Entries can range from a short paragraph to articles of several pages with bibliographies at the end. They can be used to look up a particular event or to get information on the highlights of a given period. Because they are usually edited by scholars, they tend to be selective in nature. They often provide good coverage of older works, making them a good complement to computer searches. Both enable you to find journal articles and sometimes books on your subject.
Abstracts have the added advantage of providing brief summaries of the items they index.
Includes a miscellany of material on a variety of topics submitted for the record. Serial Set nos. As a result of this resolution and of similar orders of the House and Senate, redefined over the course of the years, the Serial Set consists of a shifting composite of documents from Congress, the executive branch, and certain nongovernmental organizations. CIS U.S. Serial Set Index . REF Use the Index to locate material on a particular topic in the many volumes of the Serial Set .