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Print-based Abstracts and Indexes
	Articles in periodicals can be good sources of current information which may not yet be available in books or reference sources. Periodicals include newspapers and popular magazines, scholarly journals, and trade publications.
Print-based abstracts and indexes are one way to find periodical articles on your topic. They do not contain the articles themselves, but they give you all the information you need to find the articles. Indexes provide citations (author, title, magazine or journal title, volume, date and pages). Abstracts are short summaries of the articles. The term indexes generally refers to print-based tools; computerized indexes are called electronic databases and are covered in the next chapter.
Abstract from: Engineering Index	Citation from: Applied Science and Technology Index

Note: Print indexes are arranged alphabetically by the title of the index and are located in the Reference area of the library.

Printed versions of abstracts and indexes are located in the Reference area

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