Over 300 periodicals, predominantly scholarly, from 24 Eastern and Southern African countries are indexed. More recently a West Africa supplement has been added. This site offers a searchable database of the Index . A print version of the Quarterly Index is also available, on application to LOC, Nairobi. Topics range from highly specialized and scientific to general popular articles and are specifically selected for their research and use value.
Subscribers pay an annual subscription.
Non-subscribers may search, but cannot see full bibliographic details. Full text may be ordered from the National Library of South Africa Document Delivery Services. Of these some 25 are published in Africa, with a concentration on South Africa. The service is free. Both services are updated quarterly.