Code lists

Country, Geographic, and Language Codes

Here are links to the three sets of code lists commonly used in cataloging.

Country codes (for the fixed field place of publication)

• Alphabetical list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/countries/countries_name.html

• Code list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/countries/countries_code.html

Geographic area codes (for the 043 field)

• Alphabetical list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/geoareas/gacs_name.html

• Code list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/geoareas/gacs_code.html

Language codes (for both the fixed field and the 041 field)

• Alphabetical list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/language_name.html

• Code list: http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/language_code.htm

Guidelines for the use of ISO 639-3 language codes in MARC records

• PCC instructions: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/scs/documents/ISO-639-3-guidelines.pdf

• Summary:

RDA 33x Codes

336: RDA Content Types

• Term and code list: https://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdacontent.html

337: RDA Media Types

• Term and code list: https://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdamedia.html

337: RDA Carrier Types

• Term and code list: https://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdacarrier.html