Entries are organized under broad subject headings, e.g. Elderly, General Practice. The fourth issue of each year has a more detailed subject index and an author index. This index covers some 4,700 journals in the social sciences. Its three principal uses are subject searching, author searching and, uniquely to this publication, tracing citations to known books and articles. This indexes some 400 English-language journals in the general area of the social sciences.
Arrangement is alphabetical under subject headings.
This index, while useful for general searching, does not have the in-depth coverage of a specialist index. This monthly abstracting service is produced by the Department of Health and Social Security Library Services. The abstracts are arranged in broad sections, e.g. Services for the Elderly and People with Disabilities, which are further divided into more precise categories, e.g. Mentally Disordered People, Visually Impaired People. Each issue has an author index and a subject index. The entries include a generous abstract of the original article.