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Basic Library Tutorial

Get Your Hands On An Article

WHERE TO GO

 
As with books, the call number determines the location of periodical publications in the library. There are four possible locations for each periodical title.

  • Browsing Area (Level 1) - most current issue of high-interest publications such as Time, Newsweek, New York Times, etc.
  • Current Issues (Level 2) - current year of most periodical publications received by the library.
  • Circulating Book Stacks (Lewis Annex plus Levels 2-5) - back issues of most periodicals are bound with a hard cover and shelved with the books by call number (remember to use the Guide for Locating Materials in Pius Library).
  • Microfilm (Level 2) - back issues of most weekly and daily periodical publications are kept on microfilm, as are some volumes of other periodicals.

         

Periodicals on microfilm may have three separate records.  Look at the microfilm record for the New Yorker

  • one for the print issues
  • one for the back issues on microfilm
  • the online version if available  

SELF TEST:

1. Using the information provided above, look at the location information for the New Yorker. Scroll down to find information about the SLU Pius copy if necessary. Where would you go to find the current issue?

Level 1 - Browsing Area
Level 2 - Current Periodicals
Level 2 - Microfilm
Circulating book stacks


   

2. Looking at the New Yorker record, where would you find an issue from 1945?

Level 1 - Browsing Area
Level 2 - Current Periodicals
Level 2 - Microfilm
Circulating book stacks

 
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Last updated September 11, 2006.

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