The most recent issues are kept on the 1st Floor . If you know the titles of some useful periodicals covering your subject area you can quickly find articles on other topics by looking at the subject index in each volume. This index is available in the back of most complete, bound volumes of each periodical shelved on the subject floors. It is not possible to find details of individual articles on Unicorn . To find this information you need to use abstracts and indexes .
Some databases giving details of articles published on specific topics are available electronically.
These sources will contain details of material not available in Reading University Library which can usually be obtained from other Libraries by the Inter-Library Loans Service . The Library holds a large collection of pamphlets related to many areas of botany. If you need to consult any of these ask at the Ground Floor Information Desk. The Herbarium Library in the School of Plant Sciences holds a large collection of Floras and reference works relevant to and for use with the specimen collections. It contains Index Kewensis for details of plants original diagnoses and descriptions.