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Serials

The Serials Department processes, houses, and maintains print, microform, and electronic serials, including newspapers, journals, magazines, and ERIC documents. Several specialized collections are also available in microform. These include Tests in Microfiche, Gerritsen Women’s History collection, FBI files of prominent Black individuals and organizations, and the Freeman file, an index to the Richmond News Leader and Richmond Times Dispatch from the late 1920’s to October 1985.

USING SERIALS
Approximately 200 heavily used titles are controlled behind the Serials public service desk. Students, faculty, and staff of Virginia State University must present a valid I.D. card or current driver’s license to use controlled titles. Visitors must present a current driver’s license or military I.D. to use controlled titles. Serials do not circulate outside the library. Special consideration is made to faculty on a title-by-title basis for short periods of time.

ARRANGEMENT OF SERIALS
Current serials, microfilm and microfiche holdings are arranged alphabetically by title.
Bound serials are arranged by Library of Congress class number. The A through P class numbers begin on the second floor bay, Room 201. The Q through Z class number begins on the third floor bay, Room 301.

LOCATION OF SERIALS
At this time, only bound serials beginning in 1980 to the present are housed in Lindsay Montague. All bound serials 1979 and older are housed in a separate building adjacent to the circulating books building on Carter G. Woodson Avenue. This building is accessible only to library employees. Users may request titles at the Circulation Desk. The volume will be obtained by a staff member, and must be used within the library.

MICROFORM PRINTERS
There are several microform scanners and printers in the Serials Department. All printers use the Smart Card system to make copies. In Lindsay Montague cards are available from the vending unit located across from the Reference Desk on the first floor. The card costs fifty cents ($.50) and value may be added to the card at any time. Copies are ten cents ($.10) per page.

LOCATING SERIAL HOLDINGS
All serials owned by the library are listed in TROY, the library on-line catalog. The VSU Journal Locator identifies all journals , print and electronic, available to students, faculty and staff. The Locator provides hot links to TROY and commercial databases from which full text articles or abstracts are available.

SERIALS CONTACTS
For help in locating serials , please contact the Serials service desk at 524-5042 or Ms. Susan Lobaugh, Head of the Serials Department at 524-6957 or send e-mail to slobaugh@vsu.edu.