FINDING AN ARTICLE

The best resource for locating articles in a scholarly journal, magazine or newspaper is a periodical index. These indexes, which may be multi-disciplined or subject specific, can be searched in a multitude of ways generating a list of citations to articles on a specific subject. A citation contains the author, title of the article, issue and pages of the journal in which the article appears. Many of the periodical indexes contain the full-text of the articles in the citation list. If the article you need is not available full-text, search the online catalog to see if Saint Mary's has a subscription to the journal containing your article; some subscriptions are electronic. If the journal needed is not available at Saint Mary's or Notre Dame, request the article from interlibrary loan.

The Cushwa-Leighton Library has approximately 800 current subscriptions to journals. The latest issue of each periodical title will be found in alphabetical order in the periodicals room with other current issues under the slanted shelf. Back issues of a title will be found on the lower level in alphabetical order on the shelves. Newspaper titles are on separate shelves in the periodicals room with back issues on the lower level. The library subscribes to a wide variety of e-journals. The full-text of the articles in the e-journals can be found online. If you cannot find the periodical, e-journal or newspaper you are looking for, ASK at the reference desk.