0D. Prescribed sources of information
The description is divided into areas and each area is divided into a number of elements as set out in the particular rules. For each area of the description (see the listing below), certain sources of information are specially indicated. Transcription of data from other sources within square brackets. The fact that data have been transcribed from one of the special sources, therefore, is indicated by the absence of square brackets. For the sole purpose of applying the convention of bracketing, these special sources are designated "prescribed sources." (For the preferred order of sources of information, see the particular rules for each area.)
Area | Prescribed Source of Information |
Title and statement of responsibility | |
Title page, other preliminaries, colophon | |
Publication, etc. | Title page, colophon, other preliminaries |
Physical description | The whole publication |
Series | Series title page, monograph title page, cover, rest of the publication |
Note | Any source |
Standard number and terms of availability | Any source |
In all cases in which data for the first three areas are taken from elsewhere than the title page, make a note to indicate the source of the data.
The prescribed source of information for a single sheet publication in all the areas of the description, except the note area and the standard number and terms of availability area, is the entire sheet, both reacto and verso. For the remaining two areas, information may be taken from any source without bracketing.
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