Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Cataloging Rules for the Description of Looseleaf Publications with
Special Emphasis on Legal Materials
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Cataloging Rules for the Description of Looseleaf Publications with
Special Emphasis on Legal Materials
4A1. Punctuation (Preliminary Rule - Publication, Distribution, Etc. Area)
For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 0E.
Precede the
publication, etc., area by a period-space-dash-space.
Precede a
second or subsequently named place of publication, etc., by a semicolon.
Precede the
name of the publisher or distributor by a colon.
Enclose a
supplied statement of function of a publisher, distributor, etc., in square
brackets.
Precede the
date of publication, distribution, etc., by a comma.
Enclose the
details of manufacture (place, name, date) in parentheses.
Precede the
name of a manufacturer by a colon.
Precede the
date of manufacture by a comma.
For
the use of the equals sign to precede parallel statements see the appropriate
rules under 4 - Publication, Distribution,
Etc. Area.
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