| LC control no. | sh 85120249 |
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| Topical heading | Series (Publications) |
| Variant(s) | Bibliography--Books issued in series Books issued in series |
| See also | Publications Monographic series Serial publications |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on publications issued as a sequence of narratives, published separately, often over a considerable period of time, mostly about the same characters and often written by one author. |
| Found in | International companion encyclopedia of children's literature (via EBSCOhost), 2004: p. 315 ("A series is a sequence of narratives, published separately, often over a considerable period of time, mostly about the same characters, and mostly written by one author. Series fictions have traditionally been loosely grouped generically as ballet stories, pony stories, school stories, holiday adventure stories, family stories, and so on.") The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (via Oxford Reference online), 2006: Series books ("A series is a sequence of separate narratives, mostly about the same characters and usually written by one author. Series fictions have traditionally been grouped generically as ballet stories, school stories, holiday adventure stories, and so on.") Web. 3rd New Int. Dict.: series, def. 4d (a number of volumes put out by a single publisher and similar in format and price; <a dime novel series> <some so-called series are nothing more than miscellaneous collections of books published at the same price and in the same style>) |
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