Special Issues

Special issues may be published within the numbering scheme or in addition to the regular issues of the serial. They usually cover a particular topic and may have a distinctive title. In other cases, they may be called nothing but a "Special issue" or the equivalent. Special issues may be numbered or unnumbered. Like supplements, some special issues are serials in themselves; others are not. The decision on how to catalog special issues depends on (a) the presence of a distinctive number (b) the importance of the content, and (c) the presence of numbering.

⮚Monograph Treatment of Special Issues

A special issue with its own title and specific contents and is not numbered with the main serial, may be treated as a monograph. (It is up to an individual library to determine how important the contents are and whether to create a separate record for it.) When the special issue is cataloged as a monograph, give an additional access point for the serial. (CCM: 17.6.3)

130 0# $a Southwestern (Denton, Tex.)

245 14 $a The southwestern : $b journal of aging for the Southwest.

525 ## $a Some numbers issued as special issues with distinctive titles.

If desired, the special issue could be cataloged as a monograph and the serial title given as an additional access point. A 500 note for the serial issue may also be given (RDA 27.1.1.3).

245 00 $a Urinary incontinence / $c Janice A. Knebl, guest editor.

264 1# $a Denton, Tex. : $b Southwest Society on Aging, $c 1991.

300 ## $a 89 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 28 cm.

500 ## $a Issued as v. 6, no. 2 of Southwestern (Denton, Tex.).

650 #0 $a Urinary incontinence. 700 1# $a Knebl, Janice A., $e editorial director.

730 0# $a Southwestern (Denton, Tex.)

⮚Special Issues as Serials

If a special issue is published on a regular basis and is thus a serial itself, it may be separately cataloged or noted on the record for the main serial. Buyer's guides and membership lists are common examples.

If the special issue carries the numbering of the main work, include the special issue on the record for the main work.

245 00 $a Consumer reports. $p Buying guide issue.

246 1# $a Buying guide issue

310 ## $a Annual

787 08 $i Published as the December issue of the preceding year of: $t Consumer reports $x 0010-7174 $w (DLC) ...

If the special issue has a separate date designation or has its own numbering, catalog it separately.

Optionally, if the special issue is both numbered in with the main serial and has a designation of its own, treat the special issue as an analytic of the serial, giving the serial title in a 4XX/8XX, if deemed important enough to warrant such treatment (see also CCM 17.4.3.b.2c).

110 2# $a Amherst College, $e author.

245 10 $a Alumni directory ...

264 1# $a Amherst, Mass. : $b Amherst College

490 0# $a Amherst College bulletin