University Microfilms International also publishes thick monthly and annual indexes covering all JPRS publications: Transdex. This directory makes it easy to look up tables of contents, specific items, keywords, authors and subjects. Because of the time needed to compile each issue, Transdex lags a few months behind the serials indexed, but it’s absolutely indispensable and stimulating to use. Too bad the FBIS collection has nothing comparable.
Subscriptions to Transdex are prohibitively expensive. Fortunately, most institutions that archive JPRS publications also get