This document provides information about periodicals and accessing periodical databases from the Massasoit Community College Library. It defines a periodical as a print publication published at regular intervals. All the options listed - newspapers, scholarly journals, and magazines - are types of periodicals. Magazines are specifically identified as a popular periodical. A periodicals database contains information from periodicals, not phone numbers, syllabi, or maps. To access Massasoit's databases from off campus requires a library barcode number.