531 Abbreviated Title (Serials)

Field Definition

This field contains an abbreviated form of the key title, constructed in accordance with rules prepared by the International ISSN Centre and based on ISO 4.

Occurrence

Repeatable in the same circumstances as field 530.

Indicators

Indicator 1: blank (not defined)

Indicator 2: blank (not defined)

Subfields

$a Abbreviated Title

The abbreviated key title without the addition of any qualifying information. It includes, for generic titles, the name of the issuing body following a space hyphen space (EX 3). (Optional and not repeatable)

$b Qualifier

Any qualifying information added to the key title to make it distinctive from an otherwise identical key title. This may or may not be abbreviated. Following ISDS practice, the qualification is enclosed in parentheses. (Optional and not repeatable)

$v Volume Designation

This subfield is used to indicate a particular part of an item (volume, issue and pages if appropriate) that is related to another item. This subfield is used only when the field is embedded in a 4-- linking field. It further defines the part of the linked item that bears the relationship designated by the 4-- tag. (Optional and not repeatable)

Notes on Field Contents

The abbreviated form of the key title is constructed according to rules prepared by the International ISSN Centre. It also maintains the Liste d'abréviations de mots des titres de publications en série = List of serial title word abbreviations. Paris: ISDS International Centre, 1985. ISBN: 2-904938-02-8. This list consists of abbreviated key titles and can only be extended by the International ISSN Centre, usually at the request of a local ISSN centre.

Only key titles abbreviated according to ISDS provisions are entered in this field.

Fields or other related entities

530 Key Title (Serials)

Examples

Ex. 1:

531 ##$aMedicina. Supl.$b(B.Aires)

Ex. 2:

531 ##$aRockfeller Brothers Fund annu. rep.

Ex. 3:

531 ##$aAnn. Univ. Cathol. Louvain

Ex. 4:

531 ##$aJ. phys.$b(Paris)

531 ##$aJ. phys.$b(Lond.)

This is a case of two journals which have different key titles but which abbreviate to the same abbreviated title. The qualifier is added to the abbreviated key title, but is not required for the key title itself.

Key titles: Journal de physique

Journal of physics