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University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions

PUB PATTERN EXAMPLES
(IN MAI TEST)

  1. Straight MONTHLY with vol. & no. and year & month beginning in January
    Bib #: 3038929
    Title: Acta Radiologica


  2. Straight BIMONTHLY with vol. & no. and year & month beginning in February
    Bib #: 478505
    Title: Community Mental Health Journal


  3. Straight QUARTERLY with vol. & no. and year & month beginning in January
    Bib #: 3038521
    Title: Dental Clinics of North America


  4. Straight QUARTERLY with vol. & no. and year & season beginning in spring
    Bib #: 492576
    Title: International Journal of Mental Health


  5. QUARTERLY with vol. & no. and year & season BEGINNING IN THE WINTER!!
    Bib #: 1388801
    Title: Dysphagia


  6. 10 issues per year – omitting July and November
    Bib #: 772690
    Title: Issues in Mental Health Nursing


  7. COMBO's:
    1. BIMONTHLY with single iss nos. & double months
      Bib #: 2422521
      Title: Journal for Nurses in Staff Development>


    2. BIMONTHLY with double iss nos. & double months
      Bib #: 2398308
      Title: Journal of Healthcare Management


    3. BIMONTHLY with double iss nos. & single months
      Bib #: 514977
      Title: Journal of Youth & Adolescence


    4. MONTHLY with 11 issue nos. and July/Aug. combo (single no/double month)
      Bib #: 3039255
      Title: Molecular Medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)


    5. MONTHLY with 12 issue nos. with July/Aug (double no/double month)
      Bib #: 2277587
      Title: Nature Biotechnology
      NOTE: Cannot produce the correct pattern. Need to code as monthly, then edit the combo iss accordingly when received and delete the “extraneous” issue.


    6. QUARTERLY with summer/autumn combo (single number/double season)
      Bib #: 420279
      Title: Multivariate Behavioral Research


    7. QUARTERLY with summer/autumn combo (double number/double season)
      Bib #: 3039133
      Title: Journal of Trauma Nursing
      NOTE: Cannot produce the correct pattern. Need to code as quarterly, then edit the combo iss accordingly when received and delete the “extraneous” issue.


  8. MONTHLY with 2 vols/year
    Bib #: 516317
    Title: Journal of Reproductive Medicine
    NOTE: Two months in the subfield “x”


  9. MONTHLY with consecutive issue nos. only (no vol. no.)
    Bib #: 476507
    Title: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
    NOTE: No subfield “x” since enumeration changes with every issue.


  10. PUB PATTERN for 2 copies of same title
    Bib #: 508900
    Title: American Journal of Nursing


  11. Suppression of caption (iss caption suppressed – use “(*)”)
    Bib #: 635161
    Title: Neurochemical Research


  12. Chronology only (no v or iss #’s – use “^”)
    Bib #: 3038489
    Title: The Pharmacologist
    NOTE: You still have to have a corresponding subfield “a” in the 853X, but you can enter any number – it won’t display.


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