A good place to search ISSNs that didn't retrieve anything in OCLC is the French national library catalogue (http://catalogue.bnf.fr), especially for potentially European titles. The French are much better about adding ISSNs to their catalog records than U.S. cataloging agencies are.

According to the BnF catalogue, it is Janus published in Antwerp, beginning in 1999. I think this URL will take you to the BnF record: http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39095790d/PUBLIC

There is a record for it in OCLC (lacking the ISSN): "Janus (Antwerp, Belgium)," OCLC accession number 191029035. The subject heading is Art--Periodicals.

Hope this helps!
Kay Teel
Serials Cataloger
Metadata Development Unit
Stanford University Libraries

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Lockard, Ray Anne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
 
I am trying to verify a journal indexed by ArtBibliographies Modern.  The jourmal title is JANUS.  I need more info about it.  ABM gives an ISSN number, but when I search OCLC by title there are too many items with that title, of course.  Nothing comes up when I add the ISSN number which is listed in ABM as 1374-4844.  Ulrich's database lists fewer titles of Janus, but nothing that is in the field of art.  Do any of you own this journal title?  If so, can you tell me where it is published and what the ISSN number is?  Thanks so much in advance for any assitance you can provide me.  Ray Anne Lockard
 

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