320 General explanatory reference note
This field is used in general explanatory records to provide explanatory information to assist in searching or filing. The word or phrase referred from is entered in field 2XX, and the explanatory information is given in field 320.
Subfields & repeatability
| FIELD/SUBFIELD | REPEATABILITY |
| 320 | | General explanatory reference note | r |
| a | Note text | nr |
Indicator values are not defined.
The text of the explanatory note.
| 001 | ⊔⊔ | bz |
| 200 | ⊔0 | aDe la |
| 320 | ⊔⊔ | aFor names beginning with a prefix, search under the prefix (under each element if the prefix is made up of multiple words) as well as under the name following the prefix. |
| | (The code in subfield 001b indicates a general explanatory record. The note contains instructions for searching personal names that begin with a prefix.) |