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Date:         Wed, 24 May 2000 08:07:03 -0600
From:         John Lucas <jlucas@ROWLAND.UMSMED.EDU>
Subject:      Re: International Journal of Cancer - Multiple titles/parts

Also American journal of Medical Genetics and Biopolymers are two more
titles with THESE LOVELY sections.

We have HORIZON (epixtech ; say that 3 times fast)  We tried the single
approach with BBA and Mutation research. when we got the system in 1993
but gave it up in 1999 when the predictions really went south.  We tried
to start over but eventually went with individual bib records for each
section.  (not the best situation for our users but now we won't be
duplicate claiming) When bound, they all go to the original combined
record.

However for Cancer, the two I listed above, and probably a couple of
others, we put all of our check-ins on 1 record, and so far, they work
great. (THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR OUR PRIMARY PATRONS)

$  .02

John Lucas

Serials Librarian
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State St
Jackson, MS 39216-4505

(PH) (601) 984-1277
(FAX)  ( 601) 984-1262
<jlucas@ROWLAND.UMSMED.EDU>

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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:00:42 -0400
From: "Karen Nadeski" <k.nadeski@the-spa.com>
Cc: <jdoucette@mcp.edu>
Subject: Re: International Journal of Cancer - Multiple titles/parts

Mutation Research was the title I was trying to think of last night.
Below are the SERIALST postings from 1997.

When you search Mutation Research on OCLC, you get 32 hits, so browsing
through those records might help you decide how you want to catalog IJC
for your patrons.

Karen Nadeski
k.nadeski@the-spa.com

Donahue Group, Inc.
Wethersfield, CT

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Date:         Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:43:47 -0500
Sender:       "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
From:         "Paula M. Lynch" <lynch1@JEFLIN.TJU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Mutation Research

HI!

   We have Sirsi's Unicorn and we, too, have set up 5 control (or
check-in)  records for Mutation Research.  Fortunately, Sirsi allows us to
link multiple control records to one bibliographic record.  We have
created (1)  control record for the main title, and (1) control record for
EACH section.  By being linked to the main title record our holdings are
displayed in volume order.

  We have the one bibliographic record for _Mutation Research_ which has
notes in a 500 field describing the different sections and their date
ranges (always a joy to maintain!).  MEDLINE doesn't index under the
section titles, so it's not important for us to have bib records for each
section.  The notes fields suffice in the event that someone is searching
the OPAC using the sect. title, since the main searching function in our
OPAC is keyword.

Evelyn Tsukamoto <evelynt@HAWAII.EDU> wrote:

>Subject: Mutation Research
>
>We subscribe to this serial which is published according to a volume
>numbering scheme that includes 5 sections (each section having its own
colour
>code and varying number of issues per volume). We have set up check-in
grids
>online according to the 5 sections:
>
>MUT (green) will have 10 vols. in 20 issues, vols. 372-381
>MUTNOM (turquoise) will have 1 vol. in 4 issues, vol. 382
>MUTDNA (brown) will have 3 vols. in 9 issues, vols. 383-385
>MUTREV (purple) will have 2 vols. in 6 issues, vols. 386-387
>MUTGEN (lilac) will have 8 vols. in 24 issues, vols. 388-395
>
>We are wondering how other subscribers to this publication have set up
their
>check-in records.

Date:         Mon, 8 Sep 1997 17:19:27 +0000
From:         Madeline Windsor <windsor@BNLINFO1.BNL.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Mutation Research

We do it the same way.    These "irregular publications are a real
pain!  It makes it very hard trying to predict these titles!!!