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TCU
LIBRARY RESEARCH
~ USING OLD STYLE PRINT INDEXES ~
How to use
T h e N e w Yo r k T i m e s I n d e x
& the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES INDEX
A BOOK OF RECORD
Located on the East Wall of the
Current Periodicals Room
Call No: AI21 .N44 (Map)
The New York Times Index
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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.
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Abstracts "significant news, editorial matter and special features."
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Covers the weekday and weekend papers as well as the City, New Jersey, Long Island,
Westchester, and Connecticut regional sections.
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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.
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"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.
- SAMPLE
CITATION –
THE NEW YORK TIMES
INDEX
T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S
INDEX
Subject Article Summary
How to read this citation.
Month Day Section Page Column
(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).
Finally…Getting a copy of the
New York Times you need:
In the TCU Library’s Collection we have the following years of
The New York Times available –
 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
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R E A D E R S ’ G U I D E TO
PERIODICAL LITERATURE
(PRINT EDITION)
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
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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.
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You can search by subject or author in a combined list.
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Book reviews are listed separately at the back of each volume. Reviews are arranged alphabetically
by author.
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This index includes a list of periodicals indexed in each volume.
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Published annually.
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Coverage Years are 1890 – Current. Located in the Information Commons (IC) Room
Call No: AI3 .R48 (Map)
Here is the spine of a
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
READERS’ GUIDE
TO P E R I O D I C A L
LITERATURE
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
Author/Subject Article Title Volume
Pages
Month
Year
Journal Name
(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 article
W hen you have a citation for an ar ticle that fits
your research you will need to locate the jour nal
in the TCU librar y collection by using the online
c a t a l o g a t h t t p : / / L i b r a r y. t c u . e d u
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