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The MARC Editor: an overview
With the MARC Editor window opened, you're ready to enter or edit the record's
information. The MARC Editor organizes the MARC record into tags and their
subfields:
Indicator buttons
(see page 274)
Tag descriptions
Shows your cursor's position and provides descriptions of the tag and subfield
For help with a specific
tag, put your cursor
anywhere in the tag's
subfield data and click
Help.
Note: Tagspecific help
is not available for the
MARC Editor on Mac
OS.
Subfield codes
Subfield data
MARC Editor has
its own toolbar.
Insert a new tag or delete the current
tag and its subfields (see page 267).
Insert or delete a single subfield
(see page 274).
Find Headings button (cursor in
Author field)
Tag numbers
The following sections provide information for working with the MARC record's
tags, including instructions for adding and deleting tags and subfields, editing
fixed-length tags, modifying indicators, and entering information in the subfields
of variable-length tags.
See also:
For more specific information on cataloging nonbook materials such as
audiovisual equipment, vertical file material, videorecordings, and electronic
resources, see Chapter 28, Cataloging tips," starting on page 353.
What is a good" bibliographic record?
When creating a bibliographic record, the amount of information you include
depends on your objectives and the tag range you defined in System Setup (see
Defining the tag range for your brief MARC records," page 54).
If you plan to recon records using Alliance Plus (see Chapter 31), you can enter
the briefest of brief records, consisting of the title tag, at least one standard
number (LCCN, ISBN, or ISSN), and any other required tags.
Note:
The template you're using may require entries in certain tags before you
can save the record. (For information on changing a template's required
tags, see Appendix C, Bibliographic and authority templates.")