Jason -- If the back issue isn’t too dated, you probably can purchase it from the publisher. We occasionally ask our serials vendor/agent to see if they can purchase a single
or a few issues for us from the publisher, and then we pay our vendor for the back issues, which keeps the accounting simpler.
If it’s a fairly recent back issue that you need, and you use Ebsco as one of your subscription agents, you can check their Missing Copy Bank (discussed in a prior SERIALST
thread) for the issue and request it free of charge, even if you don’t subscribe to that title through Ebsco.
If the issue is much older, you might be able to find it by searching at either Zubal (
www.zubalbooks.com ) or Periodicals Service Company (www.periodicals.com/index.html
à in left sidebar, under Catalog, you can search by title or ISSN or click on “View by Subject” and then you can view titles by
subject). Don’t let the “books” in the Zubal company name mislead you, as they do have periodicals in stock, they’re just more selective which titles they purchase and retain in stock. (For example, I searched for
l’Oeil Revue d’Art and found they have nos. 1-254 for $27.23 per issue and nos. 255-524 for $10.00 per issue.)
Just remember that you will pay more for back issues depending on how back-dated it is, whether it’s a magazine or a journal, and due to publishers having smaller print runs
and therefore less overstock, so they can – and do – charge more per issue.
Best,
Gaele
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E. Gaele Gillespie
Serials Librarian
Acquisitions & RS Dept.
University of Kansas Libraries
Watson Library
1425 Jayhawk Blvd Rm 210 S
Lawrence, KS 66045-7544
Ph (VoIP): 785-864-3051
Fax: 785-864-3855 (to my attention)
Email:
ggillespie@ku.edu
From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG]
On Behalf Of Jason Skoog
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 7:55 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: [SERIALST] Sources for journal back issues / back volumes
I remember once coming across a database that listed old journals from a variety of publishers you could by. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
I'm looking for an old copy of the New Yorker. My students check a couple of serial exchange list-servs. I might be able to get it directly from the publisher.
Jason Skoog
Archivist and Systems Librarian
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
608-796-3262
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