| Order | Note name | Rule no. | Notes |
| 1 | Form of composition and medium of performance | 5.7B1 | Carol Opera in two acts For organ MCD, LCRI |
| 2 | Language | 5.7B2 | Give the languages(s) of the textual content of the work... |
| 3 | Source of title proper | 5.7B3 | Make if source of title proper is other that the chief source of information. Ex. "Title from publisher's catalog" or "Cover title" |
| 4 | Variations in title | 5.7B4 | Notes on titles other than the title
proper LCRI |
| 5 | Parallel titles and other title information | 5.7B5 | Give if not in the description and considered important |
| 6 | Statements of responsibility | 5.7B6 | Perviously attrubuted to
Handel "Based on themes in the poems of Thomas Hardy--T.p. verso |
| 7 | Edition and history | 5.7B7 | Notes related to the edition in hand or
to the bibliographic history of the work MCD |
| 8 | Notation | 5.7B8 | Give if it is not the notation normally found in that type of item |
| 9 | Publication, distribution, etc. | 5.7B9 | Give if not in the description and considered important |
| 10 | Duration of perfomance and physical description | 5.7B10 | Give
duration if it is stated in the item MCD |
| 11 | Accompanying material | 5.7B11 | Give details of materials neither mentioned in the physical description area nor given a separate description (see 1.5E MCD) |
| 12 | Series | 5.7B12 | "Also issued without series statement" |
| 13 | Dissertations | 5.7B13 | Make note as instructed in 2.7B13 |
| 14 | Audience | 5.7B14 | Intended audience... make if this information is stated in the item. "For 7-9 year olds" |
| 15 | Other formats | 5.7B16 | "Issued also on microfilm" |
| 16 | Contents | 5.7B18 | List the separately titled works contained in an item. Make notes on additional or partial contents when appropriate. It is traditional to make a contents note for works in movements, if the movements have distinctive titles. |
| 17 | Publishers' numbers and plate numbers | 5.7B19 | LCRI, MCD |
| 18 | Copy being described, library's holdings, and restrictions on use | 5.7B20 | MCD |
| 19 | "With" notes | 5.7B21 |
Note order for Sound Recordings
| Order | Note name | Rule no. | Notes |
| 1 | Publishers' numbers | 6.7B19 | Give the number as found on the
item MCD, LCRI |