• CPI LibGuide
• CPI title lists
  • Current titles—Alphabetically (.doc or .pdf)
  • Current titles—By Subject (.doc or .pdf)
  • All titles (.xls, .html or .pdf)
  • Full text titles (.html)
  • Peer-reviewed and scholarly titles (.pdf)
• Subscription questions for EBSCO?
• Request a free trial to CPI
• Report an error in CPI

Many librarians serve as indexers for CPI. If you are interested in this type of professional contribution, please contact the CPI Team Coordinator.

• Indexer Resources – CPI LibGuide
• If you have indexing-specific question please contact Jule Kind, Indexer Training Coordinator.
• CPI Indexing Manual
• Report an error in CPI
• Indexer of the Year Award
• We are always looking for new indexers, and many current and future librarians get started serving ACL and the profession by indexing. To get a sense of what we are looking for, we have some videos to introduce the process.
  • Beginning Indexing for CPI–Part One, Getting Started
    Description: Learn how to get started with CPI indexing.
  • Beginning Indexing for CPI–Part Two, General Indexing Guidelines
    Description: Description of the indexing templates and content of fields.

The Christian Periodical Index (CPI) currently indexes more than 190 publications. New titles are considered for addition to the index based upon member, indexer, and publisher recommendations. The CPI Team evaluates titles throughout the year and bases its decisions on a written selection policy, copies of which are available on request from the CPI Team Coordinator.

CPI has grown steadily since its start and continues to achieve significant milestones:

1957 –  The first issue of CPI was published with indexing back to 1956

1999  – Online and CD-ROM formats using the SilverPlatter platform were developed and hosted by BCR (Bibliographic Center for Research)

2009 – CPI became available via EBSCOhost

2012 – Record count surpasses 300,000

2012 – Last print index (volume 35)

2017 – Record count surpasses 400,000

If you would like to recommend a title to be a part of CPI’s future, please email the journal title and its publication information to the CPI Team Coordinator.