4.3.2. Continuing resources
Pursuant to ISO 3297:2022 (ISSN), continuing resources are works made available in any media format as successive or integrated issues that generally carry a numerical order or chronological indication, and that do not have a predetermined publication duration.
Pursuant to ISO 3297:2022 (ISSN), continuing resources are works made available to the public in any media format as successive or integrated issues that generally carry a numerical order or chronological indication, and that do not have a predetermined publication duration. Continuing resources include:
- serial publications, which are defined as resources published in successive issues or separate parts with no predetermined conclusion, and which are generally numbered, such as newspapers, magazines, periodicals, printed or electronic journals, annual publications (reports, yearbooks, directories, etc.), memoirs and collections of monographs;
- ongoing integrating resources, which are defined as continuing resources that are completed by updates integrated into the body of the work, with no predetermined conclusion (databases, loose-leaf publications that are continually updated or websites that are continually updated, such as the online version of this style guide).
A collection is a set of separate publications, each with its own title, linked together by a collective title applying to the set. This collective title is the proper title of the collection. Each separate publication may or may not be numbered. Publications that are part of a collection may be monographs or serial publications.
Each continuing resource is identified by an international standard serial number (ISSN) (see Section 4.4.2).