Numeration and pagination. ISO 690

General

The components of an item should be cited in the terms used in that information resource, their order following the principle that the larger precedes the smaller.

EXAMPLE
Data Protection Act 1984. Schedule 1, c 35, Part 1, clause 7.

Part cited

The reference should identify the part of the item that is cited. For a contribution, the number and designation of the smallest separately identified component should be given. See also Methods of citation > Name and date system (Harvard system) to Methods of citation > Running notes.

EXAMPLE 1
vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 25-45.

EXAMPLE 2
vol. 2, plate XXV.

EXAMPLE 3
fiche 4, frame B5.

In music, if reference to a particular bar is required, the most exact form of reference available should be used.

Bar numbers should not be cited unless they are printed on the score.

If the whole of an item is being cited, its extent may optionally be stated in brackets.

EXAMPLE 4
http://www.eursurveillance.org/ViewArticl.aspx [7pp].

Omission of terms

The term “volume” and terms for smaller components of a serial publication may be omitted and the numbers distinguished typographically, with the volume number in bold type and the part number, if required, in parentheses.

EXAMPLE
6(3), 25-45.