Periodical Index
A periodical index points to citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers. Some periodical indexes contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles. A few contain the full text or entire content of whole articles as they originally appeared in the periodical. You may use the online periodical indexes, purchased by the UW Library, from any Internet-connected computer on campus. Off-campus access to these indexes and other restricted resources is provided through the proxy service.

Use a Periodical Index

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

Examples of Periodical Indexes

  • Social Sciences Abstracts (a general periodical index)
  • Medline (a medical periodical index)
  • ABI/Inform (a business periodical index)

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