Serials Serials are indispensable for research and information. The figure of speech which special and general libraries have applied to serials is that they constitute the backbone of the research collection.
Serials are basic to reference work in almost any kind of library.
They are quite essential to the scholar and the research worker, because they provide the most recent materials available. The Department houses newspapers, journals, recordings and sheet music. Only faculty and staff members are permitted to take periodicals from the Library for a short period of time. Students, however, can check out sheet music for a period of three weeks. The Department processes all serials.