Understanding MARC Bibliographic

Understand what a MARC record is and why it is important. And learn where to locate the MARC 21 reference materials at the Library of Congress site.

http://www.loc.gov/marc/


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Understanding MARC Bibliographic was a copyrighted work originally published by the Follett Software Co. in 1988. Other previous editions are the following: second edition, 1989; third edition, 1990; fourth edition, 1994; fifth edition, 1998; sixth edition, 2000.