Thus, a person named James Charles Smith may appear as Smith James C, Smith J. Charles, Smith JC or Smith J. Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name, a space and first initial. Only single word terms may be entered. Journal names are indexed as phrases. To view journal titles in the index, enter as many of the words or letters in a journal name as are needed to distinguish it from other journals. Often a journal title combined with a beginning page number is enough to retrieve an accurate citation.
Personal names appear in the index last name first.
For deceased individuals, years of birth and death are given, and, in instances where one individual might be confused with another, the person's occupation appears as well. Examples include feature articles, speeches, interviews, business reporting, instructional material and various kinds of reviews. Note that review types must be truncated or specified in full. Starting in 1992, Periodical Abstracts began providing the original full text for many of the articles it indexes. If the hard copy of the text contains graphs or tables that can't be displayed, the omissions are noted.