Authority Tutorial
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Subfields & Delimiters (continued)

Time for a quiz again! To complete the following MARC authority example, first study the example in connection with the tables of subfield codes below. Determine the correct subfield code and fill in the corresponding textbox. Note that each box is preceded by a delimiter. By clicking the [SEND] button, you will see the results in a pop-up window.

110 1_ United States . ‡ Dept. of Health and Human Services
410 2_ HHS
510 2 _ United States . ‡ Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare‡ a
670 __ Documents to the people, July 1980:‡ (On May 4, 1980, the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated as the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS))

For 110, 410, and 510 fields:
‡a – Corporate name
‡b—Subordinate unit
‡c – Location of meeting
‡d – Date of meeting
‡t – Title (used in name/title headings)

For 510 field:
‡w—Code for earlier or later form of heading

For 670 field:
‡a – Source citation
‡b – Information found