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Format of MARC Holdings Records: Examples


 

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Abbreviations: Example

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 score; 15 parts


Accompanying material: Examples

MHLD

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Disk 1-5
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a manual 1-3

OPAC

  • LIBRARY HAS: Disk 1-5
  • SUPPLEMENTS: manual 1-3

MHLD

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 videocassette
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a 1-4 |z <4 v.>

OPAC

  • LIBRARY HAS: 1 videocassette
  • SUPPLEMENTS: 1-4 <4 v.>

MHLD

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-2nd ed. (1985-1986)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 1st ed.:suppl.1

OPAC

  • LIBRARY HAS: 1st-2nd ed. (1985-1986)
  • SUPPLEMENTS: 1st ed.:suppl.1

MHLD

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.13-79 (1922-1988)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a suppl.1-3 (1924-1975)
  • 868/1:41: |8 0 |a v.11/15-21/25,31/35-46/50,56/60-71/75 (1920/1924-1930/1934,1940/1944-1955/1959,1965/1969-1980/1984)

OPAC

  • LIBRARY HAS: v.13-79 (1922-1988)
  • SUPPLEMENTS: suppl.1-3 (1924-1975)
  • INDEXES:v.11/15-21/25,31/35-46/50,56/60-71/75 (1920/1924-1930/1934,1940/1944-1955/1959,1965/1969-1980/1984)

If Basic Bibliographic Unit (in this case, the text) described in bibliographic record is missing:

MHLD

  • 852/1: : |z Text is lacking.
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a slide 1-50

OPAC

  • NOTES: Text is lacking.
  • SUPPLEMENTS: slide 1-50

Accompanying material: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 3 computer disks
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 quick reference card

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-2
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 map

Accompanying material: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 2 computer disks
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "4th dimension tutorial" |z <1 v.>
  • 867/2:41: |8 0 |a "Reference manual" |z <1 v.>

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-21
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "Interim topics":binder 1-2

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Disk 1-2
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "User's guide" |z <1 v.>
  • 867/2:41: |8 0 |a "Quick guide" |z <1 v.>
  • 867/3:41: |8 0 |a "Laser printing guide" |z <1 v.>
  • 867/4:41: |8 0 |a 2 quick reference cards

Accompanying material: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1 (1979); v.2 (1981); v.2A (1980); v.3-4 (1979); v.4A (1983); v.4B (1978); v.5 (1979); v.5A (1984); v.6 (1982); v.7 (1984); v.8 (1983); v.9 (1986)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "Procedures" (1982)
  • 867/2:41: |8 0 |a "Decisions" (1985)
  • 867/3:41: |8 0 |a "Rules" (1985)

main item described in the bibliographic record, a disk, is missing

  • 852/1: : |z Computer disk is lacking.
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "Bibliography" |z <1 v.>
  • 867/2:41: |8 0 |a "Tables" |z <1 v.>
Alternative enumeration: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-3=pt.1-9
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-56=no.1-666 (1893-1948)

Alternative enumeration: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-25 (1851-1875)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.26-50=2nd ser.:v.1-25 (1876-1900)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.51-75=3rd ser.:v.1-25 (1901-1925)
  • 866/4:41: |8 0 |a v.76-100=4th ser.:v.1-25 (1926-1950)
  • 866/5:41: |8 0 |a v.101-124 (1951-1974)

Chronology: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-25 (1964-1988)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1923-1979

pieces have one year on top of the other, e.g.:

1986
1987

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1969/1970-1986/1987

pieces use six digits and a hyphen, e.g.: 1988-89

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1980/1981-1988/1989

Compressed statements: Examples

a 12-volume set; each volume contains 2 parts; only v.2 (both parts), v.5, part 1, and v.9 (both parts) have been received

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.2; v.5:pt.1; v.9

a quarterly publication which we just started receiving at the end of 1987; 1989 issues are on O/P/R record

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1987:4th quarter
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a 1988

Compressed statements: Examples

Monographs:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-10

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1:pt.B-E; v.2-3

A set composed of 15 volumes, each with 3 parts; all parts are held:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-15

Vol. 1 consists of 2 parts, v. 2 of 4 parts and v. 3 of 3 parts; all parts are held:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-3

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1:pt.1-2; v.2:pt.1-4; v.3:pt.1-3

Unsure if the item is complete:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a "Overview"; unit A:v.1-3; unit B:v.1-7; unit C:v.1-2

If further investigation shows that units A, B, and C are complete:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a "Overview"; unit A-C

but:

Enumeration is not regular across the whole set:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-3; v.3A-3C; v.4; v.5-5A; v.6-8

Serials:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1903-1911,1915,1927-1929,1934-1945,1947-1985
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.15-39 (1930-1954)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.40:no.1-3 (1955:Jan.-Mar.)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1971-1976
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a 1977:Jan.-Mar.,May,Sept.-Nov.
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a 1978-1981
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.7-12,15-20,22-39 (1957-1962,1965-1970,1972-1989);
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 "Canada supplement" v.25-31 (1975-1981)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-50 (1906-1961)
  • 868/1:41: |8 0 v.21/25-31/35,41/45 (1932/1936-1942/1946, 1952/1956)

Title changed with v.3, no.4, then again with v.9, no.7 (therefore v.3 and 9 are complete for this title):

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.3-9 (1976-1982)

A triennial publication; chronology is not consecutive, but enumeration is:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-9th ed. (1962-1986)

but:

Biennial publication with no enumeration (chronology is regular but not consecutive):

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1971-1989

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1971;1973;1975;1977;1979;1981;1983;1985;1987;1989

Enumeration of indexes is not regular:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-50 (1906-1961)
  • 868/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1/10 (1906/1921)
  • 868/2:41: |8 0 |a v.11/15 (1922/1926)

Exceptions:

1. Do not compress across separate numbered or lettered series:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-5th (1872-1876)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a ser.2:1st-39th (1877/1878-1951/1952)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a ser.3:1st-10th (1953/1954-1962/1963)

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-5th (1872-1876)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a ser.2-3 (1872/1952-1953/1962)

2. If the chronology of the last piece of one run is identical to or one higher than the chronology of the first piece of the next run, or if the chronology of the first and last piece of a single run are identical, compress the chronologies:

item comes out several times per year; we hold at least one issue for each year

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a no.1-121,123-140,143-144,149-152,154-155,158-163,165-169,171-315,318 (1879-1978)

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a no.1-121,123-140,143-144,149-152,154-155,158-163,165-169,171-315,318 (1879-1912,1912-1915,1915-1915,1916-1917,1917-1917,1917-1919,1920-1922,1922-1977,1978)

3. If the chronology of a serial is not in the same order as its enumeration, when compressing give the earliest and latest chronologies rather than the chronologies of the first and last pieces:

v.1 was published in 1943, v.2 in 1941, v.3 in 1944, v.4 in 1942, v.5 in1945, v.6 in 1946)

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-6 (1941-1946)

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-6 (1943-1946)

4. Do not compress statements for pieces which need separate notes (or chronology, in the case of a set that has replacement volumes):

an old set, for which the printing numbers are pertinent to a researcher

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a pt.1 |z <4th printing.>; |a pt.2 |z <3rd printing>; |a pt.3 |z <5th printing>; |a pt.4 |z <4th printing>; |a pt.5 |z <3rd printing>; |a pt.6 |z <4th printing> |a pt.7 |z <5th printing>
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-1A (1986); v.2 (1987); v.3 (1979); v.4 (1980); v.5 (1981); v.6 (1987); v.7 (1979); v.7A (1985); v.8 (1982); v.9 (1984); v.10-10A (1983); v.11 (1983); v.11A (1984); v.12 (1981); v.13 (1988); v.14 (1986); v.15 (1983)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "Rules" (1985)


Diacritics and special characters: Example
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1.-29. årg. (1890-1918)


Duplicate enumeration and chronology: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-10 (1971-1981)

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-7;7-10 (1971-1981)


Incomplete multipart items: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Bd.1-4 (1972-1980); Bd.6 (1983)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1:pt.1-5
  • 866/1: 1: |8 0 |a v.1 (1951); v.1 (1973);
  • 866/2: 1: |8 0 |a v.2 (1951);
  • 866/3: 1: |8 0 |a v.3 (1951); v.3 (1965); v.3A (1965)
  • 866/4: 1: |8 0 |a v.4 (1951); v.4 (1983); v.4A (1983)
  • 866/5: 1: |8 0 |a v.5 (1951); v.5 (1969)
  • 866/6: 1: |8 0 |a v.6 (1951); v.6 (1968)
  • 866/7: 1: |8 0 |a v.7 (1951); v.7 (1968)
  • 866/8: 1: |8 0 |a v.8 (1951); v.8 (1968)
  • 866/9: 1: |8 0 |a v.9 (1951); v.9 (1974)
  • 866/10: 1: |8 0 |a v.9A (1974)


Incomplete serial volumes: Examples

If the MARC holdings record currently reads:

  • 852/1: : |z Incomplete vols.: 1929 v.6 no. 1-3
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-63 (1924-1986)

and you need to add incomplete v.64 and complete v.65, modify the record to look like:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-5 (1924-1928)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.6:no.1-3 (1929:Jan.-July)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.7-63 (1930-1986)
  • 866/4:41: |8 0 |a v.64:no.1,3-4 (1987:Jan.,July-Oct.)
  • 866/5:41: |8 0 |a v.65 (1988)


Language and script: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Bd.1-10
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 7.-40. année (1954-1987)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a t.1:no.1-4,6-11 (1988:enero-abr.,jun.-nov.)

Language and script: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1983:shih i yüeh-shih erh yüeh; 1984-1988

The language of the item (and its captions and chronologies) alternates between Russian and English; the 362 contains "T. 1, ch. 1 (mart 1983)-"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a t.1-3 (1983/1984-1985/1986); t.4:ch.1-8,12 (1986/1987:mart-okt.,fevr.); t.5-6 (1987/1988-1988/1989)

Language and script: Examples

The item contains articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; captions and chronologies are always in all three languages; 362 is in English:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-5 (1980-1984)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 v.6:no.1-5,8-12 (1985:Jan.-May,Aug.-Dec.)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.7-9 (1986-1988)


Letters in enumeration: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.E35-E70 (1935-1970)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a AR-2-4,6-8 (1986-1987)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a G14-G17 (1988)

Letters in enumeration: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1; v.1A-1C; v.2; v.2A-2E; v.3-5; v.6; v.6A-6B; v.7-10
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-2; v.3A-3B

Line breaks: Examples

Monograph:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1; v.3-5; v.7

Serial:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-7 (1937-1943)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.8:no.1-2,4 (1944:winter-spring,autumn)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.9-25 (1937-1961)
  • 866/4:41: |8 0 |a new ser.:v.1-11 (1962-1973)
  • 866/5:41: |8 0 |a 3rd ser.:v.1-16 (1973-1988)
Line breaks: Examples

Replaced volumes of a multipart law monograph

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1 (1963); v.1 (1976)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.2 (1964); v.2 (1982)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.3-5 (1964)
  • 866/4:41: |8 0 |a v.6 (1964); v.6 (1977)
  • 866/5:41: |8 0 |a v.7-7A (1966)
  • 866/6:41: |8 0 |a v.8 (1966)
  • 866/7:41: |8 0 |a v.9 (1965); v.9 (1979)
  • 866/8:41: |8 0 |a v.10 (1964); v.10 (1978)
  • 866/9:41: |8 0 |a v.11 (1964)
  • 866/10:41: |8 0 |a v.11A (1964); v.11A (1977)
  • 866/11:41: |8 0 |a v.12 (1965)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a "Rules" (1962)
  • 867/2:41: |8 0 |a "General court rules" (1974)
  • 867/3:41: |8 0 |a "Miscellaneous court rules" (1974)

Accompanying material will be entered into an 867 or 868 field:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 v.
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a 2 maps
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.3-17 (1961-1975)
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a suppl.1 (1970:summer)

Missing enumeration or chronology: Examples

v. 4 is not labelled as such

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-7

v. 6, no. 2 is not labelled "Fall 1986"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-8 (1981/1982-1988/1989)

Missing enumeration or chronology: Examples

no. 1 is not labelled as such

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a no.1-24,27-30 (1986-1988)

3rd ed. is not labelled "1954"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-3rd ed. (1950-1954)

Multipart item in series classed together: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-3=v.17-19
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Bd.1=Bd.13
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a Bd.2=Bd.22
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a Bd.3=Bd.42
Multiple versions: Examples

Book and photocopy

Book is cataloged on the bibliographic record and call number recorded on the MHLD record.

Photocopy call number is recorded in its own copy MHLD record.

  • 843/1: : |a Photocopy. |b Ithaca, N.Y. : |c Cornell University Library, |d
  • 1992. |e 28 cm.

If a printed serial and microfilm reproduction is owned replacements of older volumes

Printed serial is cataloged on the bibliographic record and call number and holdings on its MHLD record.

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.12-v.13 (1991-1992)

Microfilm of older volumes on a second MHLD:

  • 843/1: : |a Microfilm. |b Chicago, Ill. : |c Mid-West Preservation Services,
  • |d 1990- |e microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-11 (1980-1990)

Two microfilm copies (not preservation microfilm)

Bibliographic record describes the original publication, except the fixed field REPRO is coded "a" and the 245 includes the subfield h [Microform].

First microfilm is a positive film of a copy held by the British Library.

  • 843/1: : |a Microfilm. |b London, UK : |c British Library Photoreproduction
  • Services, |d 1991. |e 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Second microfilm is a negative film of a copy held by the Bibliotheque nationale.

  • 843/1: : |a Microfilm. |b Paris : |c Bibliotheque nationale, |d 1992. |e 1
  • microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm.
  • 852/1: : |z Includes marginal notes by the author.

Original Beta videocassette and VHS reproduction.

Original Beta is cataloged with its 007 on the MHLD record. VHS reproduction is cataloged as a second copy with the following MHLD:

  • 843/1: : |a VHS copy of original Beta format. |b Ithaca, N.Y. : |c Cornell University Library, |d 1992. |e 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Names of portions of items: Example
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a "Introduction"; v.1-5


No enumeration/chronology: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 v.
  • 867/1:41: |8 0 |a microfiche 1-3

accompanying sound recording described in the bibliographic record is not held

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 score
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 53 v.
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1 miniature score; 17 parts

No enumeration/chronology: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Africa (1981); Antarctica (1979); Asia (1984); Europe (1983); North America (1980); Oceania (1985); South America (1988)

an item entitled "Nineteenth-century America: the 1800's decade by decade"; the name of each volume is considered chronology, hence the hyphen is changed to a slash

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1800/1809-1840/1849; 1860/1869-1890/1899

No enumeration/chronology: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a "Historical background" |z <1 v.>
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a "Federal cases":v.1-2
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a "Federal cases":v.4
  • 866/4:41: |8 0 |a "State cases":v.1-3
  • 866/5:41: |8 0 |a "Local cases":v.1-2

No enumeration/chronology: Examples

item entitled "Identifying birds by their songs"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a "The birds":1-93 |z <slides>
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a "The songs":1-2 |z <sound cassettes>
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a "Making the connection" |z <1 v.>

a multivolume set on felines of the world; "Leptailurus" is missing

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Acinonyx to Caracal-Leopardus; Lynchailurus to Lynx-Puma to Uncia

No enumeration/chronology: Examples

each volume has 2 parts, "Children" and "Adults"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-3; v.4:children; v.5-7

an annual composed of two parts, "Undergraduate degree programs" and "Graduate degree programs"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-7th ed. (1972-1978)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a 8th ed.:graduate degree programs (1979)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a 9th-18th ed. (1980-1989)


Notes: Examples

MHLD

  • 852/1: : |x 1990:v. 2 of c.2 is defective but can't be replaced. When 1990:v.2 of c.1 is withdrawn, replace v.2 of c.2.

Public note not needed for processing which applies to whole copy

  • 852/1: :|zWith: The wayside cross; or, The raid of Gomez, a tale of the Carlist war / Edward Augustus Milman. 1847.

Public note not needed for processing which applies to part of a copy

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-133
  • 867/1:41: |a "Author index" |z <in v.51>
Numbering peculiarites, Miscellaneous

Do not show miscellaneous numbering peculiarities whether they appear at the beginning, middle or end of a run.

Vol. 12 is mislabelled "112"

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-26 (1942-1967)

February 1977 was labelled "Feberry 1977" because the issue was about berries

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-11 (1972-1982)

Date given as MCMXXXLLL, should be MCMXXXIII:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1933

In a children's magazine, v. 8, no. 9 is labelled "mayo" because the issue was about Spanish:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-7 (1975/1976-1981/1982)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.8:no.1-3,7,9 (1982/1983:Sept.-Nov.,Mar.,May)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.9-14 (1983/1984-1988/1989)


Order of information: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1; v.3; v.6; v.10
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a pt.1-10; pt.12-20
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1973,1977,1980,1989

Order of information: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 3rd,7th,10th-15th ed. (1945,1957,1963-1977)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a new ser.:1st-12th ed. (1978-1989)

Order of information: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.5-16 (1961-1972)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.17:no.2 (1973:summer)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.18-23 (1974-1979)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1:fasc.2-4; v.1:fasc.9-23; v.2-4; v.5:fasc.1-19
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Alabama-California,Connecticut-Wyoming

an item containing one volume for each color of the rainbow; it is clear that the publisher considers the pieces to be read in the order that the colors appear in a rainbow (red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet); "yellow" is missing

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a red-orange,green-violet

Ordinal numbers: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1e-5e éd.

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1.-5. éd.

Pagination as Enumeration: Examples

Analytic issued in multiple parts within multiple physical pieces

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a [1] = 10.Bd.:3.Abt.:[p.] 24-36
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a [2] = 10.Bd.:4.Abt.:[p.] 23-39

Preview issues of serials: Examples

premier issue is v. 1, no. 0

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.1-15 (1971-1985)

premier issue is v. 0, no. 0

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.0-15 (1971-1985)

Preview issues of serials: Examples

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1971:Sept.
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.1-15 (1971-1985)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a premier issue (1970)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.1-15 (1971-1985)

Skipped enumeration or chronology: Examples

the item is published quadrennially

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-13rd ed. (1941-1981)

there was no piece published in 1943 for an item that is generally annual

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.17-52 (1925-1961)

Skipped enumeration or chronology: Examples

v. 14 consists of no. 1-4 and 6-13; all other vols. consist of no. 1-12

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.6-19 (1921-1935)

item is generally monthly, but sometimes a month is skipped

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1912-1989

item is published quadrennially

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1962-1986

not:

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1962;1966;1970;1974;1978;1982;1986

v. 73 was skipped

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.63-72;74-97 (1927/1928-1974)

1927 was skipped

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1923-1926;1928-1930

we are missing v. 29, no. 2; no. 3 was skipped

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.6-28 (1888-1910)
  • 866/2:41: |8 0 |a v.29:no.1,;4-5 (1911:winter,summer-autumn)
  • 866/3:41: |8 0 |a v.30-46 (1912-1928)

we are missing the April 1986 issue; March 1986 was skipped

  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1956:Jan-Feb.;,May-Dec.

Spacing: Examples
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a Disk 1-5
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 1st-10th ed. (1978-1987)
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a v.3:pt.1-4
  • 866/1:41: |8 0 |a 4. Jahrg. (1989)


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