UF and NACO: Series
AACR2 Chapter 26 Key Rules
26.5A (LCRI)
Add a qualifier to a reference if it conflicts with the title proper of another publication according to the guidelines in LCRI 25.5B.Add the qualifier "(Series)" to a reference if it is identical to a personal or corporate (including geographic) name (cf. LCRI 25.5B).
If the heading includes a parenthetical qualifier, do not include that qualifier when recording the title proper in the reference.
Give a name/title proper reference when a body responsible for the series is a noncommercial one or is a commercial one whose responsibility extends beyond that of merely publishing the series; in this context, consider university presses as "commercial"
Give a name/title proper reference when the name, an initialism/acronym, or part of the name of a corporate body is in the series title even if that body is not responsible for the series; however, do not make the reference if the body is a commercial publisher responsible only for publishing the series.
Give a reference from a variant title found in the same item or found in another item with the same series title proper. Construct the reference in the same form, title or name/title, that would be used as the heading; generally, do not give references that are variations of these references.
Parallel titles. Give references for all parallel titles. If the heading is a main series and subseries, use the same language, when present, for all parts of the parallel main series/parallel subseries reference(s).
Subseries or section title. Give a reference from the subseries or section title unless that title is dependent on the main/common title or is misleading without that title. Do not include a preceding designation in the reference.
Generic noun. Give a reference from the series title or subseries/section title omitting the introductory generic noun (e.g., Serie, Collection, Schriftenreihe) when that noun is followed by a noun or noun phrase. If the partial title reference would consist only of a proper name, add the qualifier "(Series)" to that reference.
Person's forename, initial, or title. When the series title begins with a person's forename(s), initial(s), or title, give a reference from the surname and the remainder of the title; from the forename(s) and/or initial(s) and surname and remainder of the title.
Different languages. If the language of the numbered series title proper on later issues varies according to the language of the text, give a reference from the series title proper in the other language(s). (Cf. LCRI 21.2C.) However, if there are parallel editions in different languages, establish separate headings.
Use judgment when deciding whether a reference that is a modification of the form used in the heading (spelled out form for an abbreviation, word for symbol, word for numeral, arabic numeral for roman numeral, two words for compound word, initialism without periods for initialism with periods, etc.) is appropriate. Consider whether users might expect that form to have been the established form and whether the substitution would occur in the first five words. Construct the reference in the form, title or name/title, that would be used as the heading; generally, do not give references that are variations of these references.
Other title information. Give a reference from the other title information when it could be construed as the series title proper or subseries title.
Do not break a conflict between see references.
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