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Library Instruction - Tutorials - Locating Periodicals 

TUTORIAL 1-- Locate a periodical owned by this or other libraries.  Locate a full text periodical online.
 
Find a Periodical at Henry Whittemore Library (by subject, by database, by full text indexed journal) 

Search the Library Catalog through the library home page at http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary
Select a search by title\Limit your search to Framingham State College\Type your periodical title in the search window. For example, "Journal of Nutrition". Or click on Numeric Search to search by International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). For example 0006-3169.

Consult our Periodicals Holdings Lists (in print, located at search stations). Alphabetical List of Periodicals [Print and some online periodicals no longer available in print at Henry Whittemore Library] Each periodical title held by the library is listed alphabetically by title along with the dates held and its physical location within the library.  Newspapers are listed at the end of the list.

See Also Periodicals by subject available at Henry Whittemore Library 

Find which database indexes your journal in full text. jake (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment) http://jake.med.yale.edu/From Yale University. 

E-journals [Full text browsable or searchable electronic periodicals]

Find a Periodical owned by other libraries Search the catalogs of Boston Library Consortium. Search Union List of serials for multiple holdings.
Locate
Look at the actual record to find more information about your periodical. Look at its location in the library, dates of availability, notes field, etc. The call number indicates the location of  the periodical in the library.
Retrieve
Print or Save your search results.

 

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