Call number suffixes
Individual item - suffix
Add the suffix in the subfield m box from the suffix terminology table to in the 852 field when:
- the item is not considered accompanying material, and
- it falls into one of the categories in the table below
E.g.:
Suffix terminology
| Call number | Item Description | Spine label | Definition / Usage |
| abr. | Abridgment | abr. | |
| abst. | Abstract | abst. | |
| adden. | Addendum | adden. | |
| amend. | Amendment | amend. | |
| apx. | Appendix | apx. | |
| atlas | Atlas | atlas | |
| use prefix | BLURAY | bluray | a digital optical disc data storage format |
| use prefix | BLURAY3D | bluray3D | a Blu-ray 3D version |
| use prefix | Cassette | cass. | an audiocassette |
| use prefix | Compact disc | cdisc | an audio disc |
| use prefix | CDROM | cdrom | a disc with computer data |
| chap. | Chapter | chap. | |
| use prefix | Chart | ||
| cop. | used for a copy number other than the first copy | ||
| corrig. | Corrigendum | corrig. | corrigendum, i.e. errata |
| digest | Digest | digest | a summary or synopsis |
| use prefix | Phonodisc | disc | |
| use prefix | DVD | dvd | ALL versions of digital video discs |
| facsim. | Facsimile | facsim. | an exact physical replication; not a photocopy |
| use prefix | Floppy disk | fdsk | |
| use prefix | Flash card | fl.cd. | |
| [Flash drive]--see USB flash drive | |||
| forms | Forms | forms | |
| use prefix | Film strip | fs. | |
| guide | Guide | guide | |
| incompl. | Incomplete | incompl. | used for a volume that is incomplete |
| index | Index | index | |
| introd. | Introduction | introd. | |
| key | Key | key | answer key or teacher's key |
| Listener's guide | lg. | ||
| Libretto | |||
| manual | Manual | manual | |
| maps | Maps | maps | |
| use prefix | Microfiche | mfiche | |
| Model | model | three dimensional representation of a real thing | |
| no. | Number | no. | |
| Notes | notes | accompanying liner notes | |
| n.s. | New series | n.s. | |
| Program guide | pg. | ||
| use prefix | Picture | picture | two dimensional visual representation |
| plates | Plates | plates | leaves or pages containing illustrative matter |
| pref. | Preface | pref. | |
| prelim. | Preliminaries | prelim. | |
| pt. | Part | pt. | |
| use prefix | [Motion picture] | ||
| Film reel | reel | a motion picture film reel | |
| Film reels | reels | motion picture film reels | |
| use prefix | Piano roll | ||
| score | Score | score | a musical score |
| Script | script | a film or television script | |
| sec. | Section | sec. | an item that appears in multiple physical parts called "sections" |
| ser. | Series | ser. | |
| Sheet | sheet | a musical or other illustrative sheet (i.e. cartographic, etc.) | |
| Sheets | a looseleaf publication of illustrative matter | ||
| use prefix | Slide | slide | a single photographic slide |
| Slides | slides | multiple photographic slides | |
| Sound recording | used only by the Music Library | ||
| Student edition | se. | ||
| Student guide | sg. | ||
| sup. | Supplement | sup. | |
| tables | Tables | tables | statistical matter issued in table form |
| Teacher's edition | te. | ||
| Teacher's guide | tg. | ||
| Tests | tests | test booklets and/or forms | |
| Text | text | a print item that accompanies a non-print item | |
| Text | [omitted] | a print item accompanied by a non-print item | |
| use prefix | USB flash drive | usb | a USB flash drive |
| title | Legal title | title | a piece of a legal code |
| use prefix | Transparency | transpar. | |
| use prefix | Videorecording | vidrec. | a videotape or videodisc |
| v. [in 853 field] | v. | volume; used for Band, Abteilung, Heft(e), tome, etc. | |
| Workbook | wkbk. |
See guidelines on Monographs with accompanying material.