Students in the Library’s Mailroom sort OhioLINK books prior to distribution.

Periodical Services at the Main Library

Periodical Services assists patrons with periodicals, newspapers, and microforms owned by the Kent State University Libraries. Periodical Services staff oversee the periodical and microform collections and provides assistance with periodicals, such as identifying specific titles or volumes owned, format type, and floor location. Photocopiers and microform reader/printers are available for use.

During 2nd floor renovations, the Periodical Information Desk is located next to the 2nd floor elevators. Hours are limited. After-hours assistance is available at the 1st floor Reference Desk.

Call the Periodical Information Desk at (330) 672-2177 for current hours or go to the library's website at http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10852

The current periodical collection, which generally includes unbound periodical issues from the current year, precedes the bound periodical collection on the 2nd floor.

Bound periodicals are located on the second floor and are shelved alphabetically by title.

Lesser-used periodicals are located at the Northeast Ohio Cooperative Regional Depository in Rootstown and may be requested on KentLINK for delivery to any library in the Kent State University library system. If the exact citation for a particular article from a journal held at the Northeast Ohio Cooperative Regional Depository is known, it can be requested by submitting an Interlibrary Loan request using ILLiad This is a link to another web site and a copy of the article will be obtained.

Selected microforms are in a self-service area. The Periodical Services staff is available to assist users in finding these materials and in using microform equipment. Microform reader/printers make it possible to read and scan microform documents, and the scanned documents can be printed, saved to a storage device, or e-mailed.

On-site storage is a closed area that houses lesser-used materials. On-site storage material is accessible only by request through KentLINK. Requested items are retrieved once a day, Monday through Friday.   For assistance, contact the Periodical Information Desk.