006–Continuing Resources Dialog Box

The 006–Continuing Resources dialog box is used to insert information about special aspects of a serial, which cannot be inserted in field 008. The 006 Continuing Resources dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 006 tag in the MARC Editor and the first position of the fixed field contains ‘s’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 006 tag for a serial:

Form of material - Indicates the type of material being described.

Frequency - Indicates the frequency of a serial. This element is used in conjunction with 008/19 and is based on the information found in field 310.

Regularity - Indicates the intended regularity of a serial. This element is used in conjunction with 008/18 and is based on the information found in field 310. Consider the stated intent of the publisher when coding the regularity.

Type of continuing resource - Indicates the type of continuing resource.

Form of original item - Specifies the form of material in which a serial was originally published. In cases where the serial is published simultaneously in more than one form, or when it is difficult to determine the originally published form, the first item received or entered in the database is considered the original physical form.

Form of item - Specifies the form of material for the serial item being described.

Nature of entire work - Indicates the nature of a serial if it consists entirely of a certain type of material. It is used to specify what type of publication the item is, as opposed to what the item contains. If the item can be considered to be more than one type of material, the types are recorded in positions 25-27, and the 24 position is coded blank.

Nature of contents - One-character alphabetic codes indicate that a work contains certain types of materials. Generally, a specific code is used only if a significant part of the item is the type of material represented by the code. Information for these character positions is usually derived from other areas of the bibliographic record. Up to three codes may be recorded, in alphabetical order. If fewer than three codes are assigned, the codes are left-justified and unused positions contain blanks.

Government publication - Indicates whether or not the serial is published or produced by or for an international, national, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, describes the jurisdictional level of the agency.

Conference publication - Indicates whether or not a serial consists of the proceedings, reports, or summaries of a conference. The following types of publications are not considered conference publications: works composed of or based on a single paper, symposiums in print, hearings of legislative bodies, or courses given in a school.

Original alphabet or script of title - Indicates the original or script of the title on the source item, upon which the key title is based. If there is no key title present, the code value may relate to the title proper. This data element is mandatory for bibliographic records created or updated by one of the centers participating in the International Serials Data System (ISDS). For other non-ISDS records, position 33 is optional.

Entry convention - Indicates whether the serial was cataloged according to successive entry or latest entry cataloging conventions.