Below is a short list of the most commonly used approved wording/abbreviations for expressing volume designations. For a more detailed list, including definitions, you can go to RDA (Appendix B. Abbreviations and Symbols) or http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/abbrev.htm. See also the See also RDA Appendix B, Abbreviations and Symbols and Memorial University's "AACR2 Abbreviation listing" as well as the HUL Continuing Resources Working Group document "Abbreviations for Captions in Holdings Data: Supplement to Abbreviations found in AACR2".
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