MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS

A Faulk Central Library Research Guide

LOCATION

All current and back issues of newspapers and magazines are shelved in the periodicals' area on the east end of the second floor. Back issues are found in different formats: paper copy, bound, microfiche, or microfilm. Spanish and world language magazines and newspapers are located on range 1 of the World Languages section. Newspapers in English are shelved alphabetically on periodical ranges 1 and 2. Paper copies of magazines in English are shelved alphabetically on ranges 3-11. Bound volumes are shelved alphabetically on periodical ranges 11-14.

Copiers are located on the northeast wall. Copies are .20 cents a page. The copiers accept $1.00 bills as well as coins.

Microfilm is filed alphabetically by periodical title in the file cabinets numbered 1-6. Microfiche is filed alphabetically by periodical title in the cabinets numbered 7-12. Microform is read on microform reader/printers. Copies can be made for .20 cents a page. Exact change in dimes is required.

USING INDEXES AND FULL-TEXT DATABASES

• Many full-text periodical databases and indexes are available on computers in the reference area
• Databases are available for every topic and educational level. Databases in Spanish are also available
• Many databases are available remotely. You can access them from your home or office computer with an Austin Public Library Card
• Ask a librarian at the reference desk for help finding the right databases and instructions on how to access and search the databases

The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature is a paper index to general interest magazines. It is shelved on Range 14.

NEWSPAPERS & INDEXES

New York Times Indexes back to 1933 are on the index tables near the north windows. The Library owns microform of the New York Times back to 1938 with additional holdings from 1929-1931. The citation contains the date, section, page, and column of the article.

A citation looks like this: Supreme Court agrees to hear two death penalty cases
The year is the year of the volume you are searching. Paper copies of the Times are the national edition printed in Austin; microform copies are the late edition printed in New York.

More newspapers are available for past years:

• The Houston Chronicle is available on microfilm from 1995 to the present.
• The Houston Post is available on microfilm from 1976-1995
• The Wall Street Journal is available on microform from 1969 to the present

Indexes for all these newspapers are on the index tables near the north windows.

The current two months of the Austin American-Statesman are available in this building. Issues from 1871 to the present are kept at the Austin History Center next door (810 Guadalupe). The paper is available electronically from 1989 to the present.

FINDING YOUR ARTICLES

• Note the title of the periodical, the date, and pages of the article you want to see.
• Check the Central Library Periodicals' List to see if Central carries the periodical. Several copies of the Periodicals' List are located in the Periodicals' area.
• The list is also available online at the Faulk Central Library Periodicals Search.

Please note the format of the article. The periodical may be available in microfiche, microfilm, bound, or paper copy. Copies can be made of all formats.

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