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Term

Abbreviation

Volume

v.

Number

no.

Part

pt.

Series

ser.

Supplement

suppl.

Months are capitalized and use the standard abbreviations. Seasons of the year are not capitalized and are not abbreviated, but spelled out (e.g., autumn, winter, etc.)

 

Table III.M.I Abbreviations

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Punctuation

Use

Example

Colon

separates 2 levels of hierarchical units

v.1:no.1
Ser.2:v.1:pt.1
v.5:no.3 (1995:Mar.)

Comma

indicates a gap in holdings

v.1, v.3, v.5 [missing v.2 and 4]
v.1 (1902)-v.3 (1904), v.10 (1922) [missing v.3-9]

Hyphen

indicates unbroken range of holdings

v.5-v.55
1994-2007

Parentheses

separates enumeration from chronology

v.1:no.5 (1991:May)
v.55 (2007)
v.3:no.4 (1999:autumn)

Semicolon

Indicates a non-gap break in holdings

v.1-4;v.5/6;v.7-10
1902-1905;1907-1910 (1906 not published)

Slash

indicates combined issues or vols. published in one vol.

2001/2002
v.5/10

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