PERIODICALS
Periodicals are journals, yearbooks and serial publications. There are altogether approximately 28.300 Finnish and international periodical titles subscribed to the library. Most of them are printed, the library has also acquired approximately 17.800 electronic journal titles.
The Main Library’s Fennica collection includes almost comprehensively the journals published in Finland. The Genera collection of international literature includes also journals. These collections are situated in closed stacks and journals can be read after a call slip request has been made. In the Main Library’s periodicals reading room, the ongoing volume of several periodicals can be read. In the reading room, there are volumes of some essential periodicals of certain fields.
In discipline-specific libraries, there are essential periodicals of their fields. Lending practices vary by the unit. See more information under the heading Loan periods.