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~ USING OLD STYLE PRINT INDEXES ~

How to useThe New York Times Index

& the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES INDEXA BOOK OF RECORD

Located on the East Wall of theCurrent Periodicals RoomCall No: AI21 .N44 (Map)

• Contains citations for news items; feature articles; editorials; editorial cartoons; obituaries; commentaries; sports articles; business and financial news; and reviews of books, art exhibitions, dance, movies, music, restaurants, theater, and television programs.

• Abstracts "significant news, editorial matter and special features."

• Covers the weekday and weekend papers as well as the City, New Jersey, Long Island, Westchester, and Connecticut regional sections.

• Classed in one list by subject, geography, organization, or personal name. Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically under each heading. Contains headings, subheadings, and secondary subheadings.

• "Entries of unusual interest are set in boldface type."

The New York Times Index

•The index is published semi-monthly, with quarterly cumulating and an annual cumulating.

•Hint! Articles pertaining to relations between two or more countries will always be "put under the name of the smaller country (or the one least often in the news)."

•The years this index covers are 1851-present.

The New York Times Index

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Subject Article Summary Month Day Section Page Column

How to read this citation.

(This story was published in the New York Times on January 30th, section 10, page 9, column 3. The year will be the year on the spine of the index volume you choose).

Most recent issues are located in our Newspaper Alcove on the main floor. They are shelved by title along side the other newspapers.

Older issues (back to the year 1851) are available on Microfilm. The microfilm issues are located in the Microform Room also shelved by title. Please seek assistance at the Periodicals Desk if you need help with the microform reader machines.

You can also access the NY Times online via the TCU Library at:

New York Times 1985-Current

New York Times Historical 1851-2007

Finally…Getting a copy of theFinally…Getting a copy of theNew York Times you need:New York Times you need:In the TCU Library’s Collection we have the following years of The New York Times available –

The ArticleThe Article

READERS’ GUIDE TOPERIODICAL LITERATURE

(PRINT EDITION)

• This is an index you can use for literature found in English-language, general-interest periodicals. It covers nonfiction, fiction, poems, short stories, and reviews of ballet, books, compact discs, dance, motion pictures, musicals, operas and operettas, phonograph records, products, radio programs, tape recordings, television programs, theater, videodiscs and videotapes.

• You can search by subject or author in a combined list.

• Book reviews are listed separately at the back of each volume. Reviews are arranged alphabetically by author.

• This index includes a list of periodicals indexed in each volume.

• Published annually.

• Coverage Years are 1890 – Current. Located in the Information Commons (IC) RoomCall No: AI3 .R48 (Map)

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

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Readers’ Guide to

Periodical Literature.

READERS’ GUIDE TO READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL PERIODICAL LITERATURELITERATURE

Author/Subject Article Title Volume Pages Month Year

Journal Name

Readers’ Guide to Periodical LiteratureReaders’ Guide to Periodical Literature

(This story, “In the Cause of Architecture”, was published in the December 1928 issue of The Architectural Record, volume 64 on pages 507-514.)

Finding the articleFinding the article

When you have a citation for an article that fits your research you will need to locate the journal in the TCU library collection by using the online catalog at http://Library.tcu.edu

The Article

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