Indices

Those younger than Generation X, probably do not see a need for an index. After all, everything is "on the web" and "searchable" right?

The index does still have a purpose -- especially for those titles that are not accessible in a database or through a proprietary website. An index is still handy for titles that are accessible electronically, since a lot of the proprietary sites have embargoes for more current issues.
In addition, I cannot tally the number of incorrect citations that I have seen and it helps to locate an article if there is some sort of index, regardless of the format of the serial.

While I am on the topic, it would be a great boon if all indices were published in some sort of consistent manner. Publishers that publish an index two years after the volume was released are asking for it to be lost or not linked to the original item. Placing an index in the front of the next published volume is also problematic -- especially if there is no outward clue to this fact. And for some sort of bizarre reason, known only to publishers I am sure, indices often do not appear in electronic archives on proprietary sites.