Law supplements (print)

Summary: Instructions for cataloging print supplements which often accompany works of a legal nature. 

A local treatment approach exists for print supplements to legal works residing in the Law and/or Business Library collections. See this record for an example of such a work. Generally, print supplements to these types of works:

• Often share the same title as the original work

• Are usually identified by publication year

• Contain important legal updates to the original edition of the work

• Will often have separate bib records in OCLC, which we do not use

• Must be included on the same bib record as the original edition so that patrons are aware of the supplement's existence

• Are weeded frequently as new supplements are published

Adding a supplement

• If not already present in the bib record, add a 525 note:

  • 525 __ Kept up-to-date with supplements.

• Create item record for the supplement with appropriate sublocation

• In volume field, enter supplement caption like so:

  • Suppl. 2018

Do not add ISBNs for the supplements to the bib record; they are withdrawn too frequently.