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Bound-withs are volumes that include more than one title not original to the volume. In the past, many book owners would collect pamphlets and then bind them into one volume for convenience. Each title is actually a different bibliographic record, but their records must be connected and share a common call number. Updating them takes care and patience. In addition to correcting the call numbers, other information about the titles must be included in the holdings records. Information includes transfer, gift, or purchase information, RDA MARC 337 and 338 fields, notes, and linking information. Specific instructions on composing some notes fields can be found on the Houghton Library Cataloging wiki.

Call numbers must be the same for all the records in a volume. Call numbers must be corrected in the holdings record as instructed above.

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