Ending Punctuation for Variable Fields
  

  

    

      

        
        Field
        
        Must End In
      

      

        
          
100's

        100-130
        
        .  ) 
          ]  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        
          
200's

        210-240
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        242
        
        Last subfield preceding $y
          ends with a period
      

      

        243
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        245
        
        .
      

      

        246-247
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        250-257
        
        .
      

      

        260
         
        . 
          )  ]  -  (Serials may end
          in , at
          end of $b)
      

      

        261
        
        .
      

      

        262
         
        . 
          )  ]  -
      

      

        263-270
        
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        
          
300's

        300
         
        . 
          (when 4XX is present)   . 
          )  ] (when no 4XX is
          present)
      

      

        306
        
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        307
         
        .
      

      

        310-321
        
        Never ADD punctuation (Serials may end in ,
          at end of $b)
      

      

        340
         
        . 
          )  ]
      

      

        342
        
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        343-352
         
        .
      

      

        355-357
        
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        362
         
        . 
          -
      

      

        
          
400's

        400-490
        
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        
          
500's

        500-501
         
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --  (See
          Note 1)
      

      

        502-504
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        505
        0  
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        505
        1  
        Never ADD punctuation
      

      

        505
        2  
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        506-508
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        510
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation ($b may end with a
          - )
      

      

        511-515
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        516
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        518-530
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        533
         
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  -- (See
          Note 1)
      

      

        534
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        535-536
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        538-562
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        565
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        567-581
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        583
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        584-585
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        586
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        59X
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        
          
600's

        600-630
         
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        650-651
        
        . 
          >  "  ?  !  -  -- 
          (See Note 1)
      

      

        653
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        654-655
        
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- 
          (See Note 1)
      

      

        656-657
         
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- 
          
        
          
(See
          Notes 1 & 3) 

      

      

        658
        
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- (See
          Note 1)
      

      

        69X
         
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        
          
700's

        700-730
        
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  --
      

      

        740
         
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- * (See
          Note 1)
      

      

        752
        
        .  (See
          Note 2) 
      

      

        753
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        754
        
        .  (See
          Note 1)
      

      

        755
         
        . 
          (See Notes 1
          & 2)
      

      

        76X-78X
        
        
          
Never ADD punctuation, unless an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data
          that ends with a period is present, or subfield $a is the last
          subfield ($a ends with a .
          ).

        		
      

      

        
          
800's

        800-830
         
        . 
          )  ]  "  ?  !  -  -- 
      

      

        856
        
        Never ADD punctuation (if $z is the last subfield, this may include a mark of
          punctuation)
      

      

        886
         
        Never
          ADD punctuation
      

      

        
          

        

          
          

            

              Notes
                

                  

                     1)
                     If the final subfield is $2 (or $3, $5 or $7), the
                punctuation precedes the subfield.

                      

                      
                    		
                  

                  

                     2)
                    
                      
 Unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation,
                initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of
                punctuation.

                      

                      
                    

                  

                  

                     3)
                    
                      
 An index 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.