
440 4 _aThe Schomburg library of
nineteenth-century Black women
writers
440 0 _aHello reader!
_nLevel 2
440 0 _aWiley series in probability and
statistics.
_pApplied probability and statistics
440 0 _aReinhold visuals ;
_v5
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