← Concise AACR2: rule 3A: Serials (in all formats) →

Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space (. - )

Follow the designation and/or date of the first issue by a hyphen.

Enclose a date following the designation of the first issue in parenthesis (()).

Precede a statement of responsibility following an edition statement by space, diagonal slash, space ( ; )

Give a designation (volume, part, numbering, etc.) of the first issue in the serial. Replace words with standard abbreviations. Replace words with numbers where appropriate.362$a

If the first issue of a serial is designated only by a date, give that date. Replace words with standard abbreviations. Replace words with numbers where appropriate.

If the first issue is identified by both number, etc., and a date, give the numbering, etc., before the date.

If the first issue lacks a designation or date give [No. 1]- . If however, later issues adopt a numbering, follow that.

If the serial has ceased publication, give the designation and/or the date of the first issue or part, followed by the designation and/or date of the last issue.

If a serial starts a new system of designations without changing its title, give the designation of the first and last issues of the old system, followed by the designation of the first issue under the new system.

If a serial has more than one separate system of designation, give each in the order in which it appears in the chief source of information. Separate the designations by an equals sign, space (= ), or if the serial has ceased, by a space, equals sign, space ( = ).

If the title proper of a serial changes (see rule 22C), make a new description and close the old description, (see rule 3A5).