Quick Guides -- MARC 21 Formats and Codes

Library of Congress MARC Standards

MARC 21 Concise Formats     Bibliographic     Authority
MARC Code Lists         Countries     Geographic Areas     Languages
MARC Code List for Organizations [Searchable; updated weekly]

OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards

OCLC Imput Standards Tables [Replaces the Concise Input Standards booklet]

Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging [LC & Follett]

MARC21 Tutorial: Bibliographic [USM]

MARC21 Tutorial: Authority [USM]

Tag of the Month Provides descriptions of tag uses plus working examples for MARC Bibliographic and Authority formats. [Follett] Scroll to Display Archive Lists

Ending Punctuation for Bibliographic Data
[Based on examples from the USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data]