Keeping track 6. Appropriate use 7. The different types of journal indexes Where to find journal indexes How to find and retrieve journal articles, citations, and abstracts. It is difficult to exaggerate the value of journal indexes as research tools. Even a paper index will allow you to complete in a few hours research tasks that would ordinarily take days or weeks.
Electronic indexes are even more powerful.
Such indexes allow you to review an entire body of knowledge, finding dozens of useful references in a few seconds. Moreover, many indexes include not only journal articles, but books, chapters from edited works, conference proceedings and many other types of publications. Different types of indexes Journal indexes come in a range of forms. The UNE Libraries subscribe to literally hundreds of different paper indexes. Many are large hardcover volumes, others are thinner and in softcover.