Friday, September 17, 2010

New shelving order for the periodicals

If you are returning to campus, you might go downstairs to the compact shelving on Lowel Level East and say, "What the heck happened to the periodicals?"

Over the summer, our hard-working Circ staff reordered the entire periodicals stacks area. Now, instead of being shelved in order by call number, they are in alphabetical order by title, just like the Current Periodicals upstairs in the Reference Room. So it's no longer necessary for you to get a call number if you know the name of the journal you are looking for.

We hope this will simplify the task of finding and using our paper periodicals. Remember : only about 30% of the scholarly journals in the field of religion are available in digital formats. It's still necessary to consult journals in print to do your research.

Paula

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