The following abbreviations are used for publication frequency:
| a | annual; publications received annually (one per year) |
| bi-m | bi-monthly; publications received every other month (six per year) |
| bi-w | bi-weekly; publications received every two weeks (26 per year) |
| m | monthly; publications received monthly (12 per year) |
| m-f | Monday through Friday; publications received daily except Saturday and Sunday |
| q | quarterly; publications received every quarter or season (4 per year) |
| semi-a | semi-annual; publications received twice per year |
| semi-m | semi-monthly; publications received twice per month (24 per year) |
| tri-a | tri-a; publications received three times per yer |
| w | weekly; publications received once per week (roughly 52 per year) |
| I | irregular; publications received other than those listed above |
The following abbreviations are used in the LIST:
| Contd as | Continued as |
| ed. | edition |
| Incl | includes |
| Incorp | Incorporates |
| Micro | Microfilm |
| nsp. | newspaper |
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