The following examples illustrate pre-AACR2 records found on online databases, in this case OCLC.  The records have been created from either the ALA or AACR rules.  For the sake of brevity, a number of the fields between 010 and 099 have been omitted as well as fields 510 and 850.

AACR successive entry record

This is a fairly straightforward AACR record.  Notice the lack of ISBD punctuation, the lack of a date in the 260 field, the form of the designation in field 362 and the use of second indicator "2" in field 780.

010  ##  $a 70-21767

022  ##  $a 0002-9769

042  ##  $a nsdp $a lc

043  ##  $a n-us---

050  ##  $a Z673.A5 $b B82

210  0#  $a Am. libr. $b (Chic. Ill.)

222  #0  $a American libraries $b (Chicago, Ill.)

245  00  $a American libraries.

260  ##  $a [Chicago] $b American Library Association.

265  ##  $a 50 E. Huron St., 60611

300  ##  $a v. $b ill., ports. $c 28 cm.

310  ##  $a 11 no. a year

362  0#  $a v. 1-  Jan. 1970-

550  ##  $a Official bulletin of the American Library Association.

650  #0  $a Library science $x Periodicals.

710  20  $a American Library Association.

780  02  $a American Library Association. $t ALA bulletin $x 0364-4006 $w (DLC)sc 78001579 $w (OCoLC)1480279

936  ##  $a Jan. 1970; Oct. 1976 (surrogate)

 

AACR successive entry record

This is an AACR record for a reprint.  Notice that the title is a very common one, but no uniform title has been assigned (because such uniform titles were not used prior to AACR2).  Notice also the use of "etc." in field 260.

010  ##  $a 72-13481//r78

022  ##  $z 0098-5546

042  ##  $a lc

050  00  $a PN2 $b .F62

082  ##  $a 809/.04

245  00  $a Focus.

260  ##  $a [Folcroft, Pa. etc.] $b Folcroft Library Editions, $c 1970-

300  ##  $a v. $b ill. $c 26 cm.

362  0#  $a 1-

500  ##  $a Editors: v. 1-<2, 4,> B. Rajan (v. 1-  with A. Pearse)

580  ##  $a Reprint of a series published in London (beginning in 1945) by D. Dobson ltd.

700  11  $a Rajan, Balachandra.

700  11  $a Pearse, Andrew Chernocke.

775  1#  $t Focus $f enk $w (DLC)  46014087

936  ##  $a unknown $a 4

 

ALA latest entry record -- title change

This is a latest entry record for a serial whose title has changed once.  The latest title is given in the 245 field and the earlier title with its dates are given in field 247.  Notice that no publisher or extent of item is given.

010  ##  $a 31-21803//r61

043  ##  $a n-us-dc

090  ##  $a KFD1247 $b .D13

245  04  $a The Daily Washington law reporter.

247  10  $a Washington law reporter $f Jan. 1874-Aug. 1959

260  ##  $a [Washington]

265  ##  $a 1625 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006

300  ##  $b ill. $c 25-32 cm.

310  ##  $a Daily (except Sat.-Sun.), $b Sept. 1, 1959-

321  ##  $a Weekly, $b Jan. 13, 1874-Aug. 1959

350  ##  $a $61.20

362  0#  $a v. 1-  Jan. 13, 1874-

500  ##  $a Official newspaper of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, 1895-1908.

520  ##  $a Vols. for 1902-  include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeal and various other courts of the District of Columbia.

650  #0  $a Law $x Periodicals $z District of Columbia.

650  #0  $a Law reports, digests, etc. $z District of Columbia.

710  10  $a District of Columbia. $b Court of Appeals.

710  10  $a District of Columbia. $b Supreme Court.

710  10  $a District of Columbia. $b Superior Court.

 

ALA latest entry record -- corporate body change

This is an ALA latest entry record for a conference publication.  The record is latest entry because it is entered under corporate body and contains a 550 note with the earlier name of the body.  The fact that it is latest entry is immediately evident from the "1" in the S/L fixed field code.  The title appears to be a "short title."  There is no publisher, probably because the Conference is the issuing body.  In field 936, "unknown" means that the issue upon which the description was based was unknown; "INC" means "issue not consulted."

010  ##  $a 40-36547//r402

043  ##  $a n-us---

050  00  $a HD7260 $b .A45

111  2#  $a American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

245  00  $a Transactions.

250  ##  $a [Cincinnati]

300  ##  $c 28 cm.

310  ##  $a Annual

362  0#  $a 1st-  1938-

550  ##  $a Issued 1938-  by the conference under its earlier name: National Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

650  #0  $a Public health $x Congresses.

650  #0  $a Occupational diseases.

650  #0  $a Public health $z United States.

936  ##  $a unknown $a INC

 

ALA successive entry record

From the LC control number, it appears that this record was created originally under the ALA rules.  It has been enhanced with additional information such as the subscription address (265), the ISSN (022), and key title (222).  Notice that the 780 is coded as "03" meaning "superseded in part."

010  ##  $a med47-1542//r53

022  0#  $a 0021-9762

042  ##  $a nsdp $a lc

050  00  $a RC321 $b .J74

210  ##  $a J. clin. psychol.

222  #0  $a Journal of clinical psychology

245  00  $a Journal of clinical psychology.

260  ##  $a Brandon, Vt. [etc.] $b Clinical Psychology Pub. Co.

265  ##  $a Clinical Psychology Pub. Co., 4 Conant Sq., Brandon, VT 05733

300  ##  $a v. $c 26 cm.

310  ##  $a Bimonthly $b <, Jan. 1983- >

321  ##  $a Quarterly

362  0#  $a v. 1-  Jan. 1945-

650  #0  $a Psychiatry $x Periodicals.

700  10  $a Thorne, Frederick Charles, $ 1909- $e ed.

770  1#  $t Archives of the behavioral sciences $x 0749-4392

785  03  $t Journal of community psychology $x 0090-4392 $w(OCoLC)1785233

936  ##  $a Unknown $a Jan. 1983

 

See also:

Module 22.  Interpreting Pre-AACR2 Serial Cataloging Records