Some examples of periodicals or magazines are Time and Maclean's . Other examples such as Studies in English Literature and Shakespeare Quarterly are scholarly journals . Using an electronic source is one method of finding periodical articles. A periodical database will help you find the information you require. It is a guide which lists articles published in various periodicals.
Many periodical databases provide the abstract and full text of articles.
However, the methods of searching for periodical articles by author, title, subject, and keyword is basically the same. Locating information on recent authors, such as Joy Kogawa, may be more difficult because the author has not been around long enough to have generated as much critical comment as famous authors such as Shakespeare or Shelley. In this case, the author Mary Shelley is researched as a subject and the database consequently found six items about her next to line number 1. Lines 2 through 7 provide items relating to specific themes about Mary Shelley and her works. Type a number for more information, or PgDn or PgUp for other selections.