1 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM FINDING ARTICLES IN GENERAL AND POPULAR PERIODICALS PART 2: OTHER GENERAL AND POPULAR INDEXES: 20TH-21ST CENTURIES Access, 1975-1999. LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.14. Indexes periodicals not included in the Reader's Guide, including the Harvard Magazine (1981- ). Book reviews included. Alternative press index, 1969-. LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. AI3.A4 Consult Braun Room. LOCATION: Gutman Education: Per PN4888.U5 A27 (1969-1971) LOCATION: FirstSearch [Available at the Widener Reference Desk] (1991- ) (1995- ) LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.8 Latest 10 years WID-LC HN90.R3 A48x Earlier Indexes the alternative/radical periodical literature. Includes book reviews. Annotations : a directory of periodicals listed in the Alternative Press Index. LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. AI3.A43 J66 1996 LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.8.5 In electronic form: The Alternative Press Center's Online Directory LOCATION: http://www.altpress.org/direct.html American humanities index, 1975-. LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI3.A278 Indexes general humanities journals, including the quarterly reviews. Includes book reviews.
2 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM Annual library index, 1905-1910. LOCATION: Widener: B 425.16 Continues: Annual literary index, 1892-1904. LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI3.A5 LOCATION: Widener: B 425.16 Continues: Co-operative index to leading periodicals, 1883-1891 [title varies] LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository B 424.8 ArticleFirst, 1990-. LOCATION: FirstSearch. Enquire at Widener Reference Desk for this source. Indexes 12,500 journals over a wide variety of subjects. Includes book reviews. Updated daily. Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1975-. Arts & Humanities Citation Index allows citation searching, that is, starting with an article of interest and finding more recent articles that have cited it. A record consists of a citation and the article's bibliography (in abbreviated form). The citations themselves can be searched via author, title or other searches or the bibliographies can be searched for the presence of a chosen work (a cited reference search). Since 1999, abstracts have been included. Includes book reviews. Guide: Searching the Citation Indexes (Web of Science) LOCATION: http://hcl.harvard.edu/widener/services/research/citationindex/ci1.html Arts & Humanities Citation Index JOURNAL LIST OPTIONS LOCATION: http://www.isinet.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?pc=h Lists included journals by subject categories. British humanities index, 1962-. LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.33. Covers economics, politics, society, and general interest science and
3 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM technology, as well as the humanities. Arrangement is by subject. Book reviews are listed under the subject of the book reviewed. Continues: The Subject index to periodicals, 1915-61. LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.30 Library has: 1915+ Cumulated magazine subject index, 1907-1949 LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 3.5 F Library has: 2 v. Indexes periodicals not included in other indexes. Good for history, especially local history, outdoor subjects, library science (1918-49), and fine arts. Arranged by subject, except for literary works by major authors, which are listed by author. Minor literary works are omitted. Includes book reviews. Essay and general literature index, 1900-. LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI 3.E752. LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI 3.E752. LOCATION: Widener: RR 671.6 Index to essays published in books since 1900 with emphasis on humanities and social science. Continues: Fletcher, William Isaac. The "A.L.A." index : an index to general literature, biographical, historical, and literary essays and sketches, reports and publications of boards and societies dealing with education, health, labor, charities, and corrections. 2nd ed., greatly enl. and brought down to January 1, 1900. LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI3.A3 1905 LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI3.A3 LOCATION: Widener: RR 671. 3 Humanities abstracts, Feb. 1984-. LOCATION: FirstSearch. Enquire at Widener Reference Desk for this source. Indexes over 300 English-language periodicals in the humanities. Abstracts available for articles published after March, 1994. Includes book reviews. Updated monthly. Print version: Humanities index, 1974-. Formerly titled
4 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM Social sciences & humanities index, 1965-1974. International index: a guide to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities, 1907-65. LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. AI3.H85 (1955- ) LOCATION: Cabot: Per 4210 (1907-74) LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI 3.H85 (1907- ) LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.2.3 (1907- ) Subject and author index of periodicals more scholarly than those indexed in the Reader's guide. Before World War II, several foreign periodicals (French, German, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Spanish and Far Eastern) were indexed. Coverage is now American and English. Book reviews are grouped in the back of each volume (1974- ); formerly book reviews were under the name of the book author. IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens, 1965-. LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.I5 (1965-93) LOCATION: Widener: Ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk (1999-2002) Worldwide coverage, especially European, of periodical articles and essays in books. Around 4500 periodicals are now indexed. The CD-ROM version, unfortunately, now covers only a small time period. The print volumes, although essential for the European periodical literature, are very clumsy to use. Articles are indexed by subject. The number in each entry refers to a separate periodical list. An author index is usually provided. Formed by the merger of: Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriften-literatur, 1897-1964. LOCATION: Widener: B 425.80 Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur, 1911-1964. LOCATION: Museum Comp Zoology: Ref AI9.B7 Library has: Bd. 1-3 (1911). LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.B7 Index to Early American Periodicals, 1741-1935 Searches only subject terms applied to each article, which usually do not include authors and titles, so use of the Browse Index feature is important.
5 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM It will not always be possible to find a specified article in the indexed periodicals. Industrial Arts Index, 1913-57. LOCATION: Baker Business: 1913-1957 LOCATION: Loeb Design: PER 1918-1957 LOCATION: Widener: Tec 200.12 1913-1916; 1918-1957 Indexes English-language applied science, technical, trade, and management literature: the literature of practice. Continued by: Applied Science and Technology, 1958-. (Indexing: 1983- ; abstracts: 1993- ) LOCATION: Baker Business: Reading Room Latest 10 years: Reading Room (Reference Index Table); Backfile: Reading Room (West Balcony) LOCATION: Cabot Science: REFERENCE HOLDINGS: 1968- LOCATION: Loeb Design: Ref 1958-. LOCATION: Loeb Design: Ref CD-ROM Indexes over 350 English-language periodicals worldwide. Includes book reviews and Business periodicals index, 1958-, LOCATION: Baker Business: (Jan. 1958 - v.35 (July 1993)) Reading Room (West Balcony) Current issue and last 5 annual cumulations: Reference Index LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref Index (1980/1981-1992/1993) ingenta, 1988-. LOCATION: http://www.ingenta.com A very broad index to over 27,000 periodicals. Includes book reviews. Search both online articles and fax/ariel. Harvard does not subscribe to full text service. Inside Information, 1993-. Indexes the contents pages of over 10,000 periodicals received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. Good coverage of European journals. Includes book reviews. Updated monthly.
6 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM JSTOR Contains full-text of complete runs (up to about 5 years ago) of over 100 journals, some of them extending into the early years of the 20th Century, including journals of political science, sociology, and population studies. Full-text searching is available. LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index, 1988-. Index to U. S. government periodicals. Library index to periodicals and current events, 1905-1907 LOCATION: Widener: B 425.17 Magazine subject-index. A subject-index to seventy-nine American and English periodicals. Forty-four indexed from their first issues to December 31, 1907. Thirty-five indexed for the year 1907. LOCATION: Widener: B 425.21 Nation Digital Archive, 1865 -. Full text of complete run of The Nation. Annual update lags behind 1 year. PCI: Periodicals contents index Indexes contents of thousands of journals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. Covers journals from North America, the United Kingdom, and the rest of the English-speaking world and journals in other European languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish. Includes the complete table of contents for each issue of each journal. Project Muse Allows simultaneous searching, including full-text, of over 100 academic journals from several university presses. Emphasis on humanities, although with many social science journals.
7 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM Readers' guide to periodical literature, 1900-. LOCATION: Cabot Science: REFERENCE LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index AI3.R48 LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI 3.R48 LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref Index LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI 3.R48. LOCATION: Law School: Lang Ref Index AI 3.R48 Library has: Latest 10 years. LOCATION: Loeb Design: Ref Library. LOCATION: FirstSearch [1983-. with abstracts, Sept. 1984-.] Enquire at Widener Reference Desk for this source. Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 RSAP Resources for Research (Research Society for American Periodicals) LOCATION: http://home.earthlink.net/~ellengarvey/rsapresource1.html Links to collections of 18th, 19th, and 20th century full-text periodicals. Social Sciences abstracts, Feb. 1983-. LOCATION: FirstSearch. Enquire at Widener Reference Desk for this source. Indexes over 400 English-language periodicals in anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, and sociology. Abstracts available for articles published after March, 1994. Updated monthly. Print version: Social sciences index, 1974-. Formerly titled Social sciences & humanities index, 1965-1974. International index: a guide to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities, 1907-65. LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. AI3.H85 (1955- ) LOCATION: Cabot: Per 4210 (1907-74) LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM AI 3.H85 (1907- ) LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.2.3 (1907- ) Subject and author index of periodicals more scholarly than those indexed in the Reader's guide. Before World War II, several foreign periodicals (French, German, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Spanish and Far Eastern) were indexed. Coverage is now American and English. Book reviews are
8 of 8 9/17/2004 12:23 PM grouped in the back of each volume (1974- ); formerly book reviews were under the name of the book author. Social Sciences Citation Index, 1956-. Social Science Citation Index allows citation searching, that is, starting with an article of interest and finding more recent articles that have cited it. A record consists of a citation and the article's bibliography (in abbreviated form). The citations themselves can be searched via author, title or other searches or the bibliographies can be searched for the presence of a chosen work (a cited reference search). Since 1992, abstracts have been included. Includes book reviews. Selectively indexes all 6000 journals in the Institute of Scientific Information database and fully indexes 1400 journals. Social Sciences Citation Index JOURNAL LIST OPTIONS LOCATION: http://www.isinet.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?pc=j Lists included journals by subject categories. Guide: Searching the Citation Indexes (Web of Science) LOCATION: http://hcl.harvard.edu/widener/services/research/citationindex/ci1.html Print version: Social sciences citation index, 1956-. LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref. Index Z7161.S65 (1974-94) LOCATION: Littauer: Reference Z7161.S65 (1990- ) LOCATION: Widener: RR 4702.15 Download a printer-friendly PDF version of this guide Last Updated: 2/2002 Copyright 2004 President and Fellows of Harvard College If you have questions or comments, please contact Fred Burchsted (burchst@fas.harvard.edu).