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LCCN: Indicates the Library of Congress Control Number, 010 field in a MARC record

Language: Displays the primary language of a journal. Note that some journals will have more than one language. More complete language information will be found in the full bibliographic record available in participating libraries' catalogs.

Frequency: Indicates the current frequency of a title.

Title: Designates the primary title, which is taken from tag 245 of a MARC record. In the case of generic titles like annual report, the title also includes the corporate body responsible for the content.
Example: Frontline
Example: Annual report / Silk & Art Silk Mills Association Limited

Country: Designates the country where the title is published.

Price: Prices are in local currencies. Costs may either be by the individual issue or annual subscription prices.

LIR/LIR Date: Last Issue Received (LIR) with the date indicated on the serial. Report displays "No records as yet" against the LIR field of those serials for which issues have not been received and checked-in since SCIMS was implemented in December 2000.

Participants: Bound/Airmail/Current: Participants have the option of receiving a serial title currently (unbound by surface mail), by airmail, or bound at the completion of a volume or set appropriate for binding. This field lists the subscribing libraries and how they are receiving the title. For more information on an individual library's holdings see: Holding Libraries.

Source: Indicates the primary body responsible for the intellectual content. In most instances this is the same as the publisher. In some cases, institutions and NGOs give the publication rights to a publisher. In such cases, the source indicates the primary body and not the publishing body.

 
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