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ABBREVIATIONS

Admin.		Administration
ALA		American Library Association
Amer.		American
append.		Appendix
approx.		Approximately
arr.		Arranged or arranger
assoc.		Associate(s)
Assoc.		Association
c		Copyright(ed)
ca.		Circa (“about”)
CDROM		Compact disc read-only memory
cm.		Centimeter(s)
Co.		Company
col.		Column(s)
comp.		Compiler or compiled by
Corp.		Corporation
corr.		Corrected
Dept.		Department
dist.		Distributor or distributed by
Div.		Division
ed.		Editor or edited by or edition
e.g.		Exempli gratia (“for example”)
enl.		Enlarged
et al.		Et alia (“and others”)
etc.		Et cetera (“and so forth”)
facs.		Facsimile(s)
fore.		Foreward
GRB		Guide to Reference Books, 11th ed.
i.e.		Id est (“that is”)
ill.		Illustrated or illustrations
in.		Inch(es)
Inc.		Incorporated
Inst.		Institute or institution
Inter.		International
introd.		Introduction
ISBN		International Standard Book Number
ISSN		International Standard Serial Number
l.		Leaves
Ltd.		Limited
Mcard		Microcard
Mfiche		Microfiche
Mfilm		Microfilm
misc.		Miscellaneous or miscellany
Mprint		Microprint
n.s.		New series
no.		Number
*		Winner of Outstanding Texas Reference Source Award given by the TLA 
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p.		Page or pages
port.		Portrait(s)
Pr.		Press
pref.		Preface
prelim.		Preliminary
prep.		Prepared
print.		Printing
pt.		Part
Pub.		Publisher(s), Publication(s), Publishing
repr.		Reprint, reprinted
rev.		Revised, revision
s.l.		Sine loco (no place of publication)
s.n.		Sine nomine (no name of publisher)
ser.		Series
Soc.		Society
SuDoc		Superintendent of Documents Classification number
suppl.		Supplement, supplemented
TexDoc		Texas State Documents Classification Scheme number
TLA		Texas Library Association
trans.		Translated, translator
TRS		Texas Reference Sources
Univ.		University
URL		Universal Resource Locator [internet address]
U.S.		United States
v.		volume
yr.		year

State names are abbreviated using the standard two-digit USPS code [e.g., TX, TN, NY, NJ, OK)

Months of the year are abbreviated using the standard three-letter form [i.e., Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, Jun., Jul., Aug., Sep., Oct., Nov., Dec.]


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