What are Indexes or Abstracts

Indexes or abstracts can do the following:

• Identify articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings, chapters in books
• Allow searching by various means like keywords, author's name or subject
• Give bibliographic citation of item
  E.g. Leung, Joe C B. Family Support for the Elderly in China: Issues and Challenges. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1997, 9, 3, 87-101
• Cover many journals, ranging from hundreds to thousands of titles
• Abstracts give, in addition, a summary of the contents of the article

Indexes and abstracts available in NUS Libraries.