Are you writing a research paper and you need to find some articles in periodical literature (journals/magazines/newspapers) about a particular topic. How do you find them? The Library Catalog can't help you figure out which periodicals to look in. All it can tell you is which periodicals we subscribe to and what floor they're on. It has no idea what articles are inside the journals. You need to use a PERIODICAL INDEX instead.
An index can be in book or database format (or both). You look up a topic in it and it gives you a list of CITATIONS about your topic. A citation is just a couple of lines of information listing the author, title, and any other information you need to find a book, article, or any other kind of information source. Citations can be written in different formats but in general, citations for journal articles are usually in this order: Source : http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/Krause/Indexes2.htm
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