First I would like to thank every one that have answered my query, in
particular Pam Sieving, David Dillard, Vislava Tylman, Anna Ercoli
Schnitzer, Raza, Vasumathi Sriganesh, Pamela Ben-Eliezer, Patricia J. Erwin
aka, Mary L. Marix, Sheri Hester..
And yes this is a great group!
Below I am posting all the results, the answer is that this turned out to be
a book and so the title is not to be abbreviated:
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are you certain this is a journal? I do find a book by this title, and of
course books should be cited with complete titles, not abbreviations.
The title I verified is edited by Smelser and Baltes, and published in
2001 by Pergamon.
Please let me know if this is the work your faculty member wishes to cite.
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There are some additional sources for medical journal abbreviations on
internet web sites listed in the post found at this URL:
PERIODICALS: ABBREVIATIONS:
Selected Sources for Decoding Periodical and Journal Abbreviations
This is a brief list of sources on the internet and print that decode or
index journal abbreviations or list sources that decode such abbreviations.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/15538
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This publication is a multivolume book and as such is not covered by Medline
and the title doesn't need and should not be abbreviated when cited as a
reference.
Here is the ISBN number for this publication.
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-043076-8
ISBN-10: 0-08-043076
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You could always try "All that JAS" at: http://
www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm
Also, JAKE, although not recently updated, is still available as an
abbreviation source until the end of this month, apparently:
http://jake.med.yale.edu/index.jsp
We have a list of journal abbreviations in our Guide to Resources in
Scientific Writing and Publishing at:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/about/pubguide.html
Hope you can find what you need in one of the aforementioned sources, Aida;
otherwise, I personally would go with: Int. Encycl. Soc. Behav. Sci.
That's the abbreviation that looks best and makes the most sense to me.
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I think
'International Encyclopeadia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences'
Int Enc of Soc Behav & Sci
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This is a Reference Book - not a journal - check it out at
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/601495/description
#description
the faculty member would have to put in the full title: INTERNATIONAL
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (do note the american spelling
- Encyclopedia)
I usually do a check of this kind through Google and am successful.
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Interesting one - first of all you have to watch out with the spelling of
encyclopaedia - N.B. it is ae not ea. I have checked in Medline and as far
as I can see they have no journal at all with the word "encyclopaedia" in
the title - one way of finding out how they abbreviate something if one
finds an example. All the other abbreviations you used look fine. Basically
it's a problem because there's no other source of official abbreviations
that I know of - which of course means nothing because I don't know
everything.
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According to OCLC the International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral
sciences is not a serial. It is a book (or, rather a 26-volume set)
Standard No: ISBN: 0080430767 (set : alk. paper); 9780080430768 (set :alk.
paper); National Library: 101095894 LCCN: 2001-44791
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Are you sure this is a journal? The work "encyclopedia" in the title makes
me think it is some kind of reference work. Just because there is a volume
number doesn't mean it is a journal. It could be a multi-volume work.
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Bookmark this. It's a good comprehensive list. It doesn't have the
International Encyclopeadia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences but it has
many other things.
http://home.ncifcrf.gov/research/bja/
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My original message:
A faculty wants to publish an article in BMJ, and needs the abbreviation
according to Medline for the following journal (not indexed in Medline):
'International Encyclopeadia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences'
I thought of:
Int Encyclopeadia Soc Behav Sci
What do you think? Where to look for an abbreviation of a journal if it is
not indexed in Medline??? Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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American University of Beirut
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