Periodicals are continuous publications such as journals, newspapers, or magazines.
The UMD Library Catalog includes records for the periodicals which are received by the the UMD Library, but it does NOT include information on the articles within those periodicals. To find periodical articles , use periodical indexes . Learn more about the differences among scholarly journals, newspapers, and popular magazines. If you want articles from scholarly or research journals , ask a reference librarian to recommend an index for your topic. If you want newspaper articles , see this guide to newspaper indexes and full-text newspaper databases .