An important part of the research process is finding articles that have been written about your topic. Although the library online catalog can show you which periodical titles the library owns, you will not be able to tell what articles are in each issue. To accomplish this, you will use a periodical database or index.
Periodicals consist of publications issued at regular intervals.
Newspapers, magazines, and journals are all examples of periodicals. We recommend using this guide from the ZSR Reference staff that charts the differences between Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines . It can help you decide what types of periodicals are appropriate for your research assignment. The library has a large assortment of periodical databases and indexes from which to choose. In this section you will learn about their differences, how to select an appropriate one and how to search it.