Descriptive Cataloging
with RDA
Carrier Description
&
Illustrative Content
Part 1
Extent
Extent of Text
Core Element
if resource is complete
RDA Chapter 3:
Describing Carriers
RDA Glossary:
Carrier
A physical medium in which
data, sounds, images, etc.,
are stored.
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RDA 3.4.5.2
Single Volume with Numbered Pages, Leaves, or Columns
For a resource consisting of a single volume, record the extent in terms of pages,
leaves, or columns according to the type of sequence used in the resource.
Apply the following general guidelines:
a) If the volume is numbered in terms of pages, record the number of pages.
d) If the volume consists of sequences of leaves and pages, or pages and numbered
columns, or leaves and numbered columns, record each sequence.
Record the number of pages, leaves, or columns in terms of the numbered or lettered
sequences in the resource. Record the last numbered page, leaf, or column in each
sequence and follow it with the appropriate term.
020
0446514241
245 _ _ Whose broad stripes and bright stars? : ‡b
the trivial pursuit of the Presidency, 1988 /
‡c Jack W. Germond & Jules Witcover.
264 □ 1 New York, N.Y. : ‡b Warner Books, ‡c c1989.
300
xvi, 478 pages ; ‡c 24 cm
336
337
338
500
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes index.
[The pages are numbered ix-xvi and 3-478.]
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RDA 3.4.5.2
3.4.5.2 b) If the volume is numbered in terms of leaves, record
the number of leaves.
245 _ _ Technical services : ‡b a syllabus for
training leading to certification of library
assistants / ‡c Bureau of Library
Development, Pennsylvania State Library,
Department of Education, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
264 □ 1 [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania?] : ‡b Pennsylvania
State Library, ‡c [197-]
300
96 leaves ; ‡c 27 cm
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
504
Includes bibliographical references.
[The leaves are numbered 2-96.]
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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or Columns
a) Record the exact number of pages, leaves, or columns, if readily
ascertainable.
020
067940676X
245_ _ French for cats : ‡b all the French your cat will ever
need / ‡c Henri de la Barbe (Henry Beard) ; text by
Henry Beard and John Boswell ;
illustrations by Gary Zamchick.
264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Villard Books, ‡c 1991.
300
87 unnumbered pages : ‡b illustrations (some
color) ; ‡c 16 cm
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
500
“A John Boswell Associates book.”
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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or Columns
b) If the number is not readily ascertainable, record an estimated
number of pages, leaves, or columns preceded by
approximately.
020
0030149061
245 _ _ The Doonesbury chronicles / ‡c G.B.
Trudeau ; with an introduction by
Garry Wills.
264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, ‡c [1975?]
300
approximately 200 pages : ‡b illustrations (some
color) ; ‡c 29 cm
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or Columns
c) Record 1 volume (unpaged).
[Library of Congress practice]
020
0815600682
245 _ _ Trees, shrubs and vines : ‡b a pictorial
guide to the ornamental woody plants of
the northern United States exclusive of
conifer / ‡c Arthur T. Viertel.
264 □ 1 Syracuse, N.Y. : ‡b Syracuse University
Press, ‡c c1970.
300
1 volume (unpaged) : ‡b illustrations, map ;
‡c 26 cm
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
504
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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RDA 3.4.5.8
Complicated or Irregular Paging, Etc.
c) Record 1 volume (various pagings).
020
1556532172
245 _ _ OCLC communications & access
planning guide.
250
1996 [ed.]
264 □ 1 Dublin, Ohio : ‡b OCLC, ‡c c1996.
300
1 volume (various pagings) :
‡b illustrations ; ‡c 28 cm.
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
500
Includes index and glossary.
[The pages are numbered: iii-viii, 1-47, A:1-A:9, B:1-B:10, C:1-C:6, I:1-I:5, G:1G:12.]
[Although in loose-leaf form, the document is not believed to be designed to
receive additions.]
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RDA 3.4.5.19
Updating Loose-Leafs
If the resource is an updating loose-leaf, record the number of
volumes followed by loose-leaf, in parentheses.
020
245 _ _
250
264 □ 1
300
0844406392 (loose-leaf)
Library of Congress rule interpretations.
2nd ed.
Washington, D.C. : ‡b Cataloging Distribution
Service, Library of Congress, ‡c 19891 volume (loose-leaf) ; ‡c 30 cm
336
337
338
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
500
Formulated by Office for Descriptive
Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress.
Editor: Robert M. Hiatt.
Updated with quarterly supplements.
Base text April 1989.
Includes index.
500
500
500
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RDA 3.4.5.9, 3.4.5.9.2
Leaves or Pages of Plates
3.4.5.9 If the leaves or pages of plates in a resource are not included in the
numbering for a sequence or sequences of pages or leaves of text, etc., record the
extent of the sequence of leaves or pages of plates at the end of the sequence or
sequences of pagination, etc.
3.4.5.9.2 When recording the extent of a sequence of unnumbered leaves or pages
of plates, record: a) the exact number (if the number is readily ascertainable)
followed by unnumbered leaves of plates, etc.
020
245 _ _
264 □ 1
300
336
337
338
504
0671250361
Lucy : ‡b the beginnings of humankind /
‡c Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey.
New York : ‡b Simon and Schuster, ‡c c1981
409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
‡b illustrations (some color) ; ‡c 25 cm
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and
index.
[The plates are on unnumbered pages located between
pages 96 and 97.]
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RDA 3.4.5.9
Record the extent of the sequence of leaves or pages of plates after the
pagination, etc., whether the plates are found together or distributed
throughout the resource.
245 _ _ The makers of Florence : ‡b Dante, Giotto, Savonarola,
and their city / ‡c by Mrs. Oliphant ; with portrait of Savonarola
engraved by C.H. Jeens and illustrations from drawings by
Professor Delamotte.
250
New ed.
264 □ 1 London : ‡b Macmillan, ‡c 1881.
300
xx, 422 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates :
‡b illustrations ; ‡c 19 cm.
336
337
338
500
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes index.
[The plates are on unnumbered leaves (i.e., illustrations on one side of the sheet of paper with
the verso blank) located as the frontispiece, and between pages 102-103, 154-155, 204-205,
232-233, 272-273, 306-307, 340-341, and 374-375.
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RDA 3.4.5.9
If the leaves or pages of plates in a resource are not included in the
numbering for a sequence or sequences of pages or leaves of text, etc.,
record the extent of the sequence of leaves or pages of plates…
020
081281505X
245 _ _ Was this Camelot? : ‡b excavations at
Cadbury Castle, 1966-1970 / ‡c Leslie Alcock.
264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Stein and Day, ‡c 1972.
300
224 pages : ‡b illustrations (some color) ; ‡c 26 cm.
336
337
338
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
4__
500
New aspects of archaeology
Report of research conducted by the
Camelot Research Committee.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
504
[The pages of illustrations are located on unnumbered pages between pages 32-49,
56-61, 84-101, etc. Their presence is accounted for by the gap in page numbering.]
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RDA 3.4.5.16, 3.4.5.17
3.4.5.16 More Than One Volume
If the resource consists of more than one volume, record the extent by
giving the number of volumes and the term volumes.
3.4.5.17 Continuously Paged Volumes
If the volumes are continuously paged, specify the number of pages,
leaves, or columns (see 3.4.5.2–3.4.5.13) in parentheses, following the term
for the type of unit. Ignore separately paged sequences of preliminary
matter in volumes other than the first.
245 _ _ The complete works of O. Henry / ‡c foreword by
Harry Hansen.
264 □ 1 Garden City, N.Y. : ‡b Doubleday, ‡c [1953].
300
2 volumes (xiii, 1692 pages) ; ‡c 22 cm.
336
337
338
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
[v.1: vi-xiii, 2-810 p.; v.2: 812-1692 p.]
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RDA 3.4.5.16, 3.4.5.18
3.4.5.16 More Than One Volume
If the resource consists of more than one volume, record the extent by
giving the number of volumes and the term volumes.
3.4.5.18 Individually Paged Volumes
If the volumes are individually paged, record the number of volumes and
omit the pagination.
020
020
245 _ _
264 □ 1
0124658016 (v. 1)
0124658024 (v. 2)
The organic chemistry of palladium / ‡c Peter M. Maitlis.
New York : ‡b Academic Press, ‡c 1971.
300
2 volumes ; ‡c 24 cm.
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Organometallic chemistry
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Metal complexes — v. 2. Catalytic
reactions.
0 Organometallic chemistry
336
337
338
490 1
504
505 0 □
830
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RDA 3.4.1.10
Incomplete Resource
When preparing a comprehensive description for a resource
that is not yet complete, record the term indicating the type
of unit without the number.
245 _ _ West’s New York digest, 4th.
264 □ 1 St. Paul, Minn. : ‡b West Publishing Co., ‡c [1989-]
300
volumes ; ‡c 27 cm.
336
337
338
500
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
“Key number digest covers New York state
and federal case law from 1978”—Pref.
Kept up-to-date by pocket supplements,
cumulative supplements, revised volumes,
and supplementary pamphlet which also
updates the New York digest, 3rd and
Abbott New York digest.
500
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RDA 3.21.2.8
Number of Bibliographic Volumes Differing from Number of Physical
Volumes
If the number of bibliographic volumes differs from the number of physical
volumes, make a note indicating the number of bibliographic volumes.
[See example: “8 bibliographic volumes in 5 physical volumes”]
245 _ _
264 □ 1
Russia under the autocrat, Nicholas the
First / ‡c by Ivan Golovine.
New York : ‡b Praeger, ‡c 1970.
300
1 volume : ‡b portrait ; ‡c 22 cm.
336
337
338
490 0
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Praeger scholarly reprints. ‡p Source
books and studies in Russian and Soviet
history
500
2 bibliographic volumes in 1 physical volume.
500
500
Translation of: La Russie sous Nicholas I.
Originally published: London : H.
Colburn, 1846. With new introd.
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RDA 3.13.1.3
Recording Font Size
For resources with text in a font size designed for persons with
visual impairments, record the font size using an appropriate term
from the following list: giant print, large print, jumbo braille
020
245_ _
264 □ 1
300
336
337
338
490 0
Or:
340
0816154783 (alkaline paper)
She walks in beauty / ‡c Sarah Shankman.
Boston : ‡b G.K. Hall, ‡c 1993.
xxxix, 423 pages (large print) ; ‡c 25 cm
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
G.K. Hall large print book series
‡n large print ‡2 rda
Illustrative content
RDA Chapter 7:
Describing Content
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RDA 7.15.1.3, D.1.2.6
7.15.1.3 Recording Illustrative Content
If the resource contains illustrative content, record illustration or
illustrations, as appropriate. Tables containing only words and/or
numbers are not considered as illustrative content. Disregard illustrated
title pages, etc., and minor illustrations.
D.1.2.6 Precede other physical details (i.e., other than extent or
dimensions) by a colon.
020
245 _ _
250
264 □ 1
0393024601
Burning down the house : ‡b MOVE and
the tragedy of Philadelphia / ‡c John
Anderson and Hilary Hevenor.
1st ed.
New York : ‡b Norton, ‡c c1987.
300
xv, 409 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 25 cm
336
337
338
500
text ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes index.
[The illustrations are reproductions of photographs.]
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RDA 7.15.1.3 Alternative
Alternative
Record the type of illustrative content in place of or in addition to the
term illustration or illustrations if considered important for identification
or selection. Use one or more appropriate terms from the following list:
Charts, coats of arms … genealogical tables … maps … portraits,
samples
245_ _ Why Wisconsin / ‡c by Francis Favill
Bowman.
264 □ 1 Madison, Wis. : ‡b F. F. Bowman,
‡c 1948.
300
210, vi pages : ‡b 1 map ; ‡c 24 cm
336
text ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡2 rdacarrier
504
Includes bibliographical references and index.