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| INDEX NAME: Canadian Periodical Index |
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
- FINANCIAL POST Toronto ONT 1949-Current
- NATIVE PEOPLE Edmonton ALB 1976-Current
- QUILL and QUIRE Toronto ONT 1976-Current
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| LOCATION or PUBLISHER: |
CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
151 Sparks St
Ottawa ONT K1P 5E3
Telephone: (613) 232-9625
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| AVAILABILITY: A published index. Issued eleven times per year (monthly, with a joint July-Aug issue) and cumulated annually. Foreign (non-Canadian) subscribers pay $175 per year. Canadian subscribers are charged on the "service basis." |
| SCOPE OF INDEX: An author and subject index to 103 Canadian periodicals, fourteen of which are French. Entries are made under English subject headings regardless of the language, with cross references from French subject headings as required. CPI indexes materials in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology with specific subject emphasis in the following fields: agriculture; busineess; community planning; current events; economics; fine arts; general science; geography (non-specialized); history; industry; international relations; librarianship; literature; political science and social welfare. This comprehensive coverage includes book reviews, editorials, features, financial news, general news briefs, government affairs, and articles of any length. Periodicals indexed are of a general, popular nature. Highly technical or specialized material is not indexed. |
| FORMAT OF INDEX: A printed index of 75-100 pages monthly, with a 500 page annual cumulation. Page size is 6½x9½ inches. Composition by phototypesetting, with bold subject headings and subheadings and italics for special emphasis. Each index is a single alphabetical arrangement including both subject headings and personal names. Each entry includes the author and title of the article beeing indexed. "IL" indicates an illustration accompanied the article and "BIBLIOG" indicates that a bibliography accompanies the article. The citation includes periodical name (abbreviated), month, day, year, volume, page,...etc. as appropriate. |
| SIZE OF INDEX: From Oct 1976-Oct 1977 there were 10,163 items in the published indexes. However, this count includes main headings, subheadings, see and see also references, as well as entries. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
National Library of Canada, Directory of Abstracting & Indexing Services (and Service Product Samples), 1976, p 31-33 & 8. Produced in preparation for the Canadian Abstracting and Indexing Services workshop held at the National Library of Canada, March 7-8, 1977.
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LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES. 1979-1980 Edition. Copyright © 1979 by Norman Lathrop Enterprises. ISBN 0-910868-10-7. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior expressed permission of Norman Lathrop Enterprises, except as permitted by law.
Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the report at the time of publication.
However, it is imperative that the user contact the organization cited in a report for the current status of the index, especially if planning to visit the institution and do research using the index.
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