PERIODICAL INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS

Current Indexes

History
General
Realated


Historical Indexes






CURRENT INDEXES

Unless a call number is listed, sources in this section are located on the King Index Range.

HISTORY

Historical Abstracts.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 1958-. Index to journal articles on world history. Part A: Modern History (1450-1914); Part B: Twentieth Century (1914-).
CD ROM ask at desk

America: History and Life. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 1954-. Articles on U.S. History.
CD ROM ask at desk

International Medieval Bibliography. Great Britain: W.S. Maney & Son, Ltd.
King Ref Z 6203 .I63 and CD ROM

The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies.
Stanford, CA: Library of Congress.
King Ref Z 2483 .A65

International African Bibliography. David Hall (ed.). London: Mansell.
King Ref Z 3501 .I58x

Bibliography of Asian Studies. U.S.: Association for Asian Studies.
King Ref Z 3001 .B49

ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/

Medieval Feminist Index
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.


GENERAL, ENCOMPASSING HISTORY

Public Affairs Information Bulletin. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1914-.
Indexes articles on world and U.S. public policy etc. Includes some government documents.
King Index and MiamiLINK/Article Indexes/ Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Women's Studies Abstracts. Littleton, Mass.: Rush Publishing Co., 1972-.
Treats any aspect of women's studies, including history.

Women's Studies Index
Similar to above.
CD ROM LAN

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Scientific Information, .
SSCI and AHCI use key words in titles as the indexing points. Be careful to search all forms of the word when subject searching. The citation portion of the index allows you to find who has cited a particular work in a bibliography.
MiamiLINK/Article Indexes/ Fine Arts, Humanities, Literature, and Music

HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index). Barbara G. Valk (ed.). Los Angeles: University of California, UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1970-.
Covers English and Spanish publications on all aspects (including history) of Spanish-American culture.
King Index

Handbook of Latin American Studies. Dolores Moyano Martin. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1935-.
Volume alternates every other year between humanities and social sciences. History section, in humanities, organized by region, country and time period. Many articles in Spanish.
King Ref F 1408 .H255 and MiamiLINK/Article Indexes/ Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences

RELATED DISCIPLINES

Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Scientific Information, 1971-.
See Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).
MiamiLINK/Article Indexes/ Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Philosopher's Index. Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1940-.
While this gives reference to philosophy articles, it will be relevant for classical history.
LAN

Religion Index: One/Two. Chicago: American Theological Library Association, 1953-.
Good source for world religious topics in a contemporary and historical context.
CDROM


HISTORICAL INDEXES

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1907-.
Index to popular/general articles. Can help locate articles about events of the 20th century.
King Index Tables

Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1890-1899.
Late nineteenth century reference to periodicals.

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881-1908.
Cites articles from 1802 through 1908. Citations are sometimes inaccurate, but this is the only index to 19th century periodicals.
King Index Tables

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Walter E. Houghton (ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press & Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Major nineteenth century periodicals with listing of table of contents, issue by issue.
King Ref Z 2005 .H6 and CDROM


NEWSPAPERS

The (London) Times Index. Reading, Eng.: Newspapers Archive Developments (publishers vary), 1790+.
King Index. Earlier indexes under AI 21 .T46
.

New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Index, 1851+.
King Index.
Earlier indexes on circulating shelves AI 21 .N44.

Newspaper Indexes: A Location and Subject Guide. Anita Cheed Milner. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977-1982. 3 vols.
Guide to locations of indexes (published and unpublished) of newspapers in the United States (but not necessarily U.S. newspapers).
King Ref Z 6951 .M635 v1-3



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