Also visit the Government Information Desk on the first floor of the library and ask to be shown how to find government documents about specific educational topics. If you only have the citation, you will want to see if the journal is in Swem Library. To do this, go to LION , enter the title of the periodical, click Browse , and then click Periodical Title . Scroll down the record. At the bottom of the record, you will see the volumes available at Swem, whether the journal is in print format or on microfilm, and where it is located in the building.
Recent issues are on the current periodical shelves on the second floor.
Older issues are bound, assigned a call number, and placed among the books in the 2nd and 3rd floor stacks. Journals on microfilm are in the reference microforms area on the first floor. Journal articles which are not available in Swem can be requested through interlibrary loan. Inquire at the reference desk. Printed Indexes Printed indexes are kept on the index tables in the reference room.