RDA defines the publication date as a date associated with the publication, release, or issuing of a resource. (CCM:10.4.1) LC/PCC practice is not to record copyright dates for multipart monographs, serials, and integrating resources. Give the date of publication of the first issue followed by a hyphen when the first issue is in hand; give the date of the last issue when the serial is complete and the last issue is in hand.” (CCM: 10.4.2a)
264 #1 $a ..., $c 1987-
362 1# $a Began with vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1987).
⮚Selecting the publication date(s)
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Record only the year; do not give months or days. If both first and last issues are in hand, give the year of the first issue followed by the year of the last issue (RDA 2.8.6.5). If both first and last issues are published in the same year, give the year only once. Give the year in brackets when it is supplied (i.e., no separate publication date appears in the piece). If you are uncertain about the probable date, add a question mark. (CCM: 10.4.4)(CCM: 10.4.4) When only an approximate date can be provided, a date containing a hyphen and/or question mark can be used as publication date. (RDA 2.8.6.5)
264 #1 $a [Sugar Land, Texas.] : $b Internet Scientific Publications, $c [between 2000 and 2009?]-
362 1# $a Began with vol. 1, no. 1.
⮚When Not to Record Publication Date
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