An Article Index

Article indexes (also called periodical indexes) include the citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.

Some article 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.

Online article indexes, purchased by the college library are accessible from the library Web site. The library also owns print indexes, good for researching older materials.

Use an Article Index

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

Examples of Article Indexes

• Academic Search Elite (a general article index)
• PsychArticles (an index to articles about psychology)
• CINAHL (a nursing and allied health article index)