Information:
The 500 General Note field encompasses any general
information that would not go into another
specifically designated tag. This could include
information about the item that the cataloger would
like to have available in the record and a specific
field does not exist. Some of the more common types of
notes would be for other editions, translations,
adaptations not accounted for in the statement of
responsibility, previous publication information,
source of title proper, and variations in title, etc.
AACR2 provides information on the type of notes in
Rule 1.7. Rules governing specific media will be
included in the specific media chapters (2-12) of X.7.
Sound recording notes would be in chapter 6.7;
videorecordings in 7.7, etc. Notes are not required
except when cataloging electronic resources. AACR2
states that a note is required for the source of the
title proper (9.7B3).
RDA gives instructions on making notes in chapters
two to seven. For example, chapter two gives instructions
on making notes on the title, statement of responsibility,
edition statement, publication statement, numbering of
serials, etc.; chapter three gives instruction on how to
enter notes on the carrier; chapter five gives basic
instructions on making cataloger's notes, etc.
Subfield a contains the entire text of the note. Each
note is recorded in a separate 500 field; therefore,
it is possible to have several 500 and/or 5XX fields.
This field is also keyword searchable in most systems
so entering this information can be invaluable in
locating specific types of information that may be
contained or about an item in the library.
Indicators
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Second Undefined
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Subfield
a General note (NR)
Punctuation
This tag ends with a period unless another mark of
punctuation (!, ?, -) is present.
Examples:
500 _aSound accompaniment compatible for
manual and automatic operation.
500 _aTranslated from the French.
500 _aIncludes index.
500 _a"Browndeer Press."
500 _aFirst published in Switzerland under the title: Eine
Geburtstagstorte fur den kleinen Baren.
500 _aTranslation of: Weisst du, wieviel Sternlein stehen.
500 _aSlides in pocket.
500 _aCaption title.
500 _aTitle from cover.
500 _aSpine title: Now & then.
500 _aPrevious ed.: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
500 _aSequel to: Killashandra.
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