A Periodical Database

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

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

Online periodical databases, purchased by the BCC Library are accessible from the Library's Home Page. The Library also owns print indexes, good for researching older materials. For example, the New York Times print index goes back to 1851!

Use a Periodical Database

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

Examples of Periodical Databases

bullet Academic OneFile (a general article index)
bullet Biography Reference Bank (a biography database)
bulletABI/Inform (a business article index)

 
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