Bound journals are arranged by journal title and shelved on 3A and 4A. The first half of the alphabet (A-M) is on 3A and the second half (M-Z) is on 4A. Get to 3A and 4A by using the stairs in the reporter area on 3 or the back elevators on the north side of the building.
Bound journals in the open stacks can be taken from the shelf without signing them out at the library desk.
If a journal isn't where you think it should be, it probably changed its name. For example, the University of Colorado Law Review is shelved under R rather than U, because its original title was Rocky Mountain Law Review. To reconcile these name changes, simply search for the journal title in the Diamond library catalog to find its exact call number and location.
Current issues of journals not yet bound by volumes can be retrieved from the library desk. Simply ask the desk staff for the particular volume and issue. These unbound issues are on desk reserve. Make copies of the necessary pages and return the issue to the library desk.
Journal Finder is a database of all Temple University print and online subscriptions. Full-text versions are not always in page-image form. Some subscriptions only provide html or plain text article. These databases usually provide articles in pdf -- click on them first when they appear in your results:
If the journal does not appear in this search or the available date range does not match the date you need, request the item via ILLIAD. ILLiad is Temple Libraries' interlibrary loan request system. Requests are often filled in 3-5 days, particularly when the article can be scanned and sent to you via your ILLiad account.
Ask a librarian for help on journal searching or making interlibrary loan requests.
Can't Locate Your Article Online?
button available from most databases to locate the entire article online.
Temple Libraries' newspapers subscriptions also appear in Journal Finder. Search by the newspaper name and not the article title.
Most of of Temple's online newspaper files are html or plain text rather than page image pdfs. Some historical papers appear in page image and Journal Finder will link you to those databases.
Select newspapers (e.g., New York Times, Wall Street Journal) are collected on microfilm. The Diamond catalog records for microfilm provide call numbers and date ranges. Use these to access the microfilm collections the Paley Library Media Services Department on the ground floor. That department has machines to read the film and print articles or save pdf images to a USB drive.
For more information about finding newspapers, ask a librarian.
