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The foundation of scholarly research often includes
periodical resources. The E.Y. Berry Library-Learning
Center at BHSU subscribes to thousands of current
periodical titles and maintains a section of older
issues in paper format, as well as, online. The Periodicals
Department orders, receives and processes periodical
subscriptions, as well as, several local,
regional and national newspapers.
WHAT ARE PERIODICALS?
‘Periodicals’ is a general term used
to describe publications that are issued at regular
intervals (i.e. weekly, monthly – periodically)
and generally include journals, magazines and
newspapers.
WHERE IS THE PERIODICALS DEPARTMENT LOCATED?
The Periodicals Department is located on the second
floor (north end) of the library.
HOW ARE PERIODICAL ARTICLES FOUND?
To find individual articles in a periodical, use
a periodical index. A periodical index is a searchable
database of articles from journals, magazines
and newspapers. We have a few periodical indexes
that are only available in paper format. The majority
of our indexes are available online via the library’s
website.
HOW CAN PERIODICAL ARTICLES BE OBTAIINED
THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE BHSU LIBRARY?
Periodical articles that are not available in the
library may be obtained by completing an interlibrary
loan request form that is available on the library’s
website. Click
here to submit an interlibrary loan.
WHICH PERIODICAL AND NEWSPAPER TITLES
DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE?
Our periodical and newspaper titles and their holdings
are available online using SDLN
(our online catalog) and selecting "serials"
in the format option.
WHERE ARE THE PERIODICALS LOCATED?
LOCATION OF PERIODICALS IN PAPER FORMAT:
- The most recent issue of some of our more
popular browse type of periodicals is located
on the main floor (south end) of the library
on display shelves. The older issues are located
in the stacks on the second floor (north end)
of the library.
- Most of our current and older issues of scholarly
journals are located in the stacks on the second
floor (north end) of the library.
LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC PERIODICALS:
- We have thousands of electronic periodicals that
are located online and can be accessed via the
library’s electronic databases that are
available via the library’s website.
LOCATION OF NEWSPAPERS IN PAPER FORMAT:
- The current two issues of our newspapers in paper
format are located on shelves that are on the main
floor (south end) of the library. We retain the current
two months of newspapers that we receive in paper
format. These are available by asking a librarian
to retrieve them for you (note: we also have some
older issues of particular newspapers that are available
in microfilm which are located in file cabinets on
the main floor (north end) of the library. The name
of these titles can be accessed by searching SDLN
(our online catalog) and selecting "microform"
in the format option.
HOW ARE THE PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS
IN PAPER FORMAT ARRANGED?
ARRANGEMENT OF PERIODICALS IN PAPER FORMAT:
- The Library uses an open stack system for the
periodicals. This means that patrons are free
to retrieve the materials from the stacks (shelves)
themselves. Journals and magazines are arranged
alphabetically by title (omitting the word ‘The’
at the beginning of the title). Keep in mind that
if a title is abbreviated, it will be located
at the beginning of its alphabetical designation
(i.e. JEGP: Journal of English and Germanic Philology).
Some of our periodicals are shelved in periodical
boxes and many are bound together in a volume.
ARRANGEMENT OF NEWSPAPERS IN PAPER FORMAT:
- The newspapers are arranged alphabetically by
title.
CAN THE PERIODICALS BE CHECKED OUT?
The periodicals do not circulate which means they
cannot be checked out of the library. They can be
taken and used anywhere on the main and second floor
of the library. Photocopiers are available on both
floors of the library for photocopying. The photocopying
of materials is governed by the U.S.
Copyright Law.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SCHOLARLY
JOURNAL AND A POPULAR MAGAZINE?
There are a few differences between a scholarly
journal and a popular magazine.
Distinguishing between the two can be difficult,
however in general there is some criteria that
can be followed:
