A subject and author index to the articles in a selected list of periodicals. You use a periodical index to identify articles in journals and magazines. When summaries of articles are included, the periodical index is called an Abstracts, as in Criminal Justice Abstracts , for example. Most subjects have one of more specialized periodical indexes or abstracts devoted to them. The Library has periodical indexes in print and electronic formats.
Examples are dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, almanacs, etc.
The place you go to when you need assistance locating information. It is located on the main floor of the Library. Reference Librarians are on duty during all the hours the Library is open and can be found on the Main floor of the Library at the Reference Desk. A collection of books and articles temporarily segregated from the general collection and assigned shorter loan periods so as to allow greater availability to students in a particular class, all of whom have the same assigned readings. Items on Reserve can be checked out at the Circulation Desk, but must be used in the Library.