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* [http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ The Great Courses]
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The Great Course educational sets are audio and video recordings of college lectures, and should be cataloged according to the specific format, with the following considerations.
[http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ The Great Courses] are audio and video recordings of college lectures.


Search for your set by more than the ISBN, as the publisher sometimes reuses the ISBN for the same title in a different format, and rarely, for a different title.
Reminders:
* Search for the set by more than the ISBN, as the publisher sometimes reuses them.


Please use the record for the entire set instead of the individual parts of the set records.
* Use the bibliographic record for the entire set instead of records for individual parts.


The same title may have been issued various ways: with individual course guidebooks for each part in the set, with one course guidebook for the entire set, and with the course guidebook(s) and a course transcript.  For our purposes, if the accompanying ''content'' is the same, but the number of volumes in which it is issued differs, then the accompanying material is not sufficient reason to create or import a new record. Add a 500 note for your particular variation to the record in the CCS database.  (Sample record: ocn368249376.)
* The same title may have been issued various ways: with individual course guidebooks for each part in the set, with one course guidebook for the entire set, and with the course guidebook(s) and a course transcript.  If the accompanying ''content'' is the same, but the number of volumes in which it is issued differs, then the accompanying material is not sufficient reason to [[When to use a new record|create or import a new record]]. Qualify the 020 and add a 500 note for your particular variation to the record in the CCS database.   


Also, the OCLC master record for one variation of accompanying material is often changed and/or merged with another variation in OCLC.  Create a new record as needed; you may need to supply a bracketed edition statement in order to prevent OCLC from merging the records.
* Add the appropriate authorized Great courses series tracings for each format.
 
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Don't forget to add the appropriate series tracings.  Search the local and national authority files with "great courses" to see the authorized forms.
[[Category:Sound recordings]]
 
[[Category:Rules reminders]]
==Sample records==
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* [[Great Courses sample]]

Latest revision as of 18:15, 1 May 2017

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The Great Courses are audio and video recordings of college lectures.

Reminders:

  • Search for the set by more than the ISBN, as the publisher sometimes reuses them.
  • Use the bibliographic record for the entire set instead of records for individual parts.
  • The same title may have been issued various ways: with individual course guidebooks for each part in the set, with one course guidebook for the entire set, and with the course guidebook(s) and a course transcript. If the accompanying content is the same, but the number of volumes in which it is issued differs, then the accompanying material is not sufficient reason to create or import a new record. Qualify the 020 and add a 500 note for your particular variation to the record in the CCS database.
  • Add the appropriate authorized Great courses series tracings for each format.
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