A periodical index points to citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers. Most periodical indexes contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles. Some also contain the full text or entire content of whole articles as they originally appeared in the periodical. You may use most but not all of the online periodical indexes , also called databases , purchased by your library, from any Internet-connected computer.

Use a Periodical Index

  • when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers

Examples of Online Periodical Indexes

  • EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier (a general periodical index)
  • PsycINFO (a psychology periodical index)
  • Historical Abstracts (a history periodical index)

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