Concise AACR2rule 7B: Notes

7BNotes

7B1. Special notes for serials and electronic resources

Frequency. 310

If the resource being described is a serial, give the frequency of issue as the first note unless the frequency is obvious from the title (for example, Annual report, Monthly digest).

Local electronic resources. System requiremnts. 538$a

Always make a system requirements note when describing an electronic resource that is available locally. Give the make and model of the computer(s) on which it will run and any other system requirements that are important to its use (for example, amount of memory, name of the operating system, peripherals). Precede the note with System requirements:.

Remote electronic resources. Mode of access. 538$u

Always make a mode of access note for a remote electronic resource. Precede the note with "Mode of access: ". If the mode of access is the Web, give the address.

7B2. Nature of the item.

Make a note giving the nature, scope, or artistic form of the bibliographic resource if it is not obvious from the rest of the description.

7B3. Language 546$a

Make a note on the language(s) of the bibliographic resource if it is not obvious from the rest of the description.

7B4. Adaptation.

If the bibliographic resource is a manifestation of a work that is an adaptation of another work, make a note about the other work.

7B5. Titles.

Make notes on important titles borne by the bibliographic resource that are different from the title proper.
If you have supplied the title from other than the chief source of information, indicate the source.

Electronic resources.

Always give the source of the title proper of an electronic resource.

7B6. Credits and other statements of responsibility

Cast.

List featured players, performers, narrators, or presenters.

Credits. 511$a

List persons (other than the cast) who have make an important contribution to the artistic or technical production of a motion picture, sound recording, videorecording, etc., and are not named in the statements of responsibility.

Other statements of responsiblity. 508$a

Give the names of any person(s) or body (bodies) not named in the statement of responsibility with an important connection with the bibliographic resource.

7B7. Edition and history.

If the bibliographic resource is a revision or reissue, make a note about the earlier item.

Serials.

Make a note linking the serial being described to another serial if it is continued by or continues another serial, or is supplementary to another serial orhas any other significant relationship to another serial.

Integrating resources.

If the title of an integrating resource changes, give the earlier title(s).

7B8. Publications, etc.

Give important details of the publication or distribution of the bibliographic resource that cannot be given in the publication, etc., area.

7B9. Physical details.

Give important physical details that cannot be given in the physical description area.

7B10. Accompanying material and supplements.

Give important information about accompanying and supplementary material that cannot be given elsewhere in the description.

7B11Audience. 521$a

If the intended audience bibliographic resource is not apparent from the rest of the description, state it here.

7B12. Other formats available. 530$a

Give details of other formats in which the content of the bibliographic resource hs been issued.

7B13. Summary. 520$a

Give a brief summary of the content of a bibliographic resource if it is required by the policy of your library.

7B14. Contents.

If the bibliographic resource consists of a number of named parts, list those parts in the order in which they occur if the policy of the library requires such listings. Separate the names of the parts by a space, dash, space( - ).

7B15. Copy being described, library's holdings, and restrictions on use.

Make notes on:

7B16. With notes. 501$a

If the bibliographic resource being catalogued lacks a collective title and the title given in the title and statement of responsibility area applies to only part of that resource (see rule 1G) because you are making a separate entry for each of the parts of the item, make a note beginning with : and listing the titles of the other parts in the order in which they occur.

7B17. Serials, intergrating resources, and multipart resourcs: basis for the description.

If the first issue of a serial, first iteration of an integrating resource, or first part of a multipart bbliographic resource is not the basis for the description, give details of the issue, iteration, or part that is. For remote access resources, always give the date on which the resource was viewed.

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