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Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
Broad, timely coverage of the 300 most popular general-interest periodicals
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature delivers comprehensive indexing of 
300 of the most popular and important periodicals published in the United 
States and Canada, indexing articles about topics of current and historical 
interest. It offers high school and college students, teachers, public library 
patrons, and researchers of all kinds an easy-to-use index to a broad range 
of general interest popular magazines.
Among the hundreds of subjects covered are Aeronautics, Aging, 
Astronomy, Automobiles, Biography, Business, Canada, Children, 
Computers, Consumer Education, Current Events, Education, Environment, 
Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Health, History, Hobbies, 
Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, 
Photography, Politics, Religion, Science, Sports, and Television.
The 750-page quarterly paperbacks delivered in March, June, and September 
include indexing of more than 8,000 articles each. The cumulative library-
bound annual, published each year in January, includes 3,000 pages covering 
over 80,000 articles.
Access to information is flexible and easy in the Readers’ Guide. The 
following search methods are available:
• Subject Access—The plain-language terminology used in the subject
headings ensures users will find the information they need.
• Author Access—Both subject and author entries are given in one
alphabet and both provide all the information necessary to locate
an article.
• Cross-References—Literally thousands of cross references help users
expand the scope of their searches.
Readers’ Guide offers a number of features developed and perfected by 
H.W. Wilson during the 125 years of the publication’s development:
• Complete indexing of the most popular magazines in libraries today
• Unique name and subject authority files guarantee names and subject
headings are consistent wherever they appear
• Title enhancement to clarify the content of articles with ambiguous titles
• Complete bibliographic information for each article cited
• Complete subscription information for each magazine indexed
• A separate index of book reviews that have appeared in the covered
magazines
An annual subscription to Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature brings 
your library three quality paperbound issues plus a permanent annual  
hardbound cumulation.
Backlist volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature and Abridged 
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• Delivers comprehensive
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• Search methods include Subject Access,
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• Features complete indexing of the most
popular magazines in libraries today.
• Offers complete bibliographic information
for each article cited.
• Includes complete subscription
information for each magazine indexed.
• Subscription includes two quality paper
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