On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, John Nicklen wrote:

> Could someone please let me know the correct usage of angle brackets in
> bibliographic records?  ...

John:  According to the CONSER EDITING GUIDE, in the "NOTES--GENERAL
INFORMATION" section  (NOTES page 1):

DATE OR VOLUME INFORMATION IN NOTES:
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When inputting date or volume information in a note, apply the following
conventions:

  1)  Input uncertain data (i.e., a date or number that may not be the
earliest or latest) in angle brackets (<>).

  2) When inputting incomplete dates, leave one to three blank spaces as
necessary.  Never leave more than three blank spaces.

  3) When the beginning or ending date is left open, leave three blank
spaces unless the entire date is enclosed by angle brackets.

  Vols. for <1975-> issued by ...
  Vols. for <-1982> issued by ...
  Vols. for 19  -1983 issued by ...
  Vols. 1-<20> issued by ...
  Vols. for    -1979 issued by ...

I hope that helps.
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