The British National Bibliography contains all the new books published in the UK and Ireland. It is published weekly and annually in print and monthly on CD-ROM. Most libraries will have access to it.
Look at the following extract from Volume 1, 1987. Answer the questions that follow:
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338.8'87 - Mexico. Car industries. Development. Role of multinational companies Bennett, Douglas C.. Transnational corporations versus the state: the political economy of the Mexican auto industry / by Douglas C. Bennett and Kenneth E. Sharpe. - Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985. - xiii, 299p ; 24cm Bibliography: p281-293. - Includes index ISBN 0-691-07689-8 (cased) : £30.20 ISBN 0-691-07689-8 (pbk) : £7.20 B87-17339 |
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The abbreviations used are:
v |
volumes. |
p |
pages. The preliminary pages, if they are separately numbered, are shown separately. For example, vii, 222p. means seven preliminary pages are numbered with roman numerals and two hundred and twenty-two pages of text. |
plates |
pages generally containing illustrative matter, frequently numbered and sometimes on different paper. |
ill |
illustrations in the text or on plates. |
col.ill. |
coloured illustrations. |
facsims |
facsimile reproductions. |
geneal.table |
genealogical table. |
port |
portrait. |
cm |
centimetres-used to give the height of a book. |
pbk |
paperback book. |
ISBN |
International Standard Book Number |
prices |
prices current at the time of appearance |
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