Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals
The Union Index of Theosophical Peridiodicals is a database established in 1993 by Gladney Oakley, and maintained by the Campbell Theosophical Research Library of Sydney, Australia, which is affiliated with the Theosophical Society in Australia. It is a major source of information about 151 periodicals and other serial publications, and is continually growing.
The website is at Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals.
The main page of the website offers the options to Browse Publications or Browse Entries.
Browse Publications
The Browse Publications option provides a multi-page listing of periodicals and other publications, alphabetically by title.
Each line describes a publication with Title, Author(s), Date [range of years published], Country, and Entries [number of index entries]. Clicking on one of the lines provides a summary about the publication with more information about the city and language.
At the bottom of this screen is the option to Show entries for this publication. Selecting this option will display the name of the publication at the top, followed by a listing an entry for each article in the periodical:
- Title of article
- Author(s)
- Year
- Volume
- Issue [number]
- Month [if relevant]
- Page [number for the beginning of the article]
Browse Entries
Browse Entries gives the option to search within the data of the entry, controlled by a pull-down menu at top right. Searchable fields include: Title, Author, year, Volume, Issue, Month, Page, and All.
How to find full text of articles
After titles of desired article are identified, visit a Theosophical library or use digital facilities like the IAPSOP database to get full-text PDFs of the desired pages. Many of the periodicals and other publications in the Union Index have [own articles in Theosophy Wiki], where the editors have tried to provide links to digital versions. Here is a list of wiki articles about periodicals.