The open stacks are the book, reference, and periodical shelves to which library users have full access. They contain articles, which are good sources to use when researching assignment topics. Full-text articles may be printed from the computer. A periodical index is a tool that allows you to search for periodical articles by topic. Popular Magazines Popular magazines are published by commercial publishing companies and usually contain many advertisements and photographs.
Journalists typically write the articles in popular magazines.
The articles address the general public and are written in simple language. A print index is a periodical index in paper, non-electronic format that organizes periodical articles by subject. The Reference collection is located behind the reference desk on the first floor of the Library. It contains general and subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, statistical sources, indexes, and other types of reference sources. Reference books do not circulate, meaning that you may not check them out.