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Ending Punctuation for Variable Fields

Dec. 13, 1995
Prepared by Becky Culbertson


Approved by Cataloging Committee, Dec. 11, 1995

Reviewed by: Becky Culbertson, Oct 19, 1999



(This document is an expanded version of a posting on Autocat by
PACSCL  (Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections
Libraries) in December 1992)






FIELD     MUST END IN

100-130   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
210-240   never ADD punctuation
242       Last subfield preceding $y ends with a period
243       never ADD punctuation
245       .
246-247   never ADD punctuation
250-257   .
260       .  )  ]  -  (Serials may end in , at end of $b) 
261       .
262       .  )  ]  -
263-270   never ADD punctuation
300       (when 4XX is present) .
300       (when NO 4XX is present) .  )  ]
306       never ADD punctuation
307       .  
310-321   never ADD punctuation (Serials may end in , at end of $b)
340       .  )  ] 
342       never ADD punctuation
343-352   .
355-357   never ADD punctuation
362       .  -
400-490   never ADD punctuation
500-501   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --  * (See footnote) 
502-504   .  >  "  ?  !  -  -- 
505 0     .  >  "  ?  !  -  --   
505 1     never ADD punctuation
505 2     .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
506-508   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
510       never ADD punctuation ($b may end with a -) 
511-515   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
516       never ADD punctuation  
518-530   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
533       .  >  "  ?  !  -  -- * (See footnote)
534       .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
535-536   never ADD punctuation
538-562   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
565       never ADD punctuation 
567-581   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
583       never ADD punctuation
584-585   .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
586       never ADD punctuation
59X       .  >  "  ?  !  -  --
600-630   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
650-651   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (see footnote)
653       never ADD punctuation
654-655        .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (see footnote)  
656-657   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (see footnote) An index term
          followed by a subject subdivision does not end with a
          mark of punctuation unless the preceding term ends with
          an abbreviation, initial/letter, open date, or other data
          that end with a mark of punctuation) 
658       .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (see footnote)     
69X       .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
700-730   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
740       .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (see footnote)
752       .  (unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation,
          initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of
          punctuation) 
753       never ADD punctuation
754       . * (see footnote)
755       . (unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation,
          initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of
          punctuation) * (see footnote)
76X-78X   $a ends with a .  Never ADD punctuation, unless an
          abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that       
          ends with a period is present, or subfield $a is
          the last subfield 
800-830   .  )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --       
856       never ADD punctuation (if $z is the last subfield, this
          may include a mark of punctuation)
886       never ADD punctuation


* If the final subfield is $2 (or $3, $5 or $7), the punctuation
precedes the subfield.