Q: Which dc term would you use to describe book series?
A: This is an example of where traditional DC is too generic. DCMI Terms (which superseded DC Qualified) is a little more granular.
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
In tradition DC, the only option really seems to be Relation and use IsReferencedBy or by IsPartOf.
IsReferencedBy is for more of a citation type relationship, whereas IsPartOf encompasses a variety of relationships.
Here is an example using IsPartOf:
Also, LC no longer traces (provides an authorized access point) for series, but most large academic libraries (and others) still consider that to be valuable.