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II. Partially Analyzed Serials:

Serials often Some serials have some individual issues (or groups of issues) with their own distinct title.  Those issues sometimes may have their own separate monographic records, with the serial title as the series (MARC field 490/830 ), and the distinct title as the main title of the monograph (MARC 245 field).  This These added monographic records means that the serial has been 'partially analyzed' (i.e. some, but not all, issues have a corresponding mono record), and the monographic records representing certain issues are called 'analytics'.  In the past, selectors would request that CUL catalog both the main run of serials (on a serial record), AND add monographic records for individual issues (or groups of issues) that had their own title.  This way, patrons would be able to search successfully by the monographic title, in case they weren't aware that it was part of a serial.  Adding these monographic records greatly expands the field of searchable terms for the material, increasing patron access to content that may not be adequately covered in the serial record alone.

LTS no longer creates new records for partially analyzed serials at selector request, but staff should be familiar with the ways they were processed in the past, as maintenance issues may arise.  Partially analyzed serials may not strictly be bound-with physically (in that multiple parts are bound together), but the records share many properties with bound-with material, and are worth illustrating here:

Example 1.:

as they're effectively cataloging one piece on 2 different records, which need to be linked together.

A. Basic properties:

1. The piece in-hand should be cataloged on the main serial record, with appropriate inclusion in the Holdings Statements, and corresponding Item Record as applicable, including Barcode, enumeration, and chronology information. 
2. The Holdings of the serial record should have a staff-only Holdings Note that says "Partially Analyzed Serial"
3. The piece in-hand should ALSO have a matching monographic Instance record, with the serial title as the series, and the distinct title as the main title, along with all of the other elements we'd expect to find for a cataloged monograph (contributors, publisher, date, subjects, etc.).  
4. In the Holdings of the monographic record: 
   1. The Call Number should match the serial's call number AND copy number (if applicable), with the issue number at the end, like a series-class call number.
   2. There should be a public Holdings Note, with note type: note, saying "Also cataloged as part of serial [Title of serial]"
   3. There should be an additional Holdings note, with note type: Bound with Item Data, and the barcode number used in the item record for the piece on the serial record.

B. Examples:

1. The serial "North American Fauna" (

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1. Instance 117352) has a Mann, Annex copy 2 Holdings, with a note that says "

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1. Partially analyzed serial"

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1. indicates that some issues of this serial have also been cataloged as monographs

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