Abbreviations

Abbreviations



Capitalization, Common abbreviations, and other MFHD conventions

Capitalization

Only German-language captions are capitalized

English and German months are capitalized; French, Italian, Russian, Spanish months are lower case seasons in English are lower case

Ordinal numbers

English: use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. All other languages: use 1., 2., 3., 4., etc.

Abbreviations

This chart explains how common terms found on the piece should be abbreviated in the MFHD and item record.

ON PIECE

ABBREVIATION

ON PIECE

ABBREVIATION

Abteilung (or, Abtheilung)

Abt.

accompaniment

acc.

Auflage

Aufl.

Band

Bd.

cummulation/ive

cum.

czesc

cz.

fascicle

fasc.

folio

fol.

Jahrgang

Jahrg.

knjiga

knj.

Lieferung

Lfg.

Nachfolger

Nachf.

neue Folge

n.F.

new series

n.s.

number

no.

numero (French)

no

numero (Italian)

n.

numero (Spanish)

no.

Nummer

Nr.

opus

op.

prt

pt.

parte

pt.

partie

ptie.

revised

rev.

rocznik

roc.

series

ser.

serie

ser.

supplement

suppl. Spell out on mfhd

Teil (or, Theil)

T. (may need to abbreviate on marking slip)

tom

t.

tomo

t.

tome

t.

volume/s

v.

Heft

Hft.

vypusk

vyp.

Index

zeszyt

zesz.