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Material (or Type of Publication) Specific Details Area (Rule 1.3)

Use only when de scrib ing car to graphic ma te ri als, mu sic, com-
puter files, se rial pub li ca tions, and mi cro forms.

Ex am ples: Scale ca. 1:50,000,000
Vol. 1, no.1 (Jan./Feb. 1993)-

Publication, Distribution, etc. Area (Rule 1.4)

State the place of pub lisher or dis tributor first, then a colon ( : ), then
the name of the pub lisher or dis tributor, in its short est pos sible form. A
comma fol lows the pub lisher, and af ter the comma, the date of pub lica-
tion, dis tribution, etc., and con clude the area with a pe riod ( . ).
Ex am ples: New York: Do ver, 1993.
Guilford, CT: An nual Edi tions, 1993.

Physical Description Area (Rule 1.5)

State the number of pages of the book. If there is more than one
volume, state the num ber of vol umes. Use “ill.” after a co lon ( : ) to
indicate il lustrations. Add other de scriptions such as maps af ter ill.
and a comma. Give the height of the item in cen timeters, and pre cede
this with a semi colon ( ; ). If ac companying ma terials ex ist, their de -
scription fol lows the height measurement and a plus sign ( + ).
Ex am ples: 568 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
5v. : col. ports. ; 21 cm. + 1 an swer book

Series Area (Rule 1.6)

The se ries state ment is en closed in pa rentheses [ ( ) ] fol lowing the
physical de scription area. In cluded are se ries ti tle, state ment of re -
spon si bil ity, other in for ma tion such as the In ter na tional Stan dard Se-
rial Num ber (ab bre vi ated as ISSN), subseries, and the num bering
within the se ries.