Finding Periodicals – in print

First off, let me explain what a periodical is. It’s something published periodically! That includes scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.

The most recent copies of these publications can be found on the second floor of Mullen, in the Main Reading Room.

But can you imagine if we kept all copies of journals, magazines, and newspapers stacked in the library? There’d be too many, and they’re so clumsy, they’d be flopping all over! Libraries have developed two solutions to this problem.

The first, is to bind them together. Once we’ve acquired a year’s worth of journal issues, we have them bound into one book. You’ll find bound periodicals on the first floor of the stacks. Here you’ll find issues from last year and earlier, usually going back to around 1980.

But still, we only have so much room. Bound periodicals from very long ago are kept in off-site storage, at the WRLC center. You may notice this notation in a catalog record. It will say something like, ” Vols. 2-49 (1949-1996) out of the following holdings held at WRLC Center; available by request.”

To make this request, click on the “Request through Consortium Loan Services (CLS)” link at the bottom of the catalog record.

When it comes to periodicals, you’re probably interested in a specific article contained in the issue. It’s really simple to obtain just that article! Note the publication information on the request form – give the title, author, issue & volume number, pages, etc. – however much you know! – about the article, and the staff at the WRLC center will scan it for you, and post it electronically to your MyAladin account.

To access the article, log-in to “MyAladin.” You’ll find this linked on the Libraries’ Homepage, at the bottom under “Quick Links.” Enter your last name & university ID # – and Ta Da!

P.S. — you can search for a Journal Title through the online catalog.  Just use the drop down menu and change “Keyword” to “Journal Title.”

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