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<p>Hi Karen,</p>
<p>[Theses] seems a bit odd unless you are sure there is more than
one thesis in the item.</p>
<p>If I were cataloguing this I'd be inclined to do something along
the lines of your lean title suggestion, only not quite so lean,
and then add a note.<br>
</p>
<p>245 10 $a [Thesis on subject].</p>
<p>500 ## $a Deals with [whatever your identified subject is].<br>
</p>
<p>If the thesis is in Latin and if you'd like Latin assistance, do
feel free to send me an image off-list.<br>
</p>
<p>Also (and this may seem an odd last resort, but it's worked for
me before now), have you tried Google Books or the "search text"
option of archive.org to search for significant phrases? That may
pick up something useful.<br>
</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Jane<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/09/2019 16:29, Karen Nelson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, experts;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could someone describe best practice for
providing a title for a resource for which the title page is
missing, but there is no internal evidence - and none
externally either – of what the title was?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Have read <i>DCRM-B 0C3. No title page</i>
– and also <i>section 7, Note area</i>.)*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In other such cases I have been able to
locate the resource or something related, online, and to
consult the title page seen there.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For this one, nada.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a rough date (not before 1715) based
on content, a subject (or at least, one of them), and a
country of publication.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s probably, but not definitely a
theses/dissertation, but 245 $a[Theses] seems lean and not too
helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
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style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Do I transcribe the opening
sentences into 245 and back up with a note?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Use a lean supplied title and
put the opening sentences in the note? There are no chapter
headings to use in a 505.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
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style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->None of the above, but something
else?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->*Am I missing pertinent
instruction in DCRM-B? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, anyone who has time to help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Karen<o:p></o:p></p>
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