MARC Records for Serials

Serials, periodical, magazines or continuations items are resources that are published with a frequency feature in the MARC record. Some examples are yearbooks, almanacs, and magazines.

Note: The MARC record for serials differs from the MARC records for monographs (books). Usually it is an "Open Entry", meaning publication date is not closed.

For example, the imprint field (260) of a book might look like this:

Mankato, Minn. : Pebble Books, 1998. ( '98 would be Closed date)

The book was published by Pebble Books in 1998.

A serial imprint field might look like this:

New York : Press Pub. Co., 1923- ('23- would be Open entry)

This means the serial was first published in 1923. The "open entry" date is indicated by the dash (-)

Make sure the publisher of your serial matches the publisher in the MARC record.

Steps to link a serial record:

1. Search in Workflows or WebCat. for the record using the ISSN number (not the ISBN). When searching, type the hyphen between the parts of the ISSN number:

Example: 0084-1382.

2. Make sure the publisher matches.

3. Link your school to the record in Workflows by adding a holding for each different year. Use the call number of a previous edition but just add the year of your edition to the call number.

Example: R
317
W
2000

Additional copies of the same year can be added to the volume entry.

Example of a serial MARC record:

001		ocm01770120
003		OCoLC
005		20000317142823.0
010		04003781 //90\|zsc 78001564
12		3\|b3\|i8408\|j0
19		330840\|a4545859\|a32421616\|a40576759
022	0	0084-1382
212	0	World almanac and book of facts
222	4	The World almanac & book of facts
245	04	The World almanac and book of facts.
260		New York :\|bPress Pub. Co. (The New York World),\|c1923-
300		v. :\|bill., maps ;\|c19-22 cm.
310		Annual
362	0	1923-

Examples of barcodes added to the above record:

The World almanac and book of facts -
           R 317.3 W 2003 - ABBOTT_LP
                31100000133679 - 1 - REFERENCE - CHECKEDOUT
                31100000133752 - 2 - NONFICTION - STACKS
                31100000133836 - 3 - NONFICTION - STACKS
           R 317.3 W 2004 - ABBOTT_LP
                31100000251828 - 1 - NONFICTION - REFERENCE
           317.3 W 1995 - ALPENGLOW
                31112000078192 - 1 - NONFICTION - STACKS
           317.3 W 1996 - ALPENGLOW
                31112000078226 - 1 - NONFICTION - STACKS
           317.3 W 1997 - ALPENGLOW
                31112000078234 - 1 - NONFICTION - STACKS
           R 317.3 W 2000 - ALPENGLOW
                31112000121570 - 1 - REFERENCE - REFERENCE
                31112000121661 - 2 - REFERENCE - REFERENCE