Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Graphic Materials - Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical
Collections
4A. Preliminary Rules (Series Area)
4A1. Use the series area only when cataloging a single item that bears a series title.
For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 0D.
Precede the series area by period, dash (. -- ).
Enclose each series statement in parentheses.
Precede a parallel series title by an equal sign ( = ).
Precede the numbering within a series or subseries by a semicolon ( ; ).
Precede the title of a subseries by period, space (. ).
Take information recorded in the series area from the chief source of information as outlined in 0B1.1.
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