MARC punctuation cheat sheet

http://www.slc.bc.ca/cheats/marcpunc.htm

http://staffweb.lib.washington.edu/monos/catdocs/PunctuationCheatSheet.htm

This cheat sheet records punctuation instructions from the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format. For fields not listed here and for further details, consult that document, which is in Cataloger's Desktop and also in the cataloging reference area in Monographic Services.

A mark of punctuation is a period (.), a question mark (?), an exclamation mark (!), or a hyphen (-).

Field 020 does not end with a period.

Field 028 does not end with a mark of punctuation.

Field 034 does not end with a mark of punctuation.

Field 037 does not end with a period unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation. Subfields do not end with a mark of punctuation unless the last word in the subfield ends with one. Qualifiers to price in subfield $c are given in parentheses, even when the price is absent.

The period that usually precedes a Cutter number is omitted in subfield $b of field 052. Field 052 does not end with a period.

Fields 100, 600, 700, and 800 end with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $2, $3, $4, or $5, the mark of punctuation or closing parenthesis precedes those subfields.

Fields 110, 610, 710, and 810 end with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $2, $3, $4, or $5, the mark of punctuation or closing parenthesis precedes those subfields.

Fields 111, 611, 711, and 811 end with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $2, $3, $4, or $5, the mark of punctuation or closing parenthesis precedes those subfields.

Fields 130, 630, 730, and 830 end with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $2, $3, or $5, the mark of punctuation or closing parenthesis precedes those subfields.

Field 240 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 245 ends with a period, even when another mark of punctuation is present, unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a period.

Field 246 does not end with a mark of final punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation. No punctuation precedes subfield $f unless the item preceding subfield $f is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 247 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 250 ends with a period.

Field 254 ends with a period.

Field 255 ends with a period.

Field 256 ends with a period.

Field 260 generally ends with a mark of punctuation, a closing parenthesis, closing angle bracket, closing bracket, or a comma.

Field 300 ends with a period if there is a 4XX in the record; otherwise it ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation or a closing parentheses is present.

Field 440 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, an initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 490 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, an initial/letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 500 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. If the note is a quoted note, the period should be inside the ending quotation mark unless the quotation ends with an ellipse, in which case no period is added at all. If the final subfield is subfield $5, the mark of punctuation precedes that subfield.

Field 501 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 502 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Subfield $a of field 504 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 505 ends with a period when the field contains complete or partial contents, unless another mark of punctuation or a closing angle bracket (><) is present or unless the contents continue in another occurrence of field 505. If the field contains incomplete contents, no period is recorded, unless the last word, initial/letter, or abbreviation ends in a period.

Field 506 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 508 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 511 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 516 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 520 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 521 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 522 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 530 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 533 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 535 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 536 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 538 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 540 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 545 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 546 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 555 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 561 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Field 586 does not end with a mark of punctuation, unless the field ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

Field 650 ends with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $2 or $3, the mark of punctuation precedes those subfields.

Field 651 ends with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfield is subfield $2 or $3, the mark of punctuation precedes the subfield.

Field 655 does not end with a mark of punctuation. The subfield preceding subfield $2 in field 655 ends with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. A 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.

Field 740 ends with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfield is subfield $5, the mark of punctuation precedes that subfield. A mark of punctuation is placed inside a closing quotation mark.