1. EXERCISE: Identify Group 1 Entities
1. Printed-text-on-paper Serials Librarian, v. 62, no. 1-4 (NASIG 2011 proceedings)
Entity: _____________________________
2. My copy of Serials Librarian, v. 62, no. 1-4 (NASIG 2011 proceedings)
Entity: _____________________________
3. Online Serials Librarian (all issues)
Entity: _____________________________
4. A government agency’s idea to issue an annual report on its activities
Entity: _____________________________
5. That agency’s intent to issue the annual report as an English text
Entity: _____________________________
6. That agency’s intent to issue a translation in Spanish
Entity: _____________________________
7. An international organization’s intent to issue a semiannual research report on hunger
Entity: _____________________________
8. That organization’s decision to issue that semiannual research report simultaneously in
separate Arabic, French, German, and Spanish texts
Entity: _____________________________
9. That organization’s decision to publish the semiannual research report online, on CD-
ROMs, and in microfiche
Entity: _____________________________
10. Your library’s CD-ROM of that’s organization’s research report in English
Entity: _____________________________
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2. EXERCISE: New Description/New Work
1. 245 00 $a Easy cooking.
 Easy cooking recipes
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
2. 245 00 $a Handbook of mountain wildflowers.
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new description? _____________ new work? ____________
3. 245 02 $a The LLCV bulletin.
310 ## $a Monthly

new description? _____________ new work? ____________
4. 245 00 $a American history.
250 ## $a Student edition
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new description? _____________ new work? ____________
5. 245 00 $a Bicycle trails.
250 ## $a Oregon/Washington edition
 edition
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
6. 245 00 $a Hong Kong business directory.
300 ## $a volumes
 -ROMs
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
7. 110 1# $a Colorado. $b Division of Labor.
245 10 $a Biennial report.
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new description? _____________ new work? ____________
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3. 8. 110 1# $a Wyoming. $b Division of Labor.
245 10 $a Biennial report.

Employment
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
9. 130 0# $a Study (Consumer Affairs Bureau)
245 10 $a Study / Consumer Affairs Bureau.
300 ## $a volumes

new description? _____________ new work? ____________
10. 130 0# $a Bulletin (University of Chicago. Physics Institute)
245 10 $a Bulletin / $c Physics Institute, University of Chicago.
300 ## $a volumes
 letin
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
11. 245 00 $a Highway truck accident statistics / $c U.S. Dept. of Transportation.

of Transportation
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
12. 245 00 $a Hong Kong business directory.
300 ## $a CD-ROMs

new description? _____________ new work? ____________
13. 130 0# $a Monthly housing statistics (ABC Corporation)
245 10 $a Monthly housing statistics / $c ABC Corporation.

new description? _____________ new work? ____________
14. 245 00 $a Decorating for the holidays.
260 ## $a Kansas City : $b Home Crafts Pub. Co., $c 2003-

new description? _____________ new work? ____________
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4. EXERCISE: Serial Creator
1. “Journal of Immigration Research” (semiannual publication issued by the Immigration Law
Society and published by S & L Publishing Company)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
2. “Felicia Says” (blog of dated daily postings by Felicia Taylor)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
3. “Hansson Family Newsletter : news of events, births, deaths, and weddings gathered and
prepared by Theodore Hansson and Kathryn Becker” (printed in Delaware by Dover Press)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
4. “2008 annual report of the Nashville Office of Tourism” (report prepared by Carmen Díaz, press
officer for the Office of Tourism)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
5. “Annual report on U.S. student loans” (report prepared by the National Education Association;
published by the U.S. Department of Education)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
6. “Election reform : a bibliography” (annual publication “by Simon Stone, Office of Research,
Federal Election Commission”)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
7. “Proceedings” (Fourth Annual Symposium on Climate Change in North America; April 22, 2010;
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
8. “Immigration reform : recommendations for action by the Immigration Law Society and the
Foundation for Immigration Research”
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
9. “Laws enacted by the Iowa Legislature as of July 2, 2010”
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
10. “Graphic Novels for Generation Y” (no. 1 with title “Super-Graduate Makes A Mint on Internet
Startup” by Suzanne Brady; no. 2 with title “Super-Graduate Retires to Bali” by Harlan D.
Fletcher)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
11. “Membership directory of the Society for Forensic Medicine”
Creator? No ____ Yes: ___________________________________________________________________
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5. EXERCISE: Serial Attributes and Relationships
RESOURCE #1
t.p.: “Felicia Said” in 2009
by Felicia Taylor
My Thoughts Publishing Company
Seattle
t.p. verso: ©2010 ISSN 9876-6789
preface: “… the first annual compilation of Felicia Taylor’s daily postings on her blog Felicia
Says.”
spine: “What Felicia Said”
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RESOURCE #2
cover: 2010 Yearbook of Real Estate Investment
prepared by staff of the Society of Real Estate Professionals
SREP Publishers – 2011
introduction in 2010: “With this year’s volume, the Society of Real Estate Professionals is
changing the title of its publication (Yearbook of U.S. Real Estate Investment from 2008-
2010) to reflect the expansion of its coverage of real estate transactions beyond the U.S.”
back cover of 2010 volume: “This yearbook supplements the society’s journal Investing in
real estate.”
running title of 2010 volume: Real Estate Investment
title of cover of 2011 volume: Real Estate Investment Yearbook
serial record already in database: 245 00 $a Yearbook of real estate investment.
260 ## $a Hong Kong : $b New Asia Bank, $c 1989-
2001.
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6. RESOURCE #3
t.p.: Safety Standards for Infant Car Sets
2012-2013
issued by the Automobile Safety Research Institute
and the American Pediatrics Association
Detroit, MI
Safety Standards Incorporated -- 2010
t.p. verso: “Publication supported by a grant from the Automobile Dealers Association.”
spine: Safety standards series volume XXIII
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RESOURCE #4
CD label: Quarterly Economic Growth Statistics for Jan./Mar. 2011
compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
published by the U.S. Department of Labor
jewel box insert: Also available as a text file at the Bureau’s website.
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RESOURCE #5
cover: Easy Home Improvement Projects
Volume VI, no. 1 – April 2012
cover p. 2: St. Paul, MN/Timothy Allenby Publishing Company – copyright 2012
back cover: “This first issue of the monthly successor to Home Improvement Projects
includes even more photographs and diagrams to illustrate the step-by-step instructions
for each project.”
introduction: “Each issue includes a disc containing the project diagrams so you can store
them on your personal computer for future reference.”
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