BLvl:  Bibliographic Level

Monographic component part. Monographic bibliographic unit that is physically attached to or contained in another unit such that the retrieval of the component part is dependent on the identification and location of the host item or container. Contains fields that describe the component part and data that identify the host in field 773.

Examples of monographic component parts with corresponding host items include an article in a single issue of a periodical, a chapter in a book, a track on an audio disc, and a map on a single sheet that contains several maps.

Serial component part. A component (i.e., a bibliographic unit physically contained in another bibliographic unit) that is itself a serial. See the definition of a serial under code s. Identify the host item in field 773 so that the component may be located. An example of a serial component part with corresponding host item is a regularly appearing column or feature in a periodical.

Collection. A made-up multipart group of items that were not originally published, distributed or produced together. The record describes units defined by common provenance or administrative convenience for which the record is intended as the most comprehensive in the system.

Subunit. A component of an archival unit described collectively elsewhere. A subunit may be folders, boxes, series, subgroups, or subcollections. Identify the archival unit in field 773 so that the component may be located.

Integrating resource. A bibliographic resource that is added to or changed by means of updates that do not remain discrete and are integrated into the whole. Integrating resources may be finite or continuing. Examples include updating loose-leaf publications, updating databases, and updating Web sites.

Monograph/Item. A monograph is a nonserial item that is either complete in one part or complete or intended to be completed in a finite number of separate parts. Examples include a multi-volume monograph or a sound recording with multiple tracks.

Serial. A resource issued in successive parts, usually having numbering, that has no predetermined conclusion. Serials include periodicals; newspapers; annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.); the journals, memoirs, proceedings and transactions of societies; and monographic series. Serials are not published items containing collections of works.