Art History Bibliography and Library Methods

Non-Art Periodical and Literature Indexes

Art 600

The primary guide to reference sources of all types covering all topics and times is Balay's Guide To Reference Books. With this source you will be able to find directories, indexes, bibliographies, guidebooks, etc., for general reference, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history and area studies, science, technology, and medicine. Entries are annotated. All the sources on this web page can be found in Balay.

Guide To Reference Books. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Z1035.1.G89 1996 Green Reference; Art Librarians' Office.

GENERAL LITERATURE

NINETEENTH CENTURY:

1. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.1802-1902. Cumulative Author Index. (1971).

AI3.P7 1891 Green Reference

Most extensive coverage of general interest periodicals of the 19th century, both British and American; no author entries, articles listed by subject unless fiction or related material.

2. Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. (1966-1989).5v.

Z2005.H6 Green Reference.

Indexing 43 19th-century periodicals, vol.1-4 include tables of contents and author information for a selected number of journals. Vol. 5 is a cumulative author index for the previous volumes. No subject index.

3. Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899. (1944). 2v.

AI3.R496 Green Reference.

Author, subject and illustrator index to 51 periodicals; planned as part of larger set but never completed.Some journal titles indexed to 1922.

TWENTIETH CENTURY:

4. Reader's Guide To Periodical Literature.1900-current.

AI3.R4 Green Reference.

Provides author and subject access. Journal coverage varies over the years.

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GENERAL HUMANITIES

6. Social Sciences and Humanities Index.1907-1974.

AI3.S6 Green Reference.

Humanities Index. 1974/75-current.

AI3.H8 Green Reference.

Social Sciences Index. 1974/75-current.

AI3.S62 Green Reference.

The earlier (1907-1974) SSHI combined index included about 200 journals. When it was split the coverage was expanded for both HI and SSI to about 300 titles each. Author and subject access; book review section; only English language journals indexed since the 1940s.

7. American Humanities Index. 1975-current.

AI3.A28 Green Reference.

Author and subject index, currently covering 500 titles, primarily scholarly and "little" magazines not covered in other indexes.

8. British Humanities Index. 1962-current.

AI3.B7 Green Reference.

Partially continues the Subject Index to Periodicals (1915-1961), a British version of the Reader's Guide; since the 1940s it has covered solely British periodicals; includes coverage of many local history publications and selected newspapers.

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DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC INDEXES

9. Modern Language Association of America. MLA International Bibliography of books and articles on the modern languages and literatures. 1921-current.

Z7OO6.M64 Green Reference.

Also available from 1963 online via the Databases link on the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

The major bibliography for literature; includes coverage (since the 60s) of English language as well as foreign literatures, linguistics and folklore; annual volumes include author and subject indexes.

10. Historical Abstracts, 1775-1945. (1955-1970).

D299.H5 Green Reference.

Includes abstracts of world history in all major languages; author, biographical, geographical and subject indexes; after 1962, domestic United States and Canada topics covered in America: History and Life. After 1970, all U.S. and Canadian in A:H&L, and HA is broken into two volumes, based on time period. See following.

Historical Abstracts Part A: Modern HistoryAbstracts, 1450-1914. 1971-81.

D299.H52 Green Reference.

HistoricalAbstracts Part B: Twentieth CenturyAbstracts,1914-. 1971-81.

D299.H5 Green Reference.

Available from 1954 online via the Databases link on the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

Selectively indexes 2,200 journals and other materials. The electronic version allows searching by subject, time period, author, journal title, etc.

11. America: History and Life. 1964-1973.

Z1236.A48 Green Reference.

America: History and Life Part A: Article Abstracts and Citations.1974-81.

Z1236.A49 Green Reference.

America: History and Life Part B: Index to Book Reviews. 1974-81.

Z1236.A494 Green Reference.

America: History and Life Part C: American History Bibliography. 1974-81.

Z1236.A493 Green Reference.

America: History and Life Part D: Annual Index. 1974-current.

Z1236.A494 Green Reference.

Available from 1964 online via the Databases link on the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

Abstracts articles on U.S. and Canadian history and culture from 2,200 journals as well as Festschriften and annuals; split into 4 vols. in 1974; Part C covers monographic material.

12. Philosopher's Index. 1940-current.

Z7127.P4 Green Reference.

Available from 1940 online via the Databases link off the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 300 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. Major source of information in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics.

13. Sociological Abstracts. 1952-73.

HM1.S67 Green Reference.

Also available from 1963 online via the Databases link on the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

Subject and author access for the scholarly literature on sociology.

14. Religion Index One. 1949-current.

Z7753.A5 Green Reference.

Previously titled Index to Religious Periodical Literature, 1949-1977. Protestant in viewpoint, but also indexes Catholic and Jewish titles. Subject and author access.

15. Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works. 1976-current.

Z7753.R36 Green Reference.

Covers Western-language collections of essays, etc., with a theological or religious focus. Subject and author access.

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DISSERTATIONS

16. Dissertation Abstracts International.1861-current. Z5055.U5A53 Green Reference.

Available online via the Databases link on the Stanford University Libraries homepage.

Includes abstracts of all dissertations submitted to University Microfilms, including those of many American universities and a few foreign ones; keyword indexes; volumes since vol. 27, appears in two parts, A (humanities and social sciences) and B(sciences and engineering).

BOOK REVIEWS

17. Book Review Digest. 1905-current.

Z1035.A1B58 Green Reference.

Index and summary of reviews in general interest English language periodicals; arranged by author of reviewed book. Now also available in a web version from OCLC via the Stanford Libraries website.

18. Book Review Index. 1965-current.

Z1035.A1B6 Green Reference.

Index to over 200 primarily general interest periodicals

19. Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals 1886-1974. (1979)
15 v.

Z1035.A1C64 Green Reference.

20. Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974. (1982-84) 15 v.

Z1035.A1C638 1982 Green Reference.

Cumulated source for reviews in 150 scholarly periodicals

21. Index to book reviews in the humanities.1960-90.

Z1035.A1I63 Green Reference.

Annual index to over 700 humanities journals

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NEWSPAPER INDEXES

22. New York Times Index. 1913-current.

AI21.N44 Green Reference.

Now issued semi-monthly with annual cumulations; must be searched using broad subject categories; separate sections for book reviews, obituaries ["Deaths"]; also includes"Prior Series" covering 1851-1912.

23. San Francisco Chronicle Index. 1976-current.

AI21.S4N4 Green Reference.

24. Los Angeles Times Index. 1972-current.

AI21.L65N49 Green Reference.

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VERIFYING TITLES & FINDING HOLDINGS
OUTSIDE STANFORD

25. Union List of Serials in libraries of the United States and Canada. (3rd ed., 1965) 5v.

Z6945.V45 1965 Green reference.

Listings of periodicals held in a number of major American libraries up to 1949; indicates libraries holding whole or partial runs of the journal; not a complete list; does not include newspapers, government publications or Asian language titles.

26. New Serial Titles. (1953-current).

Z6945.U5N44 Green Reference.

Continues the Union List of Serials; covers titles begun in 1950 and later; divided into a number of cumulations (1950-70, 1971-75, 1976-80; 1981-85; 1986-89; annual cumulations after 1990.

27. California Academic Libraries List ofSerials.

Lists periodicals held by Stanford, all UC campuses, all California State University campuses, USC, the Getty Center, the California State Library, and the Center for Research Libraries.

28. Prause, Marianne. Verzeichnis der Zeitschriftenbest_ndein den Kunstwissenschaftlichen Spezialbibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und West-Berlins. (1973).

Z5937.P7 Art Reference.

A union list of over 12,000 art periodicals in German libraries, the Biblioteca Hertziana in Rome And the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence; excellent source for verifying more obscure European journal titles.

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