This cumulative index includes items that appeared in the quarterly journal, "Special Libraries," from the years 1981 through 1986. Listed in alphabetical order, entries include: (1) articles, indexed by each author, subject or subjects, and, if not redundant, title; (2) reviews, indexed by the author or authors and title of each item being reviewed, and also referenced under the name of the reviewer(s); (3) software reviews; (4) reports of Special Libraries Association (SLA) activities, as well as references to persons running for SLA offices and reports of annual SLA conferences; and (5) letters to the editor in response to articles, indexed with the article as well as under the name of the writer of the letter, and other letters, indexed by subject as well as under the name of the letter writer. (KM)