No library in the world can physically own every periodical published. However, there are other resources that can aid you in getting the periodical you need when the library does not have access to it.

If you need help, please ask for assistance at the Information Desk or call a reference librarian at 501-4188.

FullText Sources Online
Nearby Libraries
InterLibrary Loan

FullText Sources Online
This reference guide is kept behind the Information Desk. It indexes over 10,000 periodicals and indicates which databases include them and what years are covered. You can use this to see if the periodical is located in a database that Rockhurst Library has access to.

FSO's Private Zone: This is a website available to all subscribers of Fulltext Sources Online It includes a list of over 600 periodicals that have free full text available on the Internet. Please ask at the Information Desk for assistance in accessing this website or call at 501-4188.

Nearby Libraries
Many libraries in the area have periodicals that we do not have. Ask at the Information Desk or call at 501-4188 for assistance in searching the catalogs and contact information of other libraries.

WILO Catalog includes online catalogs of Avila University, William Jewell College, Blue River Community College, Longview Community College, Maple Woods Community College and Penn Valley Community College, Saint Paul School of Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Rockhurst for items in the Mobius system.

Kansas City Public Library: Search this catalog to see if KCPL has the periodical you are looking for.

Linda Hall Library: This science library has a vast collection of science periodicals.

Johnson County Library: Search this catalog to find journals in the Johnson County library system.

KU Medical Libraries: Search this catalog to find journals in medicine and the health sciences.

InterLibrary Loan
Our library can request another library to photocopy and mail an article from a periodical. There is generally a 1-2 week wait for the article, and the fee is 20 cents per page. Click here for more information.