Periodicals include newspapers, popular magazines, and scholarly journals which are published on a regular basis (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually, etc.). The WCSU Libraries currently subscribe to over 900 periodicals, which are shelved on the third floor of the Ruth A. Haas Library, in alphabetical order by title of publication. Business periodicals are located in the Robert S. Young Library at the Westside Campus. Additional titles are available in full-text via our databases such as Academic Search Premier, ABI/Inform, JSTOR, etc. Visit the Databases section for a complete list.
Periodicals may NOT be checked out, but you are welcome to make photocopies of the pages you need. Photocopiers for student use are available on the first and third floors of the Haas Library and at the Robert S. Young Library. Faculty copiers are also available on the first and third floors.
Because of space limitations, the Ruth A. Haas Library keeps paper issues of daily newspapers only for the most recent two months. Earlier issues are available on microfilm in filing cabinets on the third floor, arranged alphabetically by title, as are the back files of some magazines and journals.
Microform reader/printer machines are available on the third floor for making copies of microfilm and microfiche. We encourage users to scan the pages and save to disk to save paper, but printing is also available free of charge. For help in using the reader/printers, please ask in the Serials Office on the third floor. If the Serials Office is closed, you may inquire at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
To find out if our library subscribes to a specific periodical, consult the WCSU A-to-Z Journal Locator (online) or the printed Serials List found in the Periodicals section and at Reference on the first floor.
If WCSU does not subscribe to the periodical you need, you may obtain needed material on Interlibrary Loan. Please allow at least ten days for delivery. In most cases, Interlibrary Loan service is free, but if you are in a hurry, faster document delivery service is available for a reasonable fee.
