Compact Discs

Here is a citation for a musical recording:

Composer		Name of Musical Work		Conductor’s Name
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Gershwin, George. Porgy and Bess. Cond. Leonard Slatkin. Philips, 412 720-2, 1985.

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	Recording Company and Catalog number for the CD		Date of Release

Helpful Hints: compact disc

The information about the conductor and the Philips catalog number indicate to us that this is a recording of "Porgy and Bess," rather than a published musical score or a book about "Porgy and Bess."

Here is the same CD as it appears in the Library Catalog:

Main Author:	Gershwin, George,
Title:	[Porgy and Bess. Selections] Porgy and Bess
Primary Material:	Music
Physical Description:	Sound Recording
Publisher:	[Baarn?, Netherlands] : Philips, p1985.


Database:	Northern Idaho Academic Libraries
Location:	LCS - Lewis-Clark State College
Call Number:	AudCD M1506.G47 P5
Number of Items:	1
Status:	Not Checked Out

You will see some information in brackets, like this [Porgy and Bess. Selections]. The person who entered the information into the catalog was able to tell that this CD contained only selections from "Porgy and Bess," rather than the entire production. So he or she added [Porgy and Bess. Selections] in brackets to show that this is additional information provided by the cataloger and didn't actually appear in the title on the CD.

In the Publisher field, you can see another set of brackets. The cataloger added this information to indicate that Philips is headquartered in Baarn, Netherlands, even though this information doesn't appear on the CD.