These publications include newspapers, general interest magazines, scholarly and professional journals. In your research projects, your professor may assign you to find articles from a mix of popular and scholarly sources or publications. The Pollak Library currently subscribes to over 2,500 journals to support your research needs. An index is a list of subjects or names of persons with references to the exact publication where they occur. Elements of an index include author, title, and subject.
Indexes provide access to articles, books, and other documents by author, title, or subject.
Currently indexes exist in both print and electronic formats. Electronic indexes are searchable and include more entry fields for access and searching. You can find indexes in all academic disciplines in the Electronic Resources area and Reference area in the Pollak Library. An abstrac t is a summary of an article or a book. It covers major points, summarizes major arguments, informs the subject of research and research methodology, and poses questions for further research.