Basic Bibliographical Periodicals and Their
Indexing
In the table which follows, a selective list of periodicals containing
material of bibliographical interest is arranged according to the five
categories discussed above. For each periodical, indication is made (with
the last two digits of the years) of the period (if any) during which it is
covered in each of nine indexes. By reading across, therefore, one can get
an idea of the best index or indexes to use in connection with a given
periodical at a particular time; and by reading down the columns for the
indexes, one can see what sort of pool of bibliographical information is
available in any particular index. Although the SB lists make
such a table less necessary for the years following 1948, the data given here
are carried through to the present, since in certain areas—such as the
trade journals—one may wish to supplement those lists. This table,
it
must be emphasized, has a deceptively precise appearance—for the
figures in many cases must be regarded only as
approximate indications of periods of coverage. There are several reasons
for this situation: (1) the figures given here are based solely
on the lists of indexed periodicals as printed in the indexes, but these lists
are occasionally inaccurate; (2) some indexes, such as
IBZ
and
BHI, do not specify the dates covered in their lists of
periodicals, and, if the dates covered do not in fact coincide with the
announced dates of coverage for the index volume as a whole, the figures
as reported here will turn out to be inaccurate; (3) not all journals listed in
an index may be treated with equal thoroughness, for what constitutes
completeness of coverage may be susceptible of various definitions (book
reviews or brief notes, for example, may be omitted)—thus a
duplication
in coverage by two or more indexes may not mean that the coverage is
actually identical; (4) in the case of
Library Literature, only
those journals are noted which occur in its list of regularly indexed
periodicals, but relevant articles from other journals (which in the present
list appear not to be included in
Library
Literature) may in fact be recorded there. The abbreviations at the
heads of columns stand for the following periodical indexes:
-
Poole Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
(1887-1908), covering 1802-1906.
-
LL Library Literature [including H. G. T.
Cannons's Bibliography of Library Economy (1927)] (1921-
), covering 1876- .
-
C/T George Watson Cole, An Index to
Bibliographical Papers Published by the Bibliographical Society and the
Library Association (1933), covering 1877-1932; and Michael
Turner, "Bodleian Index to Certain Bibliographical Journals" (forthcoming),
covering 1933-65.
-
RG Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
[including Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide (1944)] (1901-
), covering 1890- .
-
AMSI Annual Magazine Subject Index (1908-52),
covering 1907-49.
-
SSHI Social Sciences and Humanities Index
[formerly International Index] (1916- ), covering 1907-
.
-
IBZ Internationale Bibliographie der
Zeitschriftenliteratur (1912- ), covering 1911- . [This index was
not published from 1944 through 1948; all references in the
IBZ
column should be assumed to exclude those years.]
-
BHI British Humanities Index [formerly
Subject Index to Periodicals] (1916- ), covering 1915-
.
[This index was not published in 1923, 1924, and 1925; all references in
the BHI column should be assumed to exclude those
years.]
-
IBBB Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und
Bibliothekswesens (1928-41), covering 1926-40.
|
1. Bibliographical Society Journals
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Library (1889- ) |
89-06 |
89- |
89-65 |
-- |
20-49 |
31-49 |
11- |
15-53 |
26-39 |
| Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Publications (1890-1935)
and Transactions (1936- ) |
-- |
-- |
30-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
63- |
-- |
| Transactions of the Bibliographical Society (1893-1919) |
-- |
93-19 |
93-19 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
16-19 |
-- |
| Bibliographica (1895-97) |
95-96 |
-- |
95-97 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographical Society of Chicago Yearbook (1899-1903) |
-- |
99-03 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographical Society of Lancashire Publications (1902) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (1904- ) |
-- |
04-14, 36- |
33-65 |
-- |
11-49 |
30-49, 65- |
-- |
16-46 |
27-40 |
| Bibliographical Register (1905-07) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Welsh Bibliographical Society Report (1906-10) and
Journal (1910- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
15-22 |
-- |
| Glasgow Bibliographical Society Records (1912-39) |
-- |
-- |
33-39 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
12-39 |
-- |
| Bibliographical Society of Ireland Publications (1918-58)
and Irish Book (1959- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers
(1922-46)
and Publications (1947- ) |
-- |
-- |
31-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26-45 |
27-38 |
| Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1926- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
63- |
-- |
26-40 |
| Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History
(1936- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Studies in Bibliography (1948- ) |
-- |
-- |
48-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
55- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographical Society of Canada Actualités (1949-52),
Newsletter (1952-62), and Papers (1962- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Cambridge Bibliographical Society Transactions (1949- ) |
-- |
-- |
49-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
64- |
59- |
-- |
| Bibliotheck (1956- ) |
-- |
-- |
56-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin
(1970- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
2. Book-Collecting Journals
|
| Philobiblion (1861-63) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliomane [later Bibliophile and
Book-Worm] (1861-70) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographer [later Book-Lore and
Bookworm] (1881-94) |
82-94 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Grolier Club Transactions (1884-1919) and Gazette
(1921- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Lovers' Almanac (1893-97) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| American Book-Lore (1898-99) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Literary Collector (1900-05) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book-Lover's Magazine (1900-09) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographer (1902-03) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliophile (1908-09) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
08-09 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Irish Book Lover (1909-57) |
-- |
15-16 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
15-22 |
-- |
| Bookman's Journal and Print Collector (1919-31) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
30 |
19-30 |
26-31 |
| American Collector (1925-28) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Collector's Quarterly (1930-35) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
30-34 |
| Colophon (1930-40) and New Colophon
(1948-50) |
-- |
48-50 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
34-39 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Collector's Packet (1932-46) |
-- |
36-39 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| American Book Collector (1932-35, 1950- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
32-35 |
| Dolphin (1933-41) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Club of California Quarterly News Letter (1933- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Hoja Volante (1934- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bibliographical Notes and Queries (1935-39) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Handbook (1947-52) |
-- |
-- |
47-52 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Book Collector (1952- ) |
-- |
67- |
52-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
55- |
52-53, 59- |
-- |
| Private Library (1957- ) |
-- |
67- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
3. Printing and Typographical Journals
|
| Inland Printer (1883- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
27-37 |
| American Printer (1885-1958) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
11-20 |
-- |
-- |
| British Printer (1888- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
11-20 |
47-61 |
-- |
| Penrose Annual (1895- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-61 |
26-38 |
| Monotype Recorder (1901- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Printing Art [later Printed Salesmanship
and
Printing Art Quarterly] (1903-41) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
07-39 |
-- |
11-20 |
-- |
-- |
| Imprint (1913) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Ars Typographica (1918-34) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26 |
| Fleuron (1923-30) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26-30 |
-- |
-- |
| Printing Review (1931-59) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
47-53, 56-61 |
-- |
| PM [later AD] (1934-42) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Signature (1935-40, 1946-54) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-53 |
-- |
| Typography (1936-39) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Print (1940- ) |
-- |
46-48 |
-- |
-- |
41-49 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Alphabet and Image (1946-48) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
47-48 |
-- |
| Printing and Graphic Arts (1953-65) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Book Design and Production (1958- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Typographica (1958-62) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-51 |
-- |
| Black Art (1962-65) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
62-65 |
-- |
| Journal of the Printing Historical Society (1965- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Journal of Typographic Research [later Visual
Language] (1967- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
68- |
-- |
-- |
|
4. Book-Trade and Paper-Trade Journals
|
| Publishers' Circular [later British Books] (1837-
) |
-- |
33- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
25-29, 49-65 |
-- |
26-40 |
| Bookseller (1858- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
11-15, 49-56 |
-- |
-- |
| American Bibliopolist (1869-77) |
69-76 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Publishers' Weekly (1872- ) |
-- |
21- |
-- |
29-53, 61- |
-- |
-- |
11- |
-- |
26-40 |
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Paper Trade Journal (1872- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49- |
-- |
-- |
| American Stationer (1873-1928) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| American Bookseller (1876-92) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Paper-Maker and British Paper Trade Journal (1891- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-66 |
14-16 |
-- |
| Direct Advertising (1912- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bookbinding Magazine [later Bookbinding and Book
Production and Book Production Industry] (1925- ) |
-- |
36-51 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Paper Maker (1932- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Antiquarian Bookman [later AB Bookman's Weekly]
(1948- ) |
-- |
55- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Scholarly Publishing (1969- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
5. Library Journals (a) General
|
| Library Journal (1876- ) |
76-06 |
76- |
-- |
20- |
18-19 |
-- |
11- |
15-46 |
26-40 |
| Library Chronicle (1884-88) |
-- |
-- |
84-88 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Bulletin of Bibliography (1897- ) |
-- |
10- |
-- |
-- |
97-49 |
30-39 |
-- |
18-38 |
26-40 |
| Library World (1898- ) |
-- |
98- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31-40 |
12-24, 30-43, 69- |
15-46 |
26-40 |
| Library Association Record (1899- ) |
-- |
99- |
99-29 |
-- |
20-49 |
31-40 |
30- |
15-46 |
26-40 |
| Medical Library Association Bulletin (1902- ) |
-- |
21- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
37-40 |
| American Library Association Bulletin [later
American
Libraries] (1907- ) |
-- |
07- |
-- |
61- |
18-49 |
-- |
63- |
-- |
26-40 |
| Law Library Journal (1908- ) |
-- |
21- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26-32 |
27-40 |
| Librarian and Book World (1910-61) |
-- |
21-61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-67 |
-- |
26-40 |
| Special Libraries (1910- ) |
-- |
10- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
30-43 |
15-46 |
27-40 |
| Wilson Library Bulletin (1914- ) |
-- |
21- |
-- |
27- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Horn Book Magazine (1924- ) |
-- |
33- |
-- |
39- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library Review (1927- ) |
-- |
27- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
30- |
35-46 |
27-40 |
| Catholic Library World (1929- ) |
-- |
33- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library Quarterly (1931- ) |
-- |
31- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31-49 |
33- |
44-46 |
31-40 |
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Music Library Association Notes (1934- ) |
-- |
43- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
48-65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| College and Research Libraries (1939- ) |
-- |
39- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
40 |
| Library Trends (1952- ) |
-- |
52- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
53- |
-- |
-- |
| Library Resources and Technical Services (1957- ) |
-- |
57- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Journal of Library History (1966- ) |
-- |
66- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library History (1967- ) |
-- |
67- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
69- |
69- |
-- |
| Journal of Librarianship (1969- ) |
-- |
69- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
(b) Individual Libraries
|
| American Antiquarian Society Proceedings (1812- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
17-55 |
-- |
15-45 |
-- |
| Boston Public Library Bulletin [including More
Books]
(1867-1948) and Quarterly (1949-60) |
-- |
21-42 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49-60 |
-- |
-- |
| New York Public Library Bulletin (1897- ) |
-- |
21- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
25- |
15-46 |
26-40 |
| John Rylands Library Bulletin (1903- ) |
-- |
49-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31-49 |
49- |
14- |
-- |
| Aberdeen University Library Bulletin (1911-31) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
12-31 |
-- |
| Bodleian Quarterly Record (1914-38) and Bodleian
Library Record (1938- ) |
-- |
14- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49- |
15-40 |
-- |
| British Museum Quarterly (1926- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
51- |
27-40, 51-53, 59- |
-- |
| Yale University Library Gazette (1926- ) |
-- |
26- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
53- |
-- |
-- |
| Syracuse University Library Chronicle (1929- ) and
Courier (1958- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Huntington Library Bulletin (1931-37) and Quarterly
(1937- ) |
-- |
31-42 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
55- |
-- |
-- |
| Headlight on Books at Penn State (1932- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| University of Pennsylvania Library Chronicle (1933- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library Notes [Duke University] (1936- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Poole
|
LL
|
C/T
|
RG
|
AMSI
|
SSHI
|
IBZ
|
BHI
|
IBBB
|
| Rutgers University Library Journal (1937- ) |
-- |
37-42 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Books at Brown (1938- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| National Library of Wales Journal (1939- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
43-61, 69- |
-- |
| Princeton University Library Chronicle (1939- ) |
-- |
39- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Colby Library Quarterly (1943- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library of Congress Quarterly Journal (1943- ) |
-- |
49-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
64- |
-- |
-- |
| Newberry Library Bulletin (1944- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| University of Texas Library Chronicle (1944- ) |
-- |
45-51 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| University of Rochester Library Bulletin (1945- ) |
-- |
45-69 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Indiana Quarterly for Bookmen (1945-49) and Indiana
University Bookman (1956- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Friends of the Library of Trinity College Dublin Bulletin (1946-58)
and Long Room (1970- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Harvard Library Bulletin (1947- ) |
-- |
47-69 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
49- |
-- |
-- |
| Durham Philobiblon (1949- ) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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| Columbia Library Columns (1951- ) |
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| Books and Libraries at the University of Kansas (1952- ) |
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| Books at Iowa (1964- ) |
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| Huntia (1964- ) |
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| Serif (1964- ) |
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