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Periodicals
Current Periodicals is responsible for making available the journals and newspapers currently maintained in the ZSR Library. The Current Periodicals Reading Room (do I need to give the exact location in the building? If so, please feel free) houses an online catalog, study tables in addition to casual seating for browsing and reading, a copy machine and a service desk.
The Current Periodicals Reading Room containes issues of the current volume of each journal. Approximately 2,500 individual titles are on display and for use only in this room. The journal are arranged by title within given subject areas, e.g., Biology, Politics, Romance Languages, etc. To locate a journal; first use the online catalog, shelf signage and finding aids in the room will assist the patron in locating the section and title the patron needs. Also, there is always a person at the public desk to help patrons.
Patrons will will first consult the online catalog for the exact location and holdings in the room. Current issues of journals published by the U. S. Government are housed in the Government Documents collection in another room. Current issues of some journals are housed in other departments: Psychology issues in Green Hall, Physics issues in Olin Hall, Chemistry issues to Salem Hall, and Military Science issues in the ROTC department in Reynolds Gym.
Approximately 35 current North Carolina, U.S. and international issues are also shelved alphabetically in the room. At some point (usually 2 weeks) those issues are sent to the Microtext department or recycled (dependent upon the title). For example, a microfilm copy of a given newspaper, Wall Street Journal New York Times, Winston-Salem the paper copy is maintained in the Microtext Reading Room until the microfilm copy is received and added to the collection.
Once a volume is complete, it is bound and shelved by the LC call number in the main stacks. Some of the older periodicals (due to lack of space in ZSR) are shelved at an Offsite Building but can be obtained in a day's time from the Circulation Desk.