Evening star., 1924-10-26

dustrial division of the central IL
brary Many of them are also avail
able at the branches. Copies Of the
list may be secured upon application
after November /.
Indexes.
Readers guide to periodical litera.
ture Reference room. The most
used periodical index, covering the
years 1900 to date. Indexes articles
in Ill we'll known magazines. a
list of which is given in the front
Author, title, and full subject en-.
tries.
Poole's index to periodical literature
Reference room The pioneer in
dex. which covers the period 1902
1906, originally edited by William
Frederick Poole. Arranged by sub
ject only. @
International index TO periodicals
Reference room. An author and
subject index to magazines devoted
chiefly to the humanities and
science. including "a foreign
periodicals. Formerly called the
Readers Guide Supplement. Covers
period 1907 to date.
Industrial arts index. Industrial divi-
sion. Subject index to selected
list of engineering. trade and busi-
ness periodicals, books and PAM
phlets, with a list of important
technical societies. Covers period
1913 to date.
Agricultural index. Industrial divi-
sion. Subject index to selected
list OF agricultural periodicals
books, and bulletins. Covers period
1919 to date.
I',,fr ryip ~, Jy,1 tvt. 1;x,;
sion \ complete index to the lit
erature OF the engineering field
including more than 1900 EN-
neerinE publications.. This index
has appeared annually since 1906
continuing the Engineering Index
1SS4l90o. Arranged alphabetically
by subject. and kept up to date by
monthly indexes in the magazine
Mechanical Engineering. The in
deX is now issued by the Ameri-
can Society of Mechanical En-
EineerS.
Magazine subject index Reference
room. Subject entries only to ar
ticles in general periodicals not
included III other indexes. Titles
especially relate to history, travel
and fine arts. Covers period 1907
to date.
Dramatic index. Reference room. An
annual subject index to articles
aDont the drama. the theater, ac-
tors and actresses. synopses and
texts of plays. Period covered
from 1909 to date.
Public Affairs Information Service
Reference room and industrial di-
vision. 4 valuable subject index
to material in books, periodicals
government publications and pa M
phlets in the fields Of sociology
political science and economies
\ wide Interpretation is given to
the term public affairs" Covers
period 1915 to date
United States Catalog. Reference
room. Books in print January l.
1912. and supplements to date. En-
tries giving publisher, date and
price of books arranged alpha
betically by author, title and sub
ject. make it possible to identify
books about which one does TO;
have full information.
Publishers Trade list annual Ref
erence room. Publishers cata:ogs
arranged alphabetically in on.
volume under name Of the pIb-
Usher.
paper Annual Reference room
newspapers and periodicals, Civ
ing address and price. Arranged
geographically, with alpha beti-
cal and classified lists at the back
New York Times index Reference
room. A quarterly index with en-
tries under subjects and many
cross references to name and re-
lated topics. Useful for reference
to any newspaper file, since it gives
exact date of events. Brief synup-
ses of articles answer many ques-
tions without reference to IL news
paper. Library has volumes for
1924.
Granger, Edith. Index 10 poetry anG
recitations. 1915. Reference room
and information desk. Indexes
40 volumes of standard and popu-
lar collections of poetry. recita :
tionS. orations, etc. Author. first
line and title entries. with key to
the books containing the recita-
ton, under the title entry.
Index to one-dct plays, compiled by
Hannah Logasa and Winifred Yer
Nooy. 1e... Reference room and
information desk. \ comprehen-
sive index, containing over 1000
titles Of one-act plays, written in
English or translated into Eng
lish. Title, author and subject in
dexes. The title index gives full
information and key showing
where play may be found.
2,400 business books, and guide to
business literature, compiled by l..
II. Morley and a. C. kight 1920.
Industrial division. A subject in
deX to material in business books
valuable because many business
books treat of more than one sub-
ject. Many of the subject headings
in this volume are the only clue
to the fragmentary and widely
scattered discussion of these book
less subjects. New edition in prep
aration.
Mailing list directory and classified
index to trade directories, compiled
by L. II. Morley and A. c. kight.
1924. Industrial division. Classi-
fled index to directories covering
1900 different trades, professions
or businesses. Valuable for use
by business houses, particularly
for the purchasing agent or buyer
the sales department, and the sales
> promotion and advertising depart
ments.
Index to short stories, compiled by l.
T. Firkins, End ed. 1924. Informa-
tion desk An index to short
stories by American and English
authors, arranged alphabetically
by author and title. Full fnforma- a.