Hi all,

This is my first query to the group.

Could anyone give me some guidelines on the use of the 522 field? The MAGIRT Guidelines and MARC 21 provide information concerning its use, that is, to provide additional information about the geographic coverage of the map (usually survey maps), "particularly in cases where the coverage is not clearly indicated by the title, is not easily defined by a single name, covers small portions of multiple jurisdictions, etc." (MAGIRT). However, the note is not indexed in Connexion. That being the case, when (or why) would one tend to use this field as opposed to the general 500 nature and scope of item note, which is indexed? 

Thank you for your collective wisdom!

Best regards,
Craig

Craig Thomas 
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