Each volume has its own index. Katz, Bill, and Linda Sternberg Katz. Magazines for Libraries . Each entry gives name of periodical, beginning publication date, publisher, editor, address, price and such information as indexing, size and level of audience. Short abstracts describe the scope, political slant and other aspects of the publication.
Arrangement is topical which brings together magazines and journals on like subjects.
To find an individual title, use the title index at the end of the volume. Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines. Harvard UP, 1957. The sole existing comprehensive work for the first two centuries of the American experience.