Available Subject Facets
- Ashley Sneesby
The Pika facets detailed in this document are specifically related to subjects as typically found in MARC 6XX fields.
Table of Contents
BISAC Subject
BISAC is an acronym for Book Industry Standards and Communications. BISAC is a standard used by many companies throughout the supply chain to categorize books based on topical content. Bisac Subjects only (does not include FAST subject headings, LC Subject Headings, etc).
Grouped works that have only one title with the BISAC subject heading will return the entire group work, but will not return the specific record that has the BISAC subject heading, unless it is a stand alone record with that information.
MARC 650 - Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
We will look at the subject information from the MARC 650 field. We are going to look at subfields a, x and subfield 2 equals bisacsh, bisacmt, or bisacrt.
Era
The era time span the title is about.
Grouped works that have only one title with a certain Era subject heading will return the entire group work, but will not return the specific record that has the Era subject heading, unless it is a stand alone record with that information.
MARC 600 - Subject Added Entry-Personal Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 600 field. We are going to look at subfield d.
MARC 610 - Subject Added Entry-Corporate Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 610 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 611 - Subject Added Entry-Meeting Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 611 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 630 - Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title
We look at the publication information from the MARC 630 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 648 - Subject Added Entry-Chronological Term
We look at the publication information from the MARC 648 field. We are going to look at subfield a.
MARC 648 - Subject Added Entry-Chronological Term
We look at the publication information from the MARC 648 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 650 - Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
We look at the publication information from the MARC 650 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 651 - Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 651 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
MARC 655 - Index Term-Genre/Form
We look at the publication information from the MARC 655 field. We are going to look at subfield y.
Genre
The genre of the title such as artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Grouped works that have only one title with a certain Genre subject heading will return the entire group work, but will not return the specific record that has the Genre subject heading, unless it is a stand alone record with that information.
MARC 600 Subject Added Entry-Personal Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 600 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 610 - Subject Added Entry-Corporate Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 610 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 611 - Subject Added Entry-Meeting Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 611 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 630 - Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title
We look at the publication information from the MARC 630 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 648 - Subject Added Entry-Chronological Term
We look at the publication information from the MARC 648 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 650 - Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
We look at the publication information from the MARC 650 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 651 - Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name
We look at the publication information from the MARC 651 field. We are going to look at subfield v.
MARC 655 - Index Term-Genre/Form
We look at the publication information from the MARC 655 field. We are going to look at