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Re: Need examples of quirky e-journals Bonnie H. Ragains 21 Mar 2008 15:25 UTC

American Journal of Medical Genetics comes to mind.  Several 'parts' to
it, some with different titles.

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Liping Song
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:14 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Need examples of quirky e-journals

Blackwell Synergy is one site that lists previous and later titles
together. One title is Acta paediatrica, covering two former titles.

Liping

Glasson, Patricia A wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> We know we've run across several examples of e-journals that appear on

> a provider's site under the latest title only, even though some issues

> in the archives were originally published under an earlier title.
> Conversely we've seen e-journals where one title is divided between 2
> URLs because part of the run is in the backfiles and the rest in
> current files.
>
> But now we've been asked to provide some examples on short notice, and

> we're scrambling to identify titles and websites where these kinds of
> problems can be seen.
>
> If you've encountered some of these titles/sites recently and can help

> us identify examples, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Patty Glasson
> Serials Cataloging Specialist
> Purdue University
> 765-494-2811
>

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Liping Song, MA, MTS, MLIS
Electronic Resources Cataloging and Access Librarian Health Sciences
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