Appendix C - 3.3. Transcription of body of description

Formulate the description according to the rules for transcription from monographs, except for using the sources of information applicable to serials. Follow the special rules in DCRB for full and exact transcription of bibliographic information. Following AACR2 and ISBD conventions, transcribe the date of publication and volume designation as the "number of part" and transcribe any special issue title as "name of part." Example 1

For MARC coding of title elements, follow the existing conventions for monographs.(13) (This may result in some apparent inconsistency in content designation of individual issues of the same serial if the chief sources of information vary in their placement of the elements; this inconsistency, however, is unavoidable and of little consequence, since it is the added entry for the collective title that can provide organized, sequential access to records for issues of a serial.) Example 2

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Appendix C - 3. Individual issues of serials