Champlain St-Lambert has over 300 active periodical titles including magazines,
academic journals and newspapers.  The PERIODICAL HOLDINGS LIST,
kept in red duo-tangs, lists the titles of these along with inclusive dates held, the format ( paper, microfiche, microfilm or CD-ROM ), and the location where each can be found.  The LIST can be found at the Circulation Counter and on the index shelves.

PRINTED INDEXES to periodicals are located in the Reference Area near the Circulation Counter. These provide subject access to periodical articles:

    Canadian Index                                        General Science Index
    Canadian Periodical Index                        Humanities Index
    Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature      Social Science Index

    Essay & General Literature Index (locates articles published in anthologies
                                                                            or collections)
    Book Review Digest  (lists location of book reviews in a wide range of magazines
                                                                            and newspapers)

After locating a suitable article in an index, consult the PERIODICAL
HOLDINGS LIST to see whether Champlain has the periodical.

Consult the Reference Librarian about locating periodicals Champlain does not have.

CD-ROM indexes provide access to additional periodicals, many of which are fulltext on the CD-ROM.

INTERNET access to periodicals is provided by EBSCOhost, an online periodical database available at the Library Internet workstations. This service currently indexes 3100 periodicals, with fulltext available online for 350 titles.  Fulltext articles can be printed using a Champlain cashcard at $.10/page.