[DCRM-L] Missing title page

[Jane Stemp Wickenden]

Hi Karen,

[Theses] seems a bit odd unless you are sure there is more than one 
thesis in the item.

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.

245 10 $a [Thesis on subject].

500 ## $a Deals with [whatever your identified subject is].

If the thesis is in Latin and if you'd like Latin assistance, do feel 
free to send me an image off-list.

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.

Best wishes,

Jane


On 26/09/2019 16:29, Karen Nelson wrote:
>
> Hello, experts;
>
> 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?
>
> (Have read /DCRM-B 0C3. No title page/ – and also /section 7, Note 
> area/.)*
>
> In other such cases I have been able to locate the resource or 
> something related, online, and to consult the title page seen there.
>
> For this one, nada.
>
> I have a rough date (not before 1715) based on content, a subject (or 
> at least, one of them), and a country of publication.
>
> It’s probably, but not definitely a theses/dissertation, but 245 
> $a[Theses] seems lean and not too helpful.
>
> 1.Do I transcribe the opening sentences into 245 and back up with a note?
>
> 2.Use a lean supplied title and put the opening sentences in the note? 
> There are no chapter headings to use in a 505.
>
> 3.None of the above, but something else?
>
> 4.*Am I missing pertinent instruction in DCRM-B?
>
> Thanks, anyone who has time to help.
>
> Karen
>


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