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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 affiliated with the [[Theosophical Society in Australia]]. It is a major source of information about 151 periodicals, and is continually growing. | |||
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'''The website is at [http://116.0.17.135/indices/pindex.htm#alphabetical|Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals].''' | |||
[[Category:TS Adyar]] | == Lists of periodicals == | ||
On the Contents page, the website lists periodicals in several ways: | |||
* name of publication ("Full List") | |||
* 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 | |||
== Arrangement of index entries == | |||
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 | |||
== Searching == | |||
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]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 11 April 2023
The Union Index of Theosophical Peridiodicals is a database established 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 is continually growing.
The website is at Index of Theosophical Periodicals.
Lists of periodicals
On the Contents page, the website lists periodicals in several ways:
- name of publication ("Full List")
- 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
Arrangement of index entries
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
Searching
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.