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680 PUBLIC GENERAL NOTE (ENGLISH)
 
 

General information about a 1XX heading for which a specialized note field has not been defined. The note is written in a form adequate for public display. Also referred to as a Scope Note. Generally identical in all language versions, sometimes the public general note (680 and its equivalents 693-697) may be applicable to one language only.

Subfield Codes

$i - Explanatory text (R)


Examples:

150     $a MANPOWER
680     $i For various occupational groups see OCCUPATIONS

150     $a FOOD PROBLEMS
680     $i Use for general discussion of food as a social and political issue

150     $a POLITICAL COOPERATION
680     $i Cooperation between two or more States or a grouping of States with respect to international political issues

150     $a POLITICAL CRIMES
680     $i Use for crimes committed for political reasons. Treatment of persons as criminals for political acts should be indexed with terms such as POLITICAL PRISONERS, POLITICAL TRIALS, etc.

150     $a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LEGISLATION
680     $i Works dealing with labour laws proposed by two or more countries jointly by convention or treaty. Does not include works on laws or legislation of individual countries

150     $a TELECOMMUNICATIONS
680     $i For telecommunications as a broad field, consult the categorized list of terms, subcategory 06.06.00

150     $a GOODS TRANSPORT
680     $i Used from November 1991. Before that date use TRANSPORT for materials on this subject

150     $a MINERAL INDUSTRY
680     $i A general term to be used for technical and economic works on mining, metallurgy, and minerals of economic value. Works dealing only with mining are indexed under MINING or MINING ENGINEERING, while those dealing only with metallurgy are entered under METALLURGY

150     $a INVESTMENT TRUSTS
680     $i Includes mutual funds, real estate investment trusts, etc.

150     $a FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
680     $i Use particularly with respect to agreements between contracting parties of GATT where one country is a non-member of IMF

150     $a GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
680     $i Information possessed by government agencies which they may or may not wish to be released. Do not confuse with PUBLIC INFORMATION

150     $a JORDAN RIVER QUESTION
680     $i Question of water supply and water resources development in the Jordan Valley


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