Article indexes (also called periodical indexes) include the citations of articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Some article indexes contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles. A few contain the full text or entire content of whole articles as they originally appeared in the periodical.

Online article indexes, purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, are accessible from the library website. The Libraries also own print indexes, good for researching older materials. For example, the Readers's Guide to Periodical Literature print index goes back to 1900!

• when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals, or newspapers

Examples of Article Indexes

• Academic Search Premier (a general article index)
• Biography Index (an index to articles about people)
• Business Source Premier (a business article index)