Module 2. What is a Serial?
Contents
Introduction, Discussion Points, References, and Definitions of Terms
2.1.1. Definition and characteristics
2.1.2. Types of resources covered by the definition
a. Periodicals
b. Annual reports and recurring reports of activities
c. Directories, yearbooks, and other similar reference works
d. Newsletters
f. Newspapers
g. Legal and official publications
2.1.3. Other resources treated as serials according to 12.0A1
a. Publications of limited duration
c. Resources that lack numbering
2.1.4. Successively-issued resources that exhibit seriality but are usually treated as monographs
a. Publications revised on an irregular or infrequent basis
2.2. Special types of resources (LCRI 1.0)
2.2.1. Conference publications
2.2.2. Series
2.2.3. Periodicals issued with distinctive titles
2.2.4. Loose-leaf publications
2.3. What to do when the appropriate treatment is unclear
2.3.1. Search shared databases and online catalogs
2.3.2. Look further at the piece
2.3.3. Search publisher's Web sites, etc.
2.3.4. When still in doubt
2.4.1. Monograph to serial
2.4.2. Serial to monograph
2.4.3. Serial to integrating resource
2.4.4. Integrating resource to serial
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