[Apologies for cross posting] I wonder if anyone has noticed discrepancies on Science Direct between the way the journal is numbered in print form, and the way they are numbered on the electronic version, via SD? Although it is not uncommon for aggregators/host sites to modify such aspects as titles, numbering etc. it seems that this could get confusing for readers, especially for those trying to cite references from a particular journal. In most cases, the content for the print and the electronic are the same (although there may be various extras available from the e-journal) so do people agree that one would want to be able to give a citation which would be applicable to the content, whatever the format? I have tried to contact Science Direct and Elsevier to find out whether they have a policy of keeping the numbering/titles the same, but have had no response. An example of this is the journal 'Card Technology Today' (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09652590): available electronically from (as listed on the SD contents page) vol. 12, issue 1 Jan. 2000. However, when you look at this particular issue via the PDF format the numbering in the top right hand corner of the page is: vol. 11, no. 5 Dec. 1999/Jan. 2000. I am assuming this is the original print numbering but why should SD give a different numbering on the e-contents page? Another example concerns the title 'Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics, physics, chemistry, astronomy' (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/12518069) This journal changed its title at least 4 times in print, and while each one of these changes is reflected on the SD content (a separate webpage for each title), for some reason which I cannot work out, they have made the number with which the title changed different from that of the print. Aside from the confusion this may cause to the reader, it also makes them tricky to catalogue if a) you are using the separate record approach and b) following the recent 'aggregator-neutral' rules issued by CONSER. I would be very interested to know if anyone else has come across this, or had any information from Science Direct/Elsevier. Many thanks, Sophie Bradford ------------------------------------------- Sophie Bradford Electronic Journals Cataloguer Room 316 New Bodleian Library Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BG Tel:01865 277095