Indexes articles in periodicals of liberal and radical political persuasions, many of which titles are difficult to access elsewhere. Newspaper Abstracts - This is on the CD workstations near the Information Desk. It lets you search by subject through the latest 10 years of 5 major newspapers. The articles themselves are on microfilm in the Periodicals Area of the Crumb Library. For all of these, the periodical titles available in Potsdam are cited in the Potsdam Serials List .
Some indexes also have their own simplified lists, kept on the table with the index.
When viewing an article citation on most CD indexes you will see a line at the top giving local library holdings for that periodical, except for ERIC, for which a special printed list must be consulted. In using periodical indexes and the online catalog you must above all remember one thing - for any single topic you may need to look under different subject headings in each place. Your success depends on how well you identify the best subject headings in the online catalog and in the indexes you are using. Ask at the Information Desk for help.