Two works issued together without a collective title

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Two works are often issued together without a collective title in children's materials; this situation requires special treatment.

1. If there are two title pages, determine which title is first by the title indicated first on the spine; or if there is no spine title, choose the title page or cover that does not have a bar code or an ISBN with it.
2. Separate the titles by a semicolon if both are by the same author. AACR2R 1.1G3
   Example:

   ocm55154066
   100 1_ Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
   245 10 What aunts do best ; ‡b What uncles do best / ‡c by Laura Numeroff ; illustrated 
          by Lynn Munsinger.

3. Separate titles by a period if they have different statements of responsibility. Note that there are no subfield codes for the second title. AACR2R 1.1G3
   Example:

   ocm60391430
   100 1_ Thorpe, Kiki.
   245 10 My side of the story / ‡c by Peter Pan ; as told to Kiki Thorpe ; illustrated by the
          Disney Storybook Artists. My side of the story / by Captain Hook ; as told to Kiki
          Thorpe ; illustrated by the Disney Storybook Artists.

4. If the works have not been previously published separately, the second title should be traced in a 246 field. AACR2R 21.30J1
   Example:

   ocm55154066
   100 1_ Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
   245 10 What aunts do best ; ‡b What uncles do best / ‡c by Laura Numeroff ; illustrated
          by Lynn Munsinger.
   246 30 What uncles do best.

5. If the works were originally published separately, use the uniform title of the work that occurs first in the item and add an analytical added entry for the second work. AACR2R 25.7, 13.2A, 21.30M1
   Example:

   ocm20931206
   100 1_ Wahl, Jan.
   240 10 Dracula's cat
   245 10 Dracula's cat ; ‡b and Frankenstein's dog / ‡c story by Jan Wahl ; pictures by Kay
          Chorao.
   740 02 Frankenstein's dog.

6. If each section has separate page numeration or if the works are bound back to back, the physical description will contain the pagination of the first work followed by a comma, then the pagination of the second work. AACR2R 2.5B14
   Example:

   300    [27], [27] p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 24 cm.

7. An explanatory note and form heading is required if the second work is on inverted pages. This wording allows these works to be easily retrievable by the standard terminology or by the most common variants.
   Example:

   500    Works bound tête-bêche, back-to-back and inverted.
   655 _0 Upside-down books.

8. An explanatory note is required if the second work is not inverted but rather shares an internal "cover" so that both sides share the same "up" direction. (There is no form heading for this style of binding.)
   Example:

   ocm55661421, ocm53967239
   500    Bound dos-à-dos; book opens to the right from both the front cover and the back cover.