Zeke's Guide: finding what you need in the UNH Library

What are periodical indexes?

Periodical Indexes allow you to search for articles on your subject in many journals at once.

Many indexes nowadays are electronic indexes-often called 'databases'.

However, some useful indexes are still paper indexes in book form.

 

What will I get from an index?

ALWAYS a citation which will include:

author(s) names
title of article
name of journal
volume/issue no.
date
page no.

 

SOMETIMES an abstract

a short summary telling you what the article is about-

this will help you evaluate the article and decide if it may be useful to you

Abstract:
Discusses the popularity of garage rock in 2000. History of garage rock, which started in the 1960s, when bands had emerged from garages; Influence of garage rock bands on other music genres; How music labels, such as Rhino Records, reissue the garage rock music; Simplicity of garage music.

Source:
Even after 40 years, garage rock is still roaring.
Jim Bessman. Billboard, 12/30/2000, Vol. 112 Issue 53, p5

 

SOMETIMES a full-text article

the full article is available on the database

you can print it out, e-mail it to yourself or others, or save to disk

however, this only applies to some electronic databases

 

SOMETIMES a link to the Library Catalog

this makes it easier for you to see if we own the journal, and where it is kept at the UNH Library

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