Abstracts of periodical literature are provided and arranged by number of canon. This index provides access to more than 160 Roman Catholic periodicals as well as essays, book reviews, and monographs. Indexing thousands of periodicals in the field of Biblical studies, Elenchus is arranged by general subject with a separate alphabetical index and index of words in ancient languages. Continued by Elenchus of Biblica . Continues Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus .
Indexing is provided by author, subject, and title.
With access points available for both author and subject, this index includes citations to articles and reviews from selected English language journals. Author and subject indexes are available for about 150 periodicals, with special emphasis on English-language scholarly articles. It also includes some book reviews listed under book author's name. Also covered are archaeology, systematics, philology, etc., insofar as these relate to Biblical studies. Recent volumes may include reviews of Bible-related software as well.