Publications Office — Interinstitutional style guide

5.4. Cataloguing data

The cataloguing data appear on the last recto page of the work, which should not be numbered. These data comprise the following information:

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editor;

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title of work (see Section 5.1.1);

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subtitle (see Section 5.1.1);

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author(s) and any other contributors (see Section 5.1.1);

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place of publication, publisher (see Section 5.3.1);

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year of publication (see Section 5.3.1), number of pages, number of illustrations, format;

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where appropriate, title of collection or series;

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identifiers (ISBN (see Section 4.4.1), ISSN (see Section 4.4.2), DOI (see Section 4.4.3));

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where appropriate, sales price (see Section 5.1.1);

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where appropriate, analysis or summary (approximately 200 words).

Page-count and number of illustrations

The page-count of a publication is in principle defined according to the number of the last printed page. Preliminary pages, where present, are numbered separately with Roman numerals and are counted separately. Information on illustrations (plates, tables, graphs) is included with information on the volume, separated by a comma:

2010 — VIII, 248 pp., 18 photos, 10 tab., 5 graphs — 16.2 × 22.9 cm

Summary

The summary or abstract must cite the objectives and the subject of the work, or the reasons for which it was written if that is not self-evident from the title. The methodological principles, the sources and main themes should be indicated. The results and conclusions should be clearly shown.

Use keywords that could be utilised by a computer to select texts. Conversely, avoid the use of obscure terms, acronyms, abbreviations or symbols unless they are defined in the summary.

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Cataloguing data

Editor

Title

Place of publication, publisher

Year of publication, number of pages, format

Identifiers

Sales price

Summary