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The Union Index of 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].


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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 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 20:40, 27 August 2012

Union Index.jpg

The Union Index of 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.