Cataloging Practices Manual | [CPM-168] |
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BACKGROUND:
Create a preliminary bibliographic record if there is no usable copy when placing an order or processing items for precataloging backlogs. Follow the general preliminary record instructions and use the following instructions for the special features of monographs. Also use these procedures for microform reproductions or photocopies of monographs.
Go to Preliminary Bibliographic Records: Overview
Include the fixed and variable fields included in this document.
It is not necessary to include diacritics in a preliminary record.
PROCEDURE:
Click on Record on the menu bar, and from the drop-down menu select New >Bibliographic. The "Select bibliographic Template" dialog box will open. Click on the folder called Bibliographic Templates and then click Open. All the available bibliographic record templates are listed. Click on preliminary record for books.tem if cataloging a monograph. If the item in hand is not in book format, consult supervisor on how to create template for a particular format. A new bibliographic record opens on the desktop for editing. Note that the title bar says [New bib record]. Fill in the fixed and variable fields as follows:
FIXED FIELDS:
Examples:
260 $c [19--] Date 1 19uu
260 $c [199-] Date 1 199u
260 $c 1996. Date 1 1996 260 $c 1996-1997. Date 1 1996 Date 2 1997
Go to US MARC Country of Publication codes
If the item has three or fewer authors, input a 1XX field for the first named author. If the item has no author or four or more authors, do not input a 1xx field.
Go to Name Verification Procedures
Go to instructions on 245 subfields a, b and h
Example:
245 10 $a Live & be well
246 3 $a Live and be well
Example:
245 10 $a Leve and be well
246 3 $a Live and be well
Example:
245 10 $a Arashan kairyktary
246 1 $a Motivy Arashana
250 |a Rev. 2nd ed. (Book has "revised second edition")
$a Place : $b Publisher, $c Date.
Examples:
260 $a New York : $b Neal-Schuman, $c 1995-1997.
260 $a [London] : $b Penguin, $c 1997.
260 $c 1965.
Go to Series Instructions and
Examples
Go to instructions on 965 if item
in hand is an analytic.
Go to MFHD For Preliminary
Records
Go to MFHD For Preliminary Records
For Serial Analytics
250 |a 5th ed. (Book has "fifth edition")
260 $a New York : $b New-Tech, $c 1992.