I'm not familiar with J. of the American Psychoanalytic Association, but in my experience the supplements are usually included with the subscription and don't have a separate charge. However, supplements can come in many forms (and make them hard to find). Here are a few that come to mind: 1) pages separately numbered but contained inside the regular issue; 2) bound as a separate issue but are listed online with the primary issue; 3) maintained as a separate periodical title; and 4) supplements that are monographs (and might even be classified as an e-book). The monographs are the ones most likely to not be included with a backfile purchase. However, the practice of individual publishers varies with respect to whether they digitized the supplements or include them in the purchase. The only way to know what will be included is to specifically ask about how the publisher handles supplements.

I had a query from a reference librarian regarding supplements - specifically,

When we subscribe to a journal, how do we know whether or not the supplements are included in our subscription?

We had an ILL request for an article in a supplement to the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. We have an electronic subscription to the title, but apparently the supplements are not included in that. She went on to check Sage, and there are no supplements with any of our online backfiles, and no mention of supplements - if there are any, the dates, or how to obtain them. Neither is there information regarding them in the Ulrich's profile for the journal.

It seems odd to me. I would think we should be getting them - or there should be a two-tier pricing system, with and without. What sayeth the Serialst brain bank?

Jeanette L. Skwor
Serials Dept., Cofrin Library
University of WI-Green Bay
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Green Bay, WI 54311-7001

(920) 465-2670

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Anne Herbert, The Whole Earth Catalog

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