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INDIAN
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DELHI
STANDARDS
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November
1963
IS:
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Indian Standard
GUIDE
(&vised)
Documentation Sectional Committee, EC 2
Chairman
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Sruu N. C. CHAKRAVARTY
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of Special
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Ministry
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& Broadcasting,
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ot Master
Council
31 Irldustrinl
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4-1963
Indian Standard
GUIDE
(Revised)
0.
FOREWORD
0.1 This revised Indian Standard was adopted by the Indian Standards
Institution on 20 September 1963, after the draft finalized by the Documentation Sectional Committee had been approved by the Executive Committee.
0.2 Periodicals are the principal media for communicating
progress in various
branches of knowledge.
They remain an important source of primary information, and have to be preserved for that purpose. Generally speaking,
a new fact is not incorporated
in a book for several years, and even then,
Progress requires that new
, not in sufficient detail for a scientific worker.
f&s,
new discoveries, new inventions and methods resulting from them
should be made available immediately.
For this purpose, books are inadequate.
Periodicals have thus to play an important role in the advancement of human knowledge and special care should be taken to see that
their utility is enhanced to the maximum.
0.3 The number of learned periodicals currently published in India exceeds
In the field of natural sciences alone, there are
1 000, and is still increasing.
Though the earliest periodical Asiatic Researches
more than 400 periodicals.
was started in India in 1788 and is continuing as Journal and Proceedings of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal, there were only about 50 scientific periodicals till
About 50 more were added in the: first two
the beginning of this century.
It was only after the starting of research institutions and research
decades.
departments
in universities
about
the twenties
that more periodicals
However,
began to appear.
The rate of growth has almost doubled now.
divergent practices are followed in the make-up of these periodicals, which are
not helpful for easy reference and retrieval of information.
0.4 The purpose of this standard is to enable editors and publishers so to
shape the form of their periodicals as to facilitate their use by readers and
By following these rules, editors and publishers will find that
librarians.
they have also made their own task easier, since the rules make for orderliness
and clarity.
0.5 Periodicals
may be conveniently
classified into two groups, namely,
The two groups are distinguished in respect
learned periodicals and others.
2
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this revision,
considerable
assistance
International
Association
Belge
for
de
Francaise
B. S. 2509 : 1959 PERIODICALS OF REFERENCE VALUE: FORM AND PRESENTATION. British Standards Institution.
ASA 239.1 : 1943 REFERENCE DATA ANDARRANGEMENTOF PERIODICALS.
American Standards Association.
0.9 Wherever a reference to any Indian Standard appears in this standard,
it shall be taken as a reference to the latest version of the standard.
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard specifies the form and presentation of learned
in respect of the essential elements in the layout of volumes,
issues, and cumulative indexes.
3
periodicals
individual
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2. TERMINOLOGY
2.0 For the purpose of this standard, the following definitions shall apply.
- A document with the following attributes
2.1 Periodical
Publication
An instalment
2.5 Cumulative
Index
volumes of a periodical.
of leaves of a volume
A common
of a periodical
issued at
of two or more
3. TITLE
3.1 The title should be as short as possible and easy for citation.
3.2 The field of knowledge covered
the title, otherwise by a sub-title.
by a periodical
should be indicated
by
3.3 The title should be uniform in text and spelling on the first page of the
cover, on the title-page, in the table of contents, and in the index.
3.3.1 Elsewhere
in the
IS : 18-1949 Abbreviations
be
abbreviated
(see
IS:
4. LAYOUT
4-1963
OF A VOLUME
4
b)
Half-title-leaf;
Title-leaf;
c>Table
of contents;
4 Text ;
e) Index(es) ; and
f 1 Extra leaves, plates,
Example :
Vol6,
1963
4.3 Should, however, the period covered by a volume not follow the calendar
year, the period covered should be indicated on the title-page.
Example :
Vol23,
July 1962-June
1963
4.4 The volume number and the year to which it relates should be given in
Indo-Arabic numerals.
4.5 The numbering of volumes should be in a single sequence, beginning
with 1.
4.6 Part of a Volume - If a volume is intended to be bound in more than
one part, each part should be provided with a separate title-page.
4.6.1 The numbering ofparts of each volume should be in a single sequence
in Indo-Arabic numerals, beginning with 1.
Example :
Vol 77, Part 1
4.7 Title-Page - The title-page of a volume, or of a part of a volume,
should contain the following :
Place of publication ;
5
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Year of commencement
periodical;
of the periodical;
e>
Name
f>and
Name
J-5)
Call number ;
if any;
4.10 Table
tion work
(S R) -
..
18, 43
NOTE -In
cases where each instalment has a different sub-heading and/or the sequence
of authors varies from instalment to instalment, a separate entry may be made for each
instalment with a suitable indication that the entries are in respect of a single article.
4.10.2
All items other than articles should be listed in alphabetical
sequence at the end of the list of articles in the contents page, followed by
page references to all their respective occurrences.
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Example I :
IS1 BULLETIN
VOL 9, 1957
CONTENTS
PAGE
Commonwealth
and IS1
Standards Conference
..
..
..
..
..
..
International
Standardization
Overseas Technical Contacts
La1 C. Verman
and
..
..
..
*.
T. V. Joseph
189
..
..
..
..
193,230
..
..
..
..
144, 184
Obituary
Standards News
Example II :
JOURNAL
(FORMERLY:
OF FOOD SCIENCE
FOOD
RESEARCH)
1961
Vol26
CONTENTS
TOSHIYUKI
FUKAZAWA,
YOSHIO HASHIMOTO,
AND
TSUTOMU
YASUI.
Effect of Storage Conditions on
Some Physicochemical Properties in Experimental Sausage
..
..
..
Prepared from Fibrils . .
i 331
416
Ist
4-1963
4.11 Pagination
4.11.1 Text - The pagination of the whole of the text of a volume shall
be in a single sequence in Indo-Arabic numerals beginning with 1.
4.11.2 Inserts need not be paginated but should bear the short title of the
periodical, volume and issue numbers and the words facing page . . .,
between pages. . . and . . . or after page . . . .
4.11.3 Maps, plates, etc, not included in the pagination of the text and
not intended to be bound in the volume, should carry the title of the periodical, its volume number and year.
4.11.4 The half-title-leaf,
the title-leaf and the
should not be included in the pagination of the text.
4.11.5
table of
contents
The index:
b)
NOTE -A
volume.
4.12
5. LAYOUT
OF AN ISSUE
5.2 The format of all the issues of a volume should be the same.
essential contents of the first page of the cover, which
5.3 Cover -The
serves as a temporary title-page for the issue, shall give:
a) Title;
b) Number of the volume, number of the issue and the date to which
it relates; and
c) Bibliographical
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5.3.1 The bibliographical strip shall be printed at the bottom of the first
page of the cover. It should give successively the following information:
a) Abbreviated title of the periodical;
b) Number of the volume;
c) Number of the issue;
d) Inclusive pages (if it is not possible to give the inclusive page, then
the number of the first page should be given)
e) Place of publication;
and
f) Date of publication.
Examples :
IS1 Bull; VlO, N6; 235-86; New Delhi. Nov 1958
, J. sci industr Res.; V 17A, N 6; 221-58; New Delhi. June 1958
Elec Rev.; V 163, N 10; 399-459;
if any;
514.1 Information
in each issue.
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Example :
JOURNAL OF
& INDUSTRIAL
SCIENTIFIC
Volume
22
Number
RESEARCH
March
1963
CONTENTS
Current
British
PAGE
Topics
Commonwealth
Scientific
Committee:
Second
Meeting
111
..
113
..
115
..
..
..
..
..
.. .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Fuel Cells
P. N. MUKHERJEE& A. LAHIRI
..
..
..
131
Reviews
..
..
..
..
..
136
..
..
..
.,
..
144
56.1
The table of contents should appear in the same position in each
issue of a volume, such as a page of the cover or one of the preliminary
pages.
5.7 Running Head Lines and Foot Lines - In a periodical consisting
mainly of,articles, each pair of verso and recta pages should between themselves contain the following particulars
in their running head lines and
foot lines to facilitate
easy location of information
and identification
of
the periodical :
a)
Authors
b)
Title
of the article,
surname
of periodical;
in the name;
if necessary ;
c)
Title
d)
Number
e)
f)
Number of issue;
Year of issue, month of issue and date of issue (only in the case of
the period being less than one month);
and
of volume;
g) Page number.
NOTE-One
helpful
given on p. 14.
way
of featuring
this information
is illustrated
in
Example
IS:
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of Preliminary
Pages-The
tabie of contents and
pages, if any, should not be included in the pagination
5.9 Advertisement
5.9.1 Advertisement
should not obscure
details printed on the cover.
that
they can be
numbering
Text
Snofsis
5.10.2.1 A synopsis
of an article.
5.10.2.2
The
of each
article
should
distinct
5.10.2.3
All bibliographical
citations should be printed at the end of
References
to the citations should be
the article to which they relate.
indicated in the text by Indo-Arabic
numerals or the letters of the alphabet.
5.10.2.4
Where significant,
editor should be given.
the date
Example :
Received
10 June
1963
11
of receipt
of an article
by the
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Illustrations,
Tables
and Plates
5.12.1 Illustrations,
diagrams,
should be printed with the ,text.
tables
and
plates
(wherever
possible)
5.13 Errata
5.13.1 Corrections should be printed on one side of a sheet or slip to
be placed at the front of an issue. There should be sufficient space between
Each
entries to allow for cutting and insertion in the appropriate place.
errata slip should carry the title of the periodkal, and the volume and
issue number to which it refers.
ia CUMULATIVE
INDEX
CASES
7.1 Alterations
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and
7.1.3 Amalgamation - If two or more periodicals are amalgamated
none of the titles is retained, a new periodical should be formed beginning
with volume 1. If one of the titles is retained, the numbering belonging
Under no circumstances
should a double
to this title should be continued.
numbering of the volume be made.
7.1.4 If a periodical splits up into two or more periodicals and the old
title is not retained, all the new periodicals should begin with number
1.
If the old title is retained by one of them, the numbering of its volumes should
be continued.
7.1.5 If on account of the changes named in clauses 7.1.1 to 7.1.4 a new
volume has to be begun in the middle of a calendar year, it should end
with the ending of that year or the next.
7.1.6 All the changes named in 7.1.1 to 7.1.4, and changes in the periodicity of the volume, should be recorded on the back of the title page, or
All changes that can be foreseen
on a special page inserted for this purpose.
or that have been effected should be announced on the cover of all issues
of the current volume.
7.1.7 If any issue is not published,
top of the front cover of the next issue.
be recorded
at the
containing
of the fact.
supplements
should
have
on
their
cover
an
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