3xx

Excerpt from OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards:

"Use the 3xx fields for information about physical characteristics and arrangement, publication frequency, graphic representation, and security information."

 A link to OCLC BF&S:  http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/3xx/default.shtm

300 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 

-- books: 

 the main pattern: 300 $a x, 160 p. : $b ill. ; $c 29 cm.

 special cases: 

Example: 300 $a 245 leaves : $b ill. ; $c 29x35 cm.  – A folio with width larger than length. 300 $a 134 p. ;  $c 21x27 cm. – A regular size book with width larger than length.

-- Integrating Resources: do not use

362 DATES AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION

Use for Integrating Resources if first and last iteration is not available.  The 362 field with 1st indicator 1 is used to record dates, which cannot be used in 260 $c.  

Excerpt from OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards:

"For integrating resources, use this field for incomplete dates. Use field 362 only as an unformatted note.

Dates in field 362 may be identical to the information in the fixed-field element Dates. See Dates for more information.

• When no date information is present, omit field 260 subfield ‡c and record the approximate date in the 1st indicator of field 362.

  362

  1

  Began in 1990s.

• When only a single copyright date is present, omit field 260 subfield ‡c and record the approximate beginning date in the 1st indicator of field 362.
• When a range of copyright dates is present, suggesting that the first date may be the beginning date, omit field 260 subfield ‡c and record the probable beginning date in the 1st indicator of field 362.

  362

  1

  Began publication in 1998?

• When an explicit statement of when the integrating resource first came online is present, record it as the beginning date in field 260 subfield ‡c.

Repeat field 362 only when one of the fields has a 1st indicator value of 0 and the other has a 1st indicator value of 1. When both beginning and ending designations are formatted, or both are unformatted, record them in a single 362 field."

A link to OCLC BF&S: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/3xx/362.shtm

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