Supplements and special issues

The rules on this page have been approved in concept by the SCRAP committee, but the exact wording is still being adjusted. Please use these rules. Please send any feedback to SCRAP.

National cataloging rules (CONSER Cataloging Manual 17.4 and 17.5) allow supplements and indexes to be either cataloged separately or mentioned in a note on the record for the main work.

• Supplements intended to be used with the main work should generally be cataloged on the entry for the main work.
• Supplements which provide different types of information or focus on a special feature may be cataloged separately.
• Single-serial indexes published by the same publisher as the main work should generally be cataloged on the entry for the main work.
• Indexes published by a different publisher than that of the main work should generally be cataloged separately.

For CCS practice:

• Supplements that are published 3 times a year or fewer generally should be cataloged on the main serial record.
• Supplements that are published 4 times a year or more generally should be cataloged on a separate record.