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Tips on Magazines

A Few Points about Magazines and Newspapers

Finding magazines

is different from

finding an article in a magazine.

To find a magazine you can look on the library shelves, or you can search the online catalog. The catalog will tell you:

• which issues of the magazines the library owns (called "holdings")
  
• where to find the issues
  
  Example:  National Geographic, Main Library, May, 1964 to date 
                                                           
              name of magazine       location of issues    issues owned

To find articles in a magazine or on a specific topic, you need to search an "index" or an "article database." Look for a link on the library website to "Databases," or just ask a librarian!