Date of Publication Not Identified in a Single-Part Resource

For Date of Publication Not Identified in a Single-Part Resource RDA Rule 2.8.6.6 says that If the date of publication is not identified in a single-part resource, supply the date or approximate date of publication.

EXAMPLE

[1998?]

If an approximate date of publication for a single-part resource cannot reasonably be determined, record date of publication not identified. Indicate that the information was taken from a source outside the resource itself.

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LC-PCC PS for 2.8.6.6 DATE OF PUBLICATION NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOURCE (very useful with many examples)

[Source: RDA Toolkit]

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008	130424q20072013ii

264	_1 |a Jayapura : |b Navajīvana Pablikeśana, |c [between 2007 and 2013?]

[Source: Library of Congress Catalog]

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q-Questionable date. A range of years is the only date that can be specified (e.g., between 1824 and 1840). Give the earliest year in Date 1 and latest in Date 2. DtSt: q Dates: 1966,1967 [1966 or 1967]  DtSt: q Dates: 1965,1969 [Between 1965 and 1969]  DtSt: q Dates: 18uu,19uu 260 Amsterdam : ‡b Elsevier, ‡c [19th century and early 20th century] [Decade is missing for both earliest and latest date.]  DtSt: q Dates: 1963,1966 260 New York : ‡b Hippocrene Books, ‡c [between 1963 and 1966] DtSt: q Dates: 1983,1984 260 Yerushalayim : ‡b E. Fisher, ‡c 744 [1983 or 1984]

[Source: RDA Toolkit and OCLC]