The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-11

az his chief assictant William I. Fletcher
now OF the Amherst college library. With
them were associated about 20 of the lead
ing librarians of the country.
The task was n gigantic one and nearly
six years were consumed before the book
appeared. But at last. at the end of 1>2.
IL was ready. and justified the hopes OF
its friends. In two large volumes were in
dcxed over 6.0m volumes OF magazines.
Including most OF the monthly and quar-
terry magazines OF "A literary nature, pub
lished in the English language. a supple
ment appeared in 1SSS. another In 1888 and
"A third in 1897 These supplementary vol
umes included not only the magazines
previously indexed. so far as they contin-
ued IN existence. but embraced many new
periodicals. When a periodical was added
to the list IL was. in general. fndexcd back
to the beginning OF its publication. instead
OF being confined to tie years covered by
the supplement.
Altogether iG7 magazines. comprising
about lO.c0 volumes. have been indexed I'm
the various issues of Poole's Index. In
four alphabetical lists may be found al
most everything OF importance which has
appeared in any literary magazine pub
lished in the English language since the
year 1900. The arrangement is by subjects.
whether these correspond with the titles
or not, but little attention Is given TO the
authors. But one or two scientific and
technical magazines have been included
and the work OF indexing them has been
left to other hands.
The five volumes OF "Poole's Index are
contained in the reference department of
the Butte Free Public Library. AS fast as
Its funds permit the library ls comciet-
ing the sets of magazines which are in
dexed. Our collection now comprises near
ly Loo volumes, or something less than
q tenth of the fun number indexed. Small
as this proportion is. IL adds greatly to
the resources Of the library and is OF
great assistance TO those who wish TO
post Themselves on the optics Of the day..
The four series of "Poole's Index are
supplemented for contemporary articles
by two different publications. The first of
these. 'The Annual Literary Index" IL
also complied by the American Library
association. This book appears in Febru-
airy or March of each year, and includes:
Tristan alphabetical subject list of
important articles which have appeared in
about i4o magazines during the previous
year.
second-An alphabetical subject list of
important articles which have been con-
tanned I'm about 80 books of essays or
miscellaneous contents, issued during the
previous year. This section Is "A supple
menf TO the Index to General Litera-
ture." also compiled by the American Lii
brary association.
Third-An alphabetical list of the au-
thors of the articles mentioned In the pre-
ceding sections.
Fourth-A list OF photographers which
nave appeared during the year. This list
includes not only books devoted TO bibli-
ography. hut photographers that are of
value. even though covering but a few
pages. The arrangement is alphabetical
by the subject of photographers.
Fffth-A list OF writers who have died
during the year. This list mentions the
data NJ hipfb mud A..th and N hrIaf .bnF-
acterization of each person mentioned.
Sixth-An index TO dates of principal
events of the year. This Is very important
for those who wish to consult newspaper
and other periodicals for con-
corning the events mentioned.
The second publication which supple
ments ''Poole's Index Is the "Cumula-
tive Index TO a Selected List of Periodi-
calls" This publication Is the work of the
Cleveland public library. II contains in
one list arrange alphabetically the au-
thors. subjects. titles, reviews and por-
traits which are contained I'm 100 different
periodicals for the year which each vol
ume covers. Many. but not all. 81 the pc
riodicals indeNed i'm this work are also in
deNed I'm the Annual Literary Index"
And among those which are indeNed only
I'm the cumulative Index are some of
prime Importance. The special attention
| given to reviews and portraits i'm this in
dex gives IL great value To our literary
clubs. The name Cumulative Index" is
given on account of a popularity In the
method of issue. The index Is published
every two months. The number issued In
February indexes the January and Feb
ruary magazines. The April number con-
tains I'm one alphabetical list the articles
in the magazines from January to April
The June number contains the same infor-
nation from January to June; the August
number indexes magazines for July and
August: the October. from July to Oc-
tober. The whole year is indexed in a
single bound volume which appears In
the February following the close of the
year.
Between a third and a half of the pc
riodicals indexed i'm these two publica-
tons are constantly on file in our library,
and both indexes are Indispensable.
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