Locating Periodicals

Some Tisch Library databases do not provide full-text access to articles from periodicals (magazines, newspapers, or scholarly journals). When you have a citation and you want to find a copy of an article, here are your options::

Option 1: Search the Library Catalog

Choose "Journal Title" as your type of search. Search for the name of the journal, newspaper, or magazine (Psychology Today, The New York Times, Journal of the American Medical Association) omitting beginning articles (the, an and a and their foreign equivalents). If this results in a screen with a numbered list of titles, click on the item that most closely matches the title you input.

The location(s) and information about which volumes the library owns appear at the bottom of the screen. Locations for periodicals include:

Option 2: Search Electronic Journals

Search for electronic journals by typing the title of the periodical you are looking for.

Option 3: Try an Online Repository

New Jour is a list of journals and newsletters available on the Internet.
YAHOO! maintains a list of full-text journals, magazines and newspapers

Option 4: Request a Copy of your Article

If you've searched for your periodical in both the catalog and the Electronic Journals list and can't locate it, Tisch Library probably does not subscribeto it. Request a copy of your article through Document Delivery and you will recieve a copy of it in a few days.


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