# "Reader's Guide to Periodic Literature"-type listings online?

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**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-guide-to-periodic-literature-type-listings-online/46266 "2000-12-19T00:41:47Z")\
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Is there anyplace on the Internet where I can find a listing of topics covered in magazines, similar to the print “Reader’s Guide to Periodic Literature?”

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**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-guide-to-periodic-literature-type-listings-online/46266/2 "2000-12-19T01:05:41Z")

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Check your local public library’s web page. It probably has a version of Reader’s Guide (or something better with full text) available to you online for free. You may have to get a library card before you start.

The major online indexes are provided either by IAC (Information Access) aka InfoTrac or UMI which was a product called ProQuest.

“Reader’s Guide” is produced by the Wilson company, whose online products aren’t that great.