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The Union Index to Theosophical Peridiodicals is a database established and maintained by the [[Campbell Theosophical Research Library]] of Sydney, Australia, which is | The Union Index to Theosophical Peridiodicals is a database established and maintained by the [[Campbell Theosophical Research Library]] of Sydney, Australia, which is affiliates with the [[Theosophical Society in Australia]]. The website is at [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/pindex.htm http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/pindex.htm]. | ||
Indices are arranged by | Indices are arranged by: | ||
* place (country) of publication | * place (country) of publication | ||
* chronologically by date of first issue | * chronologically by date of first issue | ||
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** Series, including Pamphlets, regular and irregular | ** Series, including Pamphlets, regular and irregular | ||
** Theosophy-Science | ** Theosophy-Science | ||
In most of the indices, there is an entry for each article in the periodical, in this order (where '''n''' represents a number): | |||
* Journal, abbreviated as 4-7 characters, such as '''ThQly''' for ''Theosophical Quarterly'' | |||
* Year, in the format '''ynnnn''', such as '''y1927''' | |||
* Volume, in the format '''vnn''', such as '''v17''' | |||
* Issue, in the format '''inn''', such as '''i5''' | |||
* Month (or quarter) spelled out, such as '''May''' | |||
* Page, in the format '''pnnn''', such as '''p138''' | |||
* Title, following a single dash | |||
* Author, following two dashes | |||
The | The recently redesigned website facilitates searching by keyword, title, or author. A shortcut to the keyword search feature is [http://www.austheos.org.au/csearch/ui-search.htm http://www.austheos.org.au/csearch/ui-search.htm]. As of June 1, 2012, the index included 214,401 entries relating to 151 periodicals. | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 4 June 2012
The Union Index to Theosophical Peridiodicals is a database established and maintained by the Campbell Theosophical Research Library of Sydney, Australia, which is affiliates with the Theosophical Society in Australia. The website is at http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/pindex.htm.
Indices are arranged by:
- place (country) of publication
- chronologically by date of first issue
- alphabetically by first editor or founder
- as subsets:
- Alice Bailey, etc.
- Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner
- Esoteric School
- Judge, Point Loma, Pasadena, U.L.T., etc.
- Outline and Special Indices (not Plain, i.e. not included in Search and List Kit)
- Series, including Pamphlets, regular and irregular
- Theosophy-Science
In most of the indices, there is an entry for each article in the periodical, in this order (where n represents a number):
- Journal, abbreviated as 4-7 characters, such as ThQly for Theosophical Quarterly
- Year, in the format ynnnn, such as y1927
- Volume, in the format vnn, such as v17
- Issue, in the format inn, such as i5
- Month (or quarter) spelled out, such as May
- Page, in the format pnnn, such as p138
- Title, following a single dash
- Author, following two dashes
The recently redesigned website facilitates searching by keyword, title, or author. A shortcut to the keyword search feature is http://www.austheos.org.au/csearch/ui-search.htm. As of June 1, 2012, the index included 214,401 entries relating to 151 periodicals.