Research Guides: Finding Articles in General and Popular Periodicals: Europe

Europe

20th Century -- 19th century -- 17th/18th century

20th Century and General

For additional sources: Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals.

Torrossa : Casalini offers full text of books and journals in humanities and social sciences from Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese publishers

IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens (1965- ) offers worldwide coverage, especially European, of periodical articles and essays in books. Around 4500 periodicals are now indexed. The CD-ROM version now covers only a small time period. The print volumes, although essential for the European periodical literature, are very clumsy to use. Articles are indexed by subject. The number in each entry refers to a separate periodical list. An author index is usually provided. Online IBZ covers 1983 to present.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.I5 (1965-93)

Formed by the merger of:
Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriften-literatur, 1897-1964.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.80

Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur, 1911-1964.
LOCATION: Museum Comp Zoology: Ref AI9.B7 Library has: Bd. 1-3 (1911).
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.B7

European Commission Libraries Catalogue (1983- ) provides articles from around 1500 periodicals worldwide, together with books, serials, and reports, dealing with European affairs: economic, political, etc. Can limit by document type. Book, serial, and report coverage extends well before 1983. Continues and replaces the SCAD Bibliographical Database.

Bibliographie courante d'articles de périodiques postérieurs 1944 sur les problèmes politiques, économiques et sociaux (1968) groups articles by country, then subject. 17 v.
LOCATION:Widener: WID-LC AI7.F59x 1968 F
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI7.F6F (Supplément, 1969-1981)

Bulletin analytique de documentation politique, economique et sociale contemporaine (1946- ) is a subject classed list with author index. Worldwide coverage, abstracts in French.
LOCATION: Law School: 4 66 (missing 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994)
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.56 (1949-1998)

CAIRN (2001- ) provides full text access to scholarly journals published by several French publishers. The Library subscribes to the "Humanities" subset of the database.

French periodical index (1973- ) indexes French, and a few Canadian, general interest periodicals. Indexes only articles at least 3 columns in length. Book reviews under Livre.
LOCATION: WID-LC AI7 .F7 (1973-1995)

Gallica Presse-et-Revues includes full-text for numerous periodicals.

Pascal and Francis Bibliographic Databases (1972-2015) archives (in part):

FRANCIS (1984-2010) which indexes the periodical literature of many science/social sciences/humanities disciplines worldwide with emphasis on the French literature. Previously (in printed form) called FRANCIS Bulletin Signaletique, Bulletin Signaletique, and Bulletin Analytique.

Bulletin signaletique (1956-1994) and Bulletin analytique (1947-55) HOLLIS Records

Périodex. Index analytique de périodiques de langue française, v.1-11 (1972/1973-1983). Montréal: Centrale des bibliothèques, Ministère de l’éducation.
Widener WID-LC AI7 .I5

Continues:
Index analytique, v. 1-6, no. 10; (1966-72). Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval
Widener WID-LC AI7 .I5

Covers France, French Canada, Belgium

PERSEE is the French equivalent of JSTOR, providing full text from periodical inceptions to 5 years ago. The word "scientific" means "scholarly" here. Full text searchable.

Revues.org (2000- ) is an online journal collection especially for French periodicals.

DigiZeitschriften provides full text of complete runs of German periodicals in economics, history, language and literature, law, librarianship, science, and sociology. Dates of coverage vary by title: early 19th Century to present.

Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnis der wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften der Universitäten und Hochschulen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1951-1978
LOCATION: Widener: LSoc 1716.29.4F

Exilpresse Digital: Deutsche Exilzeitschiften 1933-1945 offers full text of periodicals and newspapers published by German exiles.

IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens (1965- ) offers Worldwide coverage, especially European, of periodical articles and essays in books. Around 4500 periodicals are now indexed. The CD-ROM version now covers only a small time period. The print volumes, although essential for the European periodical literature, are very clumsy to use. Articles are indexed by subject. The number in each entry refers to a separate periodical list. An author index is usually provided. Online version covers 1983-present.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.I5 (1965-93)

Formed by the merger of:

Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriften-literatur, 1897-1964.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.80

Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur, 1911-1964.
LOCATION: Museum Comp Zoology: Ref AI9.B7 Library has: Bd. 1-3 (1911).
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI9.B7

Virtuelle Deutsche Landesbibliographie includes searchable bibliographies of:

Baden-Württemberg, 1986 -

Bayern, 1988 -

Hessen, 1977 -

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1995 - . (und Nachträge ab 1945)

Niedersachsen und Bremen, 1979 -

Nordrhein-Westfalen,1982 -

Pfalz und Saarland, 1927-1950

Rheinland-Pfalz, 1991-

Sachsen, 1992 -

Schleswig-Holstein, 1987 -

Described in: Die Regionalbibliographie im digitalen Zeitalter: Deutschland und seine Nachbarländer, ed. by Ludger Syré und Heidrun Wiesenmüller. Frankfurt am Main : Vittorio Klostermann, 2006, 426 p.
HOLLIS Record

Print versions:

Landesbibliographie von Baden-Würtemberg, 1973-1998
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD801.B23 Z994x

Bayerische Bibliographie, 1959- .
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 28.1.13.10

Earlier bibliographies issued in Zeitschrift für bayerische Landesgeschichte, 1928- .
LOCATION: Ger 28.1.13.6

Essener Bibliographie, 1969-1990
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 6905.91.7

Hessische Bibliographie, 1977-2000.
LOCATION: Widener | Harvard Depository | XVTS 165
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD801.H54 Z9963x

Mecklenburg-Vorpommersche Bibliographie [title varies],1945-
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD801.M31 Z996x

Bibliographie von Niedersachsen und Bremen, 1957-1970.
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 6270.25

Nordrhein-westfälische Bibliographie, 1983-1997.
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD801.N6 Z996x

Rheinland-Pfälzische Bibliographie, 1991-
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD801.P41 R45x

Pfälzische Bibliographie, 1952-1998
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 9825.3

Saarländische Bibliographie, 1962-
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 11152.25

Sächische Bibliographie, 1963- .
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 8200.14
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 8200.14.2

Schleswig-Holsteinische Bibliographie, 1966-1996.
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | DD491.S64 Z997x

Continues:
Bibliographie zur schleswig-holsteinischen Geschichte und Landeskunde, 1928-1965.
LOCATION: Widener | Ger 45.1.4.7

Zeitschriften-Service (1987- ) indexes over 280 German academic and popular periodicals.

AIDA: Articoli italiani di periodici accademica (1997- ) indexes largely social sciences, arts and humanities periodicals.

Catalogo metodico degli scritti contenuti nelle publicazioni periodiche italiane e straniere. Parte 1a. Scritti biografici e critici is an author index to many Italian periodicals.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.147 (1885, 1889-1907, 1914-1936)

Earlier indexing in Catalogo metodico degli scritti contenuti nelle pubblicazioni periodiche italiane e straniere. Parte 1a. Scritti biografici e critici. Indice generale a tutto l'anno 1906.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.147.4

Supplemento bibliografico del Bollettino parlamentare (title varies) contains fewer periodical articles than earlier series.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.148 (1930-1938) Section Spoglio del reviste contains the periodical articles.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.150 (1951-1958)
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository B 375.152 (1956-1967)

EIO: Editoria Italiana Online offers author, title and full-text keyword searches of monographs, periodicals, and conference proceedings in the humanities and social sciences. Date coverage varies with publication: back as far as 1994, but most 2003/04.

Italinemo (2000- ) contains abstracts of articles on Italian literary and cultural studies from Italian and international journals.

Book Reviews

L'Indice dei libri del mese, 1984-
LOCATION: Widener: XVTS 9 [CD-ROM]
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Film S 4022 Current issues of printed edition in Widener
LOCATION: Widener: Collection Development Library has: Current issues

Nordic/Baltic

Baltische Bibliographie: Schrifttum uber Estland, Lettland, Litauen (1994- ) offers unannotated references grouped under broad subject categories, with title, author, person as subject, geographical, and subject indexes.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC DK511.B3 Z993

Continues: Baltische Bibliographie, 1945-61. 2 v. (1: 1945-1956; 2: 1957-1961 und Nachtrage 1945-1956).
LOCATION: Widener: Balt 2040.42

Dania polyglotta (1945-1997) lists books and articles on Denmark in languages other than Danish. Annual.
LOCATION: Widener: B 2473.5

Continues: Dania polyglotta; répertoire bibliographique des ouvrages, études, articles, etc. en langues trangres parus en Danemark de 1901. 1944. 3 v.
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository B 2473.4

Journal Articles and Book Chapters in LIBRIS (1990- (some earlier items)) includes periodical articles, book chapters, and book reviews. Emphasis is on Swedish publications but material from other countries is also included.

Svensk periodicaforteckning: tidskrifter, arsbocker, dagstidningar och rapportserier, 1967- . Title varies.
LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. Annex Z6956.S9 S9 (1967-91)
LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. Annex Z6956.S9 S92
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC Z2625.S953x

Svenska tidskriftsartiklar, 1952-99.
LOCATION: Widener: B 2570.10

ÍnDICEs CSIC

Dialnet

Bibliografía española de revistas científicas de ciencias sociales y humanidades, 1995- .
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository

Continues:

Indice espanol de ciencias sociales. Serie A, Psicologia y ciencias de la educacion, 1981-1996.
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository H8.S7 I52x (1981, 1983-96)

Indice espanol de ciencias sociales. Serie B, Economia, sociologia, c. politica y urbanismo, 1982-1997.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC H8.S7 I523x (1982-88, 1991-97) (1982-88 at Harvard Depository)

Indice espanol de ciencias sociales. Serie C, Derecho, 1983-1997
LOCATION: Law School: SPA 020 IND (1983-95, 1997)

which continue:
Indice espanol de ciencias sociales, 1977-1978.
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository WID-LC H8.S7 I52x

and

Indice espanol de humanidades. Serie A, Bellas artes, 1982-1997.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC NX40.Z99 I53x

Indice espanol de humanidades. Serie B, Ciencias historicas, 1989-1997.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC D20.Z99 I53x

Indice espanol de humanidades. Serie C, Linguistica y literatura, 1989-1997.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC P121.Z99 I53x

Indice espanol de humanidades. Serie D, Filosofia, 1989.
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository B5.I53x (1989)

which continue:
Indice espanol de humanidades, 1976-81.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AS1.I5

Materiales de investigacion. Indice de articulos de revistas (1939-1949), by A. Tortajada y C. de Amaniel.
LOCATION: Widener: Span 35.48

U.K.

British Periodicals (1681-2007; largely 1960s and before) offers full text for several hundred British periodicals.

British humanities index (1962- ) covers economics, politics, society, and general interest science and technology, as well as the humanities. Arrangement is by subject. Book reviews are listed under the subject of the book reviewed. Print version:
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.33.

Continues The Subject index to periodicals, 1915-16, 1926-61.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.30

Economist Historical Archive (1843-2008)

Magazine subject-index is a subject-index to seventy-nine American and English periodicals indexed from their first issues to December 31, 1907.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.21

Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922 indexes 51 periodicals by author, subject, and illustrator. Over 13,000 poems indexed under "poems", author, and some under subject. Book reviews are listed under author. Indexing of 14 of the journals is carried forward until it is picked up by one of the Wilson indexes. 2 vols.
LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. AI3.R496
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI3.R496
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 6

Spectator Archive (1828-2008) offers a full text searchable archive of the London magazine.

19th century

For additional sources: Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals.

JSTOR offers full-text of complete runs (up to about 5 years ago) of over 200 journals, many of them extending into the 19th Century, including journals of political science, sociology, and population studies.

Periodicals Index Online indexes contents of thousands of journals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. Covers journals from North America, the United Kingdom, and the rest of the English-speaking world and journals in other European languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish. Includes the complete table of contents for each issue of each journal.

France

Gallica Presse-et-Revues includes full-text for numerous periodicals.

Germany

Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriften-literatur, 1897-1964.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.80

Index Deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften 1750 - 1815 indexes about 100,000 articles in about 195 journals.

Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum offers full-text of 45 German Enlightenment era periodicals.

Italy

Earlier indexing in Catalogo metodico degli scritti contenuti nelle pubblicazioni periodiche italiane e straniere. Parte 1a. Scritti biografici e critici. Indice generale a tutto l'anno 1906.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.147.4

Catalogo metodico degli scritti contenuti nelle pubblicazioni periodiche italiane e straniere. Parte 2a. Scritti di scienze, lettere ed arti. Repertorio generale. 1894.
LOCATION: Widener: B 375.147.10

Spain

Coleccion de indices de publicaciones periodicas. Indexes of several mainly 19th-century periodicals.
LOCATION: Widener: Various call numbers

UK

British Periodicals (1681-2007) offers full text for several hundred British periodicals. List of included periodicals.

Also useful for some of the included periodicals
Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870
Attributions of Authorship in the European Magazine, 1782-1826
Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine
Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1907 also available from University of Michigan/Google. On the Mirlyn Catalog page, click “more” under HathiTrust Digital Library.

Annual index of periodicals & photographs, 1890-1902 (Review of reviews) [title varies]. Available electronically as Stead's Index to Periodicals in Nineteenth Century Masterfile. Includes many periodicals not indexed in Poole's index.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.68

A contents-subject index to general and periodical literature, by Alfred Cotgreave, is a subject index to periodical literature of the late 19th century, largely 1870s-1890s and to book chapters and essays for the whole 19th century. Sporadic coverage.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.40

Economist Historical Archive (1843-2008)

Eight Centuries includes several Nineteenth Century periodical indexes together with many separate indexes to individual periodicals. To see a list of the indexes and separately indexed periodicals, choose Browse Mode, select the "About" tab, and click "To see a full list of all titles currently online". The most important index included is Poole's index to periodical literature (1802-1906) which indexes 479 American and English periodicals. In the print version, articles are indexed by subject, not author. Fiction, poetry, plays are listed by title. Book reviews are listed under subject; reviews of fiction, poetry, plays are listed under the author of the work. Print version of Poole's index:
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 5 Library has: 6 v. in 7

Author indexing is provided by Cumulative Author Index for Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI3.P73x 1971
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 5.1

Includes:
Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922 indexes 51 periodicals by author, subject, and illustrator. Over 13,000 poems indexed under "poems", author, and some under subject. Book reviews are listed under author. Indexing of 14 of the journals is carried forward until it is picked up by one of the Wilson indexes. 2 vols.
HOLLIS Record

The Gentleman’s Magazine Library, 1731-1868 (in Ancestry.com, click on Search (top black band), then Card Catalog. Search: Title Gentlemans Magazine.) offers “a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1731 to 1868.” The Gentleman’s Magazine was a major English general periodical.

Internet Library of Early Journals (British) at Oxford University. Includes:

Annual Register (1758-78)
Gentleman's Magazine (1731-50)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1757-77)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843-63)
Notes and Queries (1849-69)
The Builder (1843-52)

Magazine subject-index is a subject-index to seventy-nine American and English periodicals indexed from their first issues to December 31, 1907.
LOCATION: Widener: B 425.21

19th Century UK Periodicals Online, 1800-1900 includes:
Part 1 - "New Readerships": Women's, Children's, Humour, and Leisure/Sports periodicals
Part 2 - "Empire": periodicals on the British empire published in Britain

Quarterly Review Archive (1809-1824) indexes the Tory magazine founded by John Murray in London.

Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical (SciPer) indexes the science content of 16 general periodicals.

Spectator Archive (1828-2008) offers a full text searchable archive of the London magazine.

Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals (1824-1900) gives the contents of Victorian periodicals under the title of the periodical. Author, but no subject, index. Includes book reviews (author of review indexed in print version). CD-ROM version allows keyword searching of article titles. The Curran Index: Additions to and Corrections of The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, by Eileen M. Curran, is available online.
LOCATION: Child Memorial: ChM 1048
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM AI3.W45
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 34
LOCATION: Widener: Reference Services room: Ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk

17th/18th century

For additional sources: Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals.

JSTOR offers full-text of complete runs (up to about 5 years ago) of over 200 journals, including the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665- ).

Reuss' Repertorium commentationum a societatibus litterariis editarum (Gottingae, apud Henricum Dieterich, 1801-21) indexes articles in the publications of 17th-18th century scholarly societies. All volumes available full text in HathiTrust
HOLLIS Records

Inventory of the Oldest Scholarly Societies (Scholarly Societies Project) gives description of, and abbreviations used, in Reuss, together with a list of scholarly societies by decade of inception and other information.

Contents:
v. 1. Historia Naturalis; Zoologia. 1801.
v. 2. Botanica; Mineralogia. 1802.
v. 3. Chemia et Res Metallica. 1803.
v. 4. Physica. 1805.
v. 5. Astronomia. 1804.
v. 6. Oeconomia. 1806. (including agriculture)
v. 7. Mathesis; Mechanica; Hydrostatica; Hydraulica; Hydrotechnia; Aerostatica; Pneumatica; Technologia; Architectura Civilis; Scientia Navalis; Scientia Militaris. 1808.
v. 8. Historia; Subsidia Historica; (Geographia; Chronologia; Monumentum Veterum Populorum; Inscriptiones; Nummi et Res Nummaria; Ars Diplomatica; Heraldica;) Historia Univeralis; Historia Generis Humani; Historia Mythica; Historia Specialis; Asiae; Africae; Americae; Europae; Historia Ecclesiastica; Historia Litteria. 1810.
v. 9. Philologia; Linguae; Scriptores Graeci; Scriptores Latini; Litterae Elegantiores; Poesis; Rhetorica; Ars Antiqua; Pictura; Musica. 1810
v. 10. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. Propaedeutica; Anatomia et Physiologia; Hygieine s. Diaetetica; Pathologia seu Nosologia Generalis; Semeiotica. 1813.
v. 11. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. 2. Materia Medica; Pharmacia. 1816.
v. 12. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. 3. Therapia Generalis et Specialis. P.1. Continens A. B. C. 1817
v. 13. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. 3. Therapia Generalis et Specialis. P.2. Continens D. E. F. G. H. 1818
v. 14. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. 3. Therapia Generalis et Specialis. P.3. Continens I. - S. 1820
v. 15. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. 3. Therapia Generalis et Specialis.P.4. Continens T. - Z. 1820
v. 16. Scientia et Ars Medica et Chirurgica. P.1. Ars Obstetrica. P.2. Ars Veterinaria. 1821

France

Gallica Presse-et-Revues includes full-text for numerous periodicals.

Gazetier universel offers links to full text of over 600 titles from the Ancien Régime (XVII-XVIII centuries) press. Offers links to the online Dictionnaire des journaux (1600-1789) and the Dictionnaire des journalists (1600-1789).

Germany

Allgemeines Repertorium der Literatur, 1785-1800.
HOLLIS Records
HathiTrust full text

Index Deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften 1750 - 1815 indexes about 100,000 articles in about 195 journals. Also on microfiche:
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Microfiche W 3887 Library has: 28 microfiches
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): INDEX Microfiche W 3887 = Guide

Italy

Academia Italica: periodici eruditi e atti academici pubblicati in Italia, 1600-1800.
Widener CD-ROM RR 186 [Held at the Reference Desk in the Atkins Room, Widener Library for in-library use. Available during Reference Desk Hours. Call 617-495-2411.] [Widener copy is marked "Part 2," but includes all material from CDs 1 and 2.]
--Indexes Italian academic journals from 1600-1800. Entries include author, title, subject, journal title, sub-title, year of publication, issue, edition, page number, and holdings of Italian libraries. Over 42,000 entries from 146 journals with their lists of contents classified in German, Italian and English.

Great Britain

British Periodicals (1681-1920) offers full text for several hundred British periodicals. List of included periodicals.

These sites give information on two of the included periodicals:
Attributions of Authorship in the European Magazine, 1782-1826
Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine
Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1907 also available from University of Michigan/Google. On the Mirlyn Catalog page, click “more” under HathiTrust Digital Library.

18th Century Journals: Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1815, includes some British colonial newspapers, e.g., Calcutta Gazette.

Internet Library of Early Journals (British) at Oxford University. Includes:

Annual Register (1758-78)
Gentleman's Magazine (1731-50) (Also available in British Periodicals)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1757-77) (Also available in JSTOR)