University Libraries

Summary

This policy describes a patron’s borrowing privileges, loan period, and fine rates for periodicals.

Definitions

1. Current Periodical: Print periodicals that are held as individual issues
2. Bound Periodical: Print periodicals that are held as bound volumes containing multiple issues
3. Loan Period: The time period that an item can be checked out to a library patron.
4. Library Use Only: An item status indicating that it must be used in a library building.
5. Regular Circulating Items: Library materials that are circulated according to the Borrowing Books and Music Materials Policy
6. Billed: An item is billed when it has been overdue for an extended period of time. Returning the item will remove the billed status and there will be no late fees.

Periodicals in Willis and Sycamore Libraries

UNT Students, Faculty, Staff, and Retirees

Other Patrons (Courtesy Card and TexShare Card Holders)

• No checkout allowed

Current Periodicals and Music Library Periodicals

• Some current periodicals and Music Library periodicals are library use only.
• Articles in current periodicals may also be available through the UNT Libraries’ electronic resources.
• Scans of articles from print current periodicals may be requested through Document Delivery.

Bound Periodicals at the Library Annex (Remote Storage) and Government Documents Periodicals

• With the exception of rare and other non-circulating items, periodicals stored at Remote Storage and government documents periodicals are treated as regular circulating items.
• Scans of articles from print bound periodicals may be requested through Document Delivery.

Exceptions

The following periodicals are non-circulating:

• Periodicals that are available in microfilm, microfiche, or in an electronic format.
• Periodicals in Special Collections.

Dates

• Created: 05/29/12
• Revised: 01/23/18, 03/25/24, 07/08/24

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