Periodicals

Periodicals Room

Prepared by Jaleesa DeLavallade

Perhaps you need journal articles for an assignment, or maybe you simply like to flip through magazines in your spare time between classes. The library has an extensive collection of newspapers, journals, and magazines in a variety of formats. You can find them in print, online, on microfilm and on microfiche. 

Microfilm, Microfiche, and Readers

You can access the microform collections in the Periodicals room, located just inside the main library. Microfilm is a roll of film with  images of newspaper or magazine content on it. Microfiche contains the same type of material, but it is a flat piece of film. Either can be viewed using a microfilm reader, and Delgado has two readers. It can be very interesting to see newspaper articles from long ago. Delgado has the Times-Picayune on microfilm going back to January 8, 1900. You can look at them for an assignment or just out of curiosity. It is interesting to look up the dates of important events to see what was said about them at the time. For instance, you can read about the opening of Delgado as a trade school for men, or even the first moon landing.

The library also has a great number of popular periodicals on microfiche that we don’t have in print. Some titles include The New Yorker, Time, and People (originally called People Weekly), and there are many more. Lots of these are up to date subscriptions. The microfilm/microfiche readers allow you to print what you are looking at for 10¢ per page.


To search this collection, go to the library’s home page and click the expanded search link:

Select Expanded Search

Search by key word or periodical title

For those who prefer to use print magazines or to access them on the computer, the library has a great deal on offer. There is a broad range of topics covered in print and online, numbering into the thousands. The print magazines and journals include titles like National Geographic, Bon Appetite, Motor Trend, and The Journal of Nutrition.  

The library gets the Times-Picayune delivered daily in addition to several other newspapers. The subscriptions we have for this year at City Park are in the same room with the microfilm and microfiche. The library also has access to many thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers through its subscription databases. These include Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and Entertainment Weekly.

Find Databases: Electronic Journals A to Z

The easiest way to search the online periodicals is with the library's many databases. One can also select the Databases tab on the library’s home page and click on Electronic Journals A to Z. This will bring you to a page where you can choose to search electronic periodicals by title or subject.