[DCRM-L] a question came up during the close reading of Examples

[Patrick Olson]

I'm not sure we're permitted to go outside Standard Citations here, but rule
7B14.2 in DCRM(B) doesn't mention the use of any commas.  The examples,
however -- which admittedly are not prescriptive -- use a comma after the
title portion unless the title portion ends with a parenthesis.  The
examples maintain this trend for title portions that end with letters and
numbers alike.

Patrick Olson

2011/8/22 Schneider, Nina <nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>

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> I know there are a lot of opinions, but is there a rule that states whether
> to use a comma after the title portion of the citation. I can’t find a
> specific rule except a mention of a “final comma” relating to the addition
> of page numbers in the printed version of Standard Citations (p. xxiii). So,
> based on what I can surmise from examples in Standard Citations, it occurs
> to me that the only time a cataloger would include a comma between the title
> portion and the location portion of the reference would be when the title
> portion ends in a number.****
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> So, this:****
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> 510 4_ Hoover, A.B.  Old order Mennonite bib. (In his Jonas Martin era, p.
> 981-1105), ‡c 132****
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> 510 4_ ESTC ‡cT345****
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> But, I also see (on p. xxvii of S.C.), this:****
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> 510 4_ Drake, M.  Almanacs, ‡c 143****
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> And, in MARC Bibliographic (on LC’s website), there’s this:****
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> *‡**a*Goff,*‡**c*A-970****
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> Anyone?****
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> Thanks!****
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> Nina****
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