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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 12-10
rev. 12-10
Direct Access Electronic Resources
The provision in 12.0B2b to use the physical carrier or its labels for
direct access electronic resources does take precedence over provisions in chapter 9 for
chief source of information.
12.0B3:CSB97
Prescribed sources of information
Nonprint Serials
Consider that the prescribed source for the Numbering area is the whole
resource. (Chapters 3-10 currently lack information about a prescribed source for this
type of Material (or type of publication) specific details area.)
12.1B2:CSB99
Title proper
LC/PCC practice: Prior to Dec. 1, 2002, this rule called for the selection
of the acronym or initialism as the title proper if it was the only form of title
presented in other locations. Do not change any existing bibliographic or series
authority records created before Dec. 1, 2002.
12.1B3:CSB91
Title and statement of responsibility area. Title proper
Words, Phrases, Etc.
In any case of doubt as to whether a word, phrase, or other statement is
part of the title proper, apply the same guidelines as given in this rule in regard to
the inclusion of a corporate body's name (or abbreviation of that name) as part of the
title proper.
12.1B4:CSB97
Title proper
Common Title/Section Title
In applying rule 12.1B4, consider all presentations of the common title and
section title within the item. If both the common title and the section title appear in
the same prescribed source for the title and statement of responsibility area in the
appropriate AACR2 chapter, consider the application of rule 12.1B4 rather than rule
12.1B6; proximity in the same source is not a factor. If rule 12.1B4 is to be applied,
the source containing both titles is the chief source of information for the item. For
printed resources, the source should be one of the preliminaries, the publisher's
listing, or the colophon.
Updating remote electronic resources. For most such resources, what appears
at first to be a common title may instead be a statement of responsibility, the name of
the parent electronic resource, or another component of the resource. If in doubt, do
not consider it to be a common title.
Common Title or Unnumbered Series?
When there is only one designation on the serial or no numbering on the
integrating resource, it may be difficult to determine if the more comprehensive title is