By Adimu Nihuka Jr
A bibliographic entry is made up of elements which are taken from the item itself. Elements are grouped into the following areas: These includes;
Heading
Title and statement of responsibility
Edition statement
Material or types of publication.
Publication and distribution (imprint)
Physical description
Series statement
Note areas
Standard number and term of availability
Tracing
Call number
The above elements are discussed below:-
Heading
The first word or phrase or mark that appear at the apex of the catalog entry. Its the one to determine the accessibility of an information package and it determine the filling entry. Because is used to access an information package then the name access point. Heading can be author surname, subject, title, series, etc
Title and statement of responsibility
Every document in an information unit is assumed to have a title. Title is simpler terms in the name of document. In this area it includes the title (title proper) of the document sometimes with the subtitle 9 title that qualifies the title proper) or parallel title (appears in author language).
To translate the title proper, example; Socialism= ujamaa.
For instance; the book entitled "Mathematics: question and answers", can be grouped into two titles namely title proper and subtitle. Thus; mathematics is a title proper where as question and answers is subtitle.
Also this area states the person or body responsible for the creation of the intellectual content. For example; Reference work/by Krishna Kumar
Edition statement
This area is included where the edition is more than the first edition. The first edition is optional. Edition statement is included where the items has been revised or updated. The edition statement can be word or number.
Example; Work like third edition, forth edition and numbers like 3rd edition or 4th edition and alike.
Material or type of publication
This area is optional when cataloging a book. It is mandatory for special types of materials such as CDs, slides, tapes, microforms, etc. It is stated as General Material Designation (GMD)
Publication and distribution area (imprint)
This is the areas where the place of the item has published, manufactured are mentioned, basically it includes the name of the city.
This areas include also the company responsible for publishing or manufacturing an item; normally the place and the company are separated by colon(:). It is in this area tat the date of publication is also included normally separated from the company by comma (,).
Physical description area
It includes the number of pages, illustrative materials, and size of an information size. Normally the preliminary pages are stated first in roman figures (i,ii,iii,), then the page of the text stated in arabic figures (1,2,3,).
If the document include any chart, picture, table, map, etc are stated collectively as illustrations. Also we include the size of the document measure its height stated in centimeter (cm), example; x,350p.:24cm
Series area
Some documents are published under a collective title, if that in this case it should be stated in an entry. Series may have the series title and series number. Series appear after the size preceded by ._ then a round bracket ( ). For example; ._ (computer;no 10) or ._ (computer series)
Note area
This is the area where the special features are indicated. Any special features worthy mentioning will be include. Some of the features that are included are:- Bibliography, index, glossary, list of case, appendix.
Bibliography appears in one sequence and it may look like; p.340- 345. Bibliographical features if the reference or features are scattered at different chapter.
Standard number and terms of availability
Each book is supplied with unique number, it is unique identifier to that document alone. Also its International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for book and international serial number (ISSN) for serial publications. Basically this is a ten digit numbers representing entry number, publisher number, and the number for the item itself. It is in this area where the price of document is stated down represented by Tsh, E2.3, dollars sign, and soon.
Tracing
This is the paragraph where subject heading and other added entries not given priority as access point in the main entry are stated.
Example;
1. Subject heading
2. Subject heading
I. Added entry
II. Added entry
Call number
This is a number assigned to a catalog entry by the use of classification scheme such as DDC scheme or LC scheme or Colon classification scheme. It is a link between an entry and physical item on the shelves. This number can be URL or address, etc.
Also call number is an artificial name of a document rather than the natural name.
Example; 020
KUM
A bibliographic entry is made up of elements which are taken from the item itself. Elements are grouped into the following areas: These includes;
Heading
Title and statement of responsibility
Edition statement
Material or types of publication.
Publication and distribution (imprint)
Physical description
Series statement
Note areas
Standard number and term of availability
Tracing
Call number
The above elements are discussed below:-
Heading
The first word or phrase or mark that appear at the apex of the catalog entry. Its the one to determine the accessibility of an information package and it determine the filling entry. Because is used to access an information package then the name access point. Heading can be author surname, subject, title, series, etc
Title and statement of responsibility
Every document in an information unit is assumed to have a title. Title is simpler terms in the name of document. In this area it includes the title (title proper) of the document sometimes with the subtitle 9 title that qualifies the title proper) or parallel title (appears in author language).
To translate the title proper, example; Socialism= ujamaa.
For instance; the book entitled "Mathematics: question and answers", can be grouped into two titles namely title proper and subtitle. Thus; mathematics is a title proper where as question and answers is subtitle.
Also this area states the person or body responsible for the creation of the intellectual content. For example; Reference work/by Krishna Kumar
Edition statement
This area is included where the edition is more than the first edition. The first edition is optional. Edition statement is included where the items has been revised or updated. The edition statement can be word or number.
Example; Work like third edition, forth edition and numbers like 3rd edition or 4th edition and alike.
Material or type of publication
This area is optional when cataloging a book. It is mandatory for special types of materials such as CDs, slides, tapes, microforms, etc. It is stated as General Material Designation (GMD)
Publication and distribution area (imprint)
This is the areas where the place of the item has published, manufactured are mentioned, basically it includes the name of the city.
This areas include also the company responsible for publishing or manufacturing an item; normally the place and the company are separated by colon(:). It is in this area tat the date of publication is also included normally separated from the company by comma (,).
Physical description area
It includes the number of pages, illustrative materials, and size of an information size. Normally the preliminary pages are stated first in roman figures (i,ii,iii,), then the page of the text stated in arabic figures (1,2,3,).
If the document include any chart, picture, table, map, etc are stated collectively as illustrations. Also we include the size of the document measure its height stated in centimeter (cm), example; x,350p.:24cm
Series area
Some documents are published under a collective title, if that in this case it should be stated in an entry. Series may have the series title and series number. Series appear after the size preceded by ._ then a round bracket ( ). For example; ._ (computer;no 10) or ._ (computer series)
Note area
This is the area where the special features are indicated. Any special features worthy mentioning will be include. Some of the features that are included are:- Bibliography, index, glossary, list of case, appendix.
Bibliography appears in one sequence and it may look like; p.340- 345. Bibliographical features if the reference or features are scattered at different chapter.
Standard number and terms of availability
Each book is supplied with unique number, it is unique identifier to that document alone. Also its International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for book and international serial number (ISSN) for serial publications. Basically this is a ten digit numbers representing entry number, publisher number, and the number for the item itself. It is in this area where the price of document is stated down represented by Tsh, E2.3, dollars sign, and soon.
Tracing
This is the paragraph where subject heading and other added entries not given priority as access point in the main entry are stated.
Example;
1. Subject heading
2. Subject heading
I. Added entry
II. Added entry
Call number
This is a number assigned to a catalog entry by the use of classification scheme such as DDC scheme or LC scheme or Colon classification scheme. It is a link between an entry and physical item on the shelves. This number can be URL or address, etc.
Also call number is an artificial name of a document rather than the natural name.
Example; 020
KUM
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