Bibliographic Tab

Information that displays on the Bibliographic tab is common to all volumes and items of the title, and is used primarily to bibliographically describe the item or items. The Bibliographic tab’s text record contains the data that is indexed for keyword searching and browsing. The fields that display are based on the Record Format defined on the Control tab. The default format is determined in the Add Title wizard properties.

For detailed information, see standard documentation for the format and style, such as MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data (http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html) and AACR2.

For UNIMARC records, see the IFLANET Concise UNIMARC Classification Format Web page (http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-1/concise.htm).

Default properties can be selected to display the record in MARC View or Descriptive View. MARC View displays all fields (fixed and variable) as individual tag entries. Descriptive View displays fixed fields and variable fields in two separate panes. The record’s fixed fields display in the upper pane with descriptive labels similar to those used in OCLC for fixed length data. Variable fields display in the lower pane as individual tag entries.

Fixed fields are part of a MARC 21 bibliographic record description. In MARC 21, these fields are found in the Leader, Directory, and 001-008 tags of the bibliographic record. Fixed fields contain codes identifying specific features of the title being described. Fixed fields can be used across bibliographic and authority MARC 21 formats, but may have different functions in different formats.

Default properties can be selected to control whether or not fixed fields display on the Bibliographic tab. MARC View displays fixed fields along with the variable fields as individual tag entries. Descriptive View displays fixed fields separately (upper pane) with descriptive labels similar to those used in OCLC for fixed length data.

If a fixed field contains an “undefined” position in MARC21, the Editor displays an asterisk (in the MARC view of the Editor and Descriptive view for variable fields).

All formats have an area for descriptive information in variable length fields. Some of the Leader and Directory information, as well as other non-modifiable fields, may display on the Bibliographic tab. Catalogers using MARC standards often refer to the specific numbered entries as tags. These are called entries in SirsiDynix Symphony. Each entry is made up of an entry ID, indicators and text data. The entries that display for a new title are based on the TEMPLATE entries defined for the selected format.

Coded fields differ from other entries in that the structure of these fields is defined. If a field is defined as a coded field, the Editor will automatically add the default subfields and display the subfield coding options.

The Editor contains brief definitions for the MARC fields, subfields, and indicators in the record. For more information on using the Editor, go to About the Record Editor Window.

Within MARC records, some RDA fields may have access to controlled vocabularies in WorkFlows. When you set the entry class of a 336, 337, or 338 RDA field to CODED in the Catalog Format Wizard, you may add terms and codes from that field's controlled vocabulary to its subfields using the Editor. For more information on modifying RDA fields using the Editor, go to Adding and Editing UNIMARC and Other Format Coded Fields.

Depending on the wizard you are using, you may be unable to modify information in the Bibliographic tab using the Editor.