Printed Periodical Indexes and Abstracts in the E.J. Pratt Library
Introduction
Journal literature has had a history of being notoriously difficult to control in terms of access and retrieval. Librarians, scholarly associations, publishers and journal distributors have, since the nineteenth century, published periodical indexes, abstracts and bulletins to help researchers and libraries provide access to the contents of periodicals. In 1928, the Windsor Public Library began to index "important" articles from twenty-one English language, Canadian journals and magazines. This was the first, type-script edition of The Canadian Periodical Index. A number of those periodicals including The Canadian Forum, Dalhousie Review, MacLean's and Queen's Quarterly continue to be published today. Over the years different associations and publishers have taken on the responsibility of publishing the reference tool. It has evolved in its scope, coverage, and format. Today's electronic version of The Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) is a bilingual database of over 400 Canadian and international journals, magazines. It publishes full text articles from 160 periodicals as well as selected sections of The Globe and Mail.
This finding aid is a listing of the periodical indexes and abstracts in the Reference collection of the E.J. Pratt Library at the Victoria University Library. In many instances, the hard copy paper subscriptions to Periodical Indexes are complemented or superseded by electronic subscriptions; all of these cases have been noted in the bibliographic entries for each work. This listing will be of interest to researchers looking for retrospective publications or publications in those subject areas where electronic databases are not currently available.
For further information, please consult a member of the library staff.
Listing
| Subject | Title | Call Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Studies | Canadian Essay and General Literature Index. | AI 3 C239 Ref. | Holdings: 1973,1974, 1975 Compiled and edited by Andrew D. Armitage and Nancy Tudor Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973 - 1975. |
| Social Sciences | Canadian Periodical Index. | AI 3 C24 Ref. | Holdings: 1928- 1932, 1938-47, 1948-59, 1960-1994, [1995] Also available online through UTL Electronic Resources Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) with electronic holdings: 1988- |
| Social Sciences | Canadian Periodical Index, 1920-1937: an author and title index. | AI 3 C242 Ref. | Compiled by Grace Heggie ... [et al.] Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1988. 1 vol. |
| Literature | Short Story Index: compiled from the Canadian periodical index, 1938-1947. | AI 3 C26 Suppl. Ref. | Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1967 1 vol. |
| Social Sciences | Cumulative Index to [Readers' Guide] Periodical Literature: March 1959 - February 1970. | AI 3 C8 Ref. | Princeton, N.J.: National Library Service Corp., c1976. All subjects, names and articles listed in the "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature" for this period may be found in the Cumulative index. See also AI 3 R48 "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature." |
| Social Sciences | Essay and General Literature Index. | AI 3 E752 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. [1] (1900-33)-1993 Also available online through the UTL Electronic Resources - Essay and General Literature Index (Wilson), with electronic holdings: 1985 to the present. |
| Humanities | Humanities Index. | AI 3 H8 Ref | Holdings: Vol. 1 (June 1974)-1990[1991]. Also available online via the UTL Electronic Resources as Humanities Abstracts (Wilson) with electronic holdings:1994 to the present. |
| Humanities | Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement. | AI 3 S63 Ref | Holdings: Vol. 1(1907-1915) - Vol.3 (1916-1919). New York: H.W. Wilson, 1916- 1920. Later titles: International Index to Periodicals (1920-1923 - March 1965) Social Sciences and Humanities Index (April 1965 - May 1973)-[74] Social Sciences Index (June 1974 - ) Humanities Index (June 1974- ) |
| Humanities | Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines. | AI 3 I48 Ref | Holdings: [Vol. 1] 1964-65 - 1974/75. New York: Johnson Reprint Corp.,1960- |
| Social Sciences | Index to American Little Magazines, 1920 -1939. | AI 3 I54 Ref. | Troy, N.J.: Johnson Reprint Corp., 1969. Complied by Stephen H. Goode. 1 vol. |
| Canadian Studies | Index to Little Magazines of Ontario, 1967-70. | AI 3 I56 Ref | Compiled by Clarke E. Leverette. London, Ont.: Killaly Press, 1975. 3 vols. |
| Canadian Studies | Index to Little Magazines of Ontario, 1973. | AI 3 I56 1973 Ref. | Compiled by Clarke E. Leverette. London, Ont.: Killaly Press, 1974. 1 vol. |
| Social Sciences | Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. | AI 3 P7 1893 Ref. | Holdings: v.1, pt. 1-2. Rev. ed., 1802-1881. --1st Suppl. 1882-1887. --2nd Suppl. 1887-1892. --3rd Supp. 1892-1896. --4th Suppl 1897-1902. --5th Suppl.1902-1907.Vols. 1-2, Suppl. 1-5 By William Frederick Poole; with the assistance as associate editor of William I. Fletcher; and the cooperation of the American Library Association and the Library Association of the United Kingdom. 6 vols. in 7 |
| Social Sciences | Poole's Index: date and volume key. | Z 674 A75 no.19 Ref. | Marion V. Bell and Jean C. Bacon; including Muted voices from the past, by John C. Hepler. This work provides a guide to Poole's idiosyncratic numbering system used in the Index.) |
| Social Sciences | Cumulative Author Index for Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906. | AI 3 W3 Ref. | Compiled and edited by C. Edward Wall with the technical assistance of Edward Przebienda and the editorial assistance of Wayne Somers. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian Press, 1971. |
| Social Sciences | Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922. | AI 3 R47 1-2 Ref. | New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. Edited by Helen Grant Cushing and Adah V. Morris. 2 vols. |
| Social Sciences | Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. | AI 3 R48 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1900\04)- 1957\59, 1970\71-1996. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1900/04- Other titles: Readers' guide to periodical literature supplement. (1907-1915, 1916-1919) International index to periodicals. (1920-1923 - 1952-1955) International index. (1960-1962 -1964-1965) For the period March 1959 to February 1970 see AI 3 C8 vols. 1 - 7, Cumulative Index to Periodical Literature. |
| Social Sciences | French Periodical Index. | AI 7 F7 Ref. | Holdings: 1973-1974, 1976. Westwood, Mass.: F.W. Faxon Co,1976- |
| Individual Periodicals | An Index to Saturday Night: the first fifty years, 1887-1937. | AP 5 S382 1987 Ref. | Editors, Grace F. Heggie, Gordon R. Adshead. Toronto: Micromedia, c1987. |
| Individual Periodicals | An Index to the Literary Garland (Montreal, 1838-1851). | AP 5 L57 Index Ref. | By Mary Markham Brown. Toronto: Bibliographical Society of Canada, 1962. |
| Canadian Studies | The University Magazine, 1901-1920: an annotated index | AP 5 U55 1997 Ref. | Compiled by Grace Heggie and Anne McGaughey. Teeswater, ON: Reference Press, c1997. |
| History | Historical Abstracts, 1775-1945. | D 299 H5 Ref. | Holdings: v.1(1955)- v.10 (1964). Also available online through UTL Electronic Resources Historical Abstracts, electronic holdings: 1982 to the present. |
| Social Sciences | National Geographic Index 1888 - 1988. | G 1 N27 Ref. | [Washington, D.C.]: National Geographic Society, c1989. 1 vol. Cumulated index published on the National Geographic's centennial anniversary. |
| Individual Periodicals | Acta Victoriana, 1878-1990: an index with a subject authority list. | LH 3 V5 A33 Ref. | Principal compilers: Linda Lazda and Valerie Veinotte. Toronto: Victoria University Library, 1990. |
| Literature | MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals. | P 1 M64 Ref. | Holdings: [Vol.1] (1970) - 1975. New York: MLA, 1970- 1977. |
| Literature | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies by a Number of Scholars. | PB 1 Y45 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1929\30) - . Edited for the Modern Humanities Research Association. London: Oxford University Press, 1931- |
| Literature | Abstracts of English Studies: an official publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. | PE 25 A16 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1958), 3(1960)- Vol.34 (1991) [Boulder, Colo.], [s.n.], 1958?- |
| Literature | The year's Work in English Studies. | PE 58 E6 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. [1] (1919/20)- . London: Published for the English Association by Oxford University Press, 1920- |
| Literature | The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory. | PN 80 Y4 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1991)- Oxford: Published for the English Association by Blackwell Publishers, 1994- Companion volume to The year's Work in English Studies. . Cover title: YWCCT |
| Literature | Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature | PN 851 Y4 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1952)- . Bloomington: Indiana University, 1952- |
| Literature | Bibliographie des revues et journaux littéraires des XIXe et XXe siècles. | PQ 2 P5 Ref. | Par Jean-Michel Place et André Vasseur. Paris : Éditions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1973- 3 vols. |
| Literature | Livres et auteurs canadiens. | PQ 3900 L5 Ref. | Holdings: 1961-1968. Montréal: s.n., 1961-1968. Later title: Livres et auteurs québécois |
| Literature | Livres et auteurs québécois. | PQ 390 L52 Ref. | Holdings: 1969- . Montréal, Qué.: Éditions Jumonville, 1969- Former title: Livres et auteurs canadiens. |
| Literature | The Romantics Reviewed: contemporary reviews of British Romantic writers | PR 590 R43 Ref. | Holdings: v.1- 9 New York: Garland Pub., 1972 3 vols. In 9. |
| Literature | American Literary Scholarship. | PS 3 A47 Ref. | Holdings: 1963- Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1963- |
| Literature | Lessing Yearbook. | PT 2414 L4 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1969)- Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1969- Published as the official organ of the Lessing Society. |
| Social Sciences | Bibliographic Index. | Z 1002 B594 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1937-1942)- New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937- |
| Social Sciences | Bulletin of Bibliography. | Z 1007 B94 Ref. | Holdings:Vol 1 (1897-1907) ,1933-1989[1990]1991- Boston: F.W. Faxon, 1897- Z 1007 B94 Index 1897-1975 Ref. Cumulative Index Vol. 1 - 32 (1897 -1975) to the Bulletin of Bibliography and Magazine Notes. Westwood, Mass: Faxon, c1977. 1 vol. |
| Social Sciences | Checklist of Bibliographies Appearing in the Bulletin of Bibliography 1897 - 1987. | Z 1007 B9 C45 1989 Ref. | Westport, CT: Meckler, c1989. Edited by Namoi Caldwell-Wood and Patrick W. Wood. 1 vol. |
| Social Sciences | Book Review Digest. | Z 1219 B64 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 5 (1909)- 1997 Also available online as Book Review Online at the E.J. Pratt Library with electronic holdings from Nov. 1983 to the present. |
| Literature | American Literary Realism, 1870 -1910. | Z 1247 A4 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1, no.3 (Summer 1968)- Arlington: Dept. Of English, University of Texas at Arlington, 1967- Other titles: A.L.R. |
| Literature | Canadian Literature, l959-1963/Littérature Canadienne, 1959-1963. A checklist of creative and critical writings: bibliographie de la critique et des oeuvres d'imagination. | Z 1375 B4 Ref. | Vancouver: Publications Centre, University of British Columbia, 1966. Edited by Inglis F. Bell and Susan W. Port. This work is a cumulation of annual lists from the journal "Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Reviews." 1 vol. |
| Literature | Canadian Literature Index. | Z 1375 C375 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1(1985) - Vol. 4 (1988). Toronto: ECW Press, 1985?- |
| Literature | Canadian Literary Periodicals Index. | Z 1375 C37 Ref. | Holdings: 1992 - Teeswater, ON: Reference Press, 1992?- |
| Literature | Bibliography of English Language and Literature. | Z 2001 M69 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (1920)- Also available online through the UTL Electronic Resources as ABELL: Annual bibliography of English Language and Literature which is part of the Chadwyck-Healey database Literature Online. The electronic holdings include the vols. 1920 to the present. |
| Social Sciences | The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824 -1900: tables of content and identification of contributors with bibliographies of their articles and stories. | Z 2005 H6 Ref. | Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966 - 1989. Also available online through the UTL Electronic Resources as Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900) |
| Social Sciences | Literary Reviews in British Periodicals, 1798 - 1820: a bibliography with a supplementary list of general (non-review) articles on literary subjects. | Z 2013 W36 Ref. | New York: Garland, 1972. Compiled by William Smith Ward 2 vols. |
| History | Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. | Z 2016 A6 Ref. | Holdings: 1977 - 1988 [Hassocks, Engl.]: Harvester Press/Humanities Press, c1978 |
| Humanities | Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian studies :1985-1989 | Z 2019 A482 1990a Ref. | Compiled and edited by Brahma Chaudhuri. [Edmonton, Alta.] : LITIR Database, [1990?] |
| Humanities | Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies : 1990-1994. | Z 2019 A483 1995 Ref. | Compiled and edited by Brahma Chaudhuri. Edmonton, Alberta: LITIR Database, c1995. |
| Humanities | Annual Bibliography of Victorian Studies. | Z 2019 A5 Ref. | Holdings: 1976- Edmonton, Alta. : LITIR Database, 1977- |
| Humanities | Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies: 1976-1980. | Z 2019 A5 I 1976-80 Ref. | Edmonton, Alta.: LITIR Database, 1982 Also available online UTL Electronic Resources as Victorian Database Online for the years, 1945 -1999 |
| Literature | Bibliographie de la littérature française du moyen âge à nos jours. | Z 2171 B552 Ref. | Holdings: 1966-1980 Paris: Librairie A. Colin, 1966-1980. Former title: Bibliographie de la littérature française moderne (16-20. siècles) Later title: Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France. (In VUPT current periodicals collection.) |
| Literature | Bibliographie der französischen Literaturwissenschaft/Bibliographie d'histoire littéraire française. | Z 2171 K55 Ref. | Holdings: Bd.1 (1956-1858) - Bd.34 (1996). Frankfurt am Main: V. Klostermann, c1960- Edited by Ottto Klapp. |
| Literature | Bibliography of French Seventeenth Century Studies. | Z 2172 M6 Ref. | Holdings: no.1(1952/53)-no.25(1977). Blomington, Indiana: s.n., 1952 -1977 Later title: French 17. 25 nos. published for the Modern Language Association of America. French III. |
| Literature | French 17: an annual descriptive bibliography of French 17th century studies. | Z 2172 M6 Ref. | Holdings: No. 26 (1978)- . Former title:Bibliography of French seventeenth century studies. (1952/53 - 1977) Fort Collins, Colo. : Colorado State University, 1978- |
| Literature | French XX Bibliography: critical and biographical references for the study of French literature since 1885. | Z 2173 F7 Ref. | Holdings: v. 5 (1969)- New York: French Institute, 1949- Former title: French VII (1948/1949 - 1968) Other title: Bibliography of Critical and Biographical References for the Study of Contemporary French Literature. |
| Literature | French XX Bibliography: Provençal supplement. | Z 2173 F712 Ref. | Holdings: Vol.1 (1976) New York: French Institute and Alliance Française and the Comargo Foundation, 1976. |
| Literature | French VI Bibliography: critical and biographical references for the study of nineteenth century literature. | Z 2173 F72 Ref. | Holdings: (1954-1955), (1966-1967) New York: French Institute, [1964]- 2 vols. in 1. |
| Social Sciences | Biography Index: a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. | Z 5301 B5 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 1 (Jan. 1946 - July 1949)- Also available online through the E.J. Pratt Library, Electronic Resources as Biography Index with electronic holdings from 1984 - present PER VUPT |
| Literature | English literature, 1600-1800: a bibliography of modern studies. | Z 6011 E6 Ref. | Holdings: Vols. 1 - 6 Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950- Compiled for Philological quarterly by Ronald S. Crane ... [et al.]. Other title: Philological quarterly. Later title: Eighteenth century (1975-) |
| Literature | The Romantic Movement Bibliography, 1936-1970: a master cumulation from ELH, Philological Quarterly, and English Language Notes. | Z 6514 R6R65 Ref. | Edited and with a pref. by A.C. Elkins, Jr. and L.J. Forstner; with a foreword by David V. Erdman. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian Press, 1973. 7 vols. |
| Literature | The Eighteenth century. | Z 6519 E5E5 Ref. | Holdings: n.s. 1 (1975)- . Philadelphia: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 1975- Former title: English literature, 1660-1800 (1950 -1947) |
| Literature | MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles in the Modern Languages and Literatures. | Z 7006 M64 Ref. | Holdings: 1921 - 1990 Also available online as MLA Bibliography on CD-ROM at the E.J. Pratt Library and through the UTL Electronic Resources, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Languages Association) , electronic holdings: 1963 - present. |
| Humanities | L'Année philologique: Bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine. | Z 7016 M349 Ref. | Fondé par J. Marouzeau et continué par J. Ernst. Holdings:t. 1 (1924-1926)- 64(1993), 66 (1995) - Paris: Societe d'Edition "Belles Lettres", 1928- |
| Humanities | Dix années de bibliographie classique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité greco-latine pour la période 1914 - 1924. | Z 7016 M35 1969 Ref. | Paris: Belles Lettres, 1969- 2 vols. |
| Humanities | The Philosopher's Index: a retrospective index to U. S. publications from 1940. | Z 7127 P46 Ref. | Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1978. 3 vols. |
| Humanities | The Philosopher's Index: a retrospective index to non-U.S. publications from 1940. | Z 7127 P462 Ref. | Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1980. 3 vols. |
| Humanities | The Philosopher's Index. Cumulative edition. | Z 7127 P47 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. (1967-1968)-
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| Humanities | International bibliography of sociology/ Bibliographie internationale de sociologie. | Z 7163 I594 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 9 (1959) -vol. 34(1984) Paris: UNESCO, 1952- |
| Humanities | International Bibliography of Political Science / Bibliographie internationale de science politique. | Z 7163 I64 Ref. | Holdings: Vol. 8 (1959) - Vol. 36 (1987) Paris: UNESCO,1953- |
| Social Sciences | Social Sciences Index. | Z 7163 S6 Ref. | Holdings: Vol.1 (June 1974- ) - Also available online via UTL Electronic Resources as Social Sciences Abstracts, for the volumes, 1994 to present. |
updated: August 2002
compiled by: Alison Girling