For example, if you wanted to find the article listed above, you'd need to copy down all the information in the citation. Sometimes the name of the magazine will be abbreviated. You can look in the front of any volume of the Readers Guide, and it will provide a list of abbreviations and what they mean. Now that you have the citations for the magazine articles, you need to find the magazines in the library. Many libraries have an area where the magazines are shelved in alphabetical order.
Some libraries mix the magazines with the books on the shelves.
If you don't see a magazine area in your library, just ask a librarian to show you where the magazines are kept. Fiction books are often shelved alphabetically by the author's last name. Novels, short stories, poems and plays are examples of fiction. Nonfiction books describe real things or real events. The reference section is another important part of the library.