Periodicals Reading Room
The most recent issues of selected current periodicals are shelved in the Periodicals Reading Room. This Room is a section of the main Library Reading Room, located to the left of the Library doorway as you enter.
Check the online catalog to find current periodicals and most others.
Older back issues of the titles listed here are shelved either alphabetically by title on Deck 6 (titles with the call number "PER"), or by LC call number in the stacks. Back issues of Law periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title on Deck 4.
The Interior Library also subscribes to several daily newspapers:
- The New York Times
- USA Today
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Washington Times
| Title | Call Number | Frequency | Room Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambio | PER | 8x a year | Keep 1 year |
| American Forests | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| American Historical Review | E171 .A57 | 5x a year | Keep 1 year |
| American Indian Culture and Research Journal | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| American Indian Law Review | LAW PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| American Indian Quarterly | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| American Indian Report | E78 .A43 | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| American Journal of Agricultural Economics | PER | 5x a year | Keep 1 year |
| American Naturalist | PER | Monthly | Keep 6 months |
| American Scientist | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Arrowhead | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Audubon | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Auk | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Bay Journal | PER | 10x a year | Keep 1 year |
| Biological Conservation | PER | Biweekly | Keep 4 months |
| BioScience | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Bird Watcher's Digest | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Business Week | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months; current calendar year only in stacks |
| Clean Water Report | PER | 25 a year | Keep 1 year |
| Columbia Journal of Environmental Law | LAW PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Condor | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Congressional Digest | PER | 10x a year | Keep 1 year |
| Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report | JK1 .C15 | Weekly | Keep 2 months, earlier in REF stacks |
| Conservation | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Conservation Biology | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 6 months |
| Consumer Reports | PER | Monthly | Keep 2 months; current year plus 5 years will be kept in the stacks |
| Ecological Applications | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Ecological Economics | PER | Monthly | Keep 6 months |
| Ecological Monographs | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Ecological Restoration | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Ecology | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 6 months |
| Ecology Law Quarterly | LAW PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Ecosystems | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Endangered Species and Wetlands Report | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Environment | PER | 10x a year | Keep 1 year |
| Environmental Ethics | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Environmental Forum | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| Environmental Law | LAW PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Environmental Management | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 6 months |
| Federal Computer Week | PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months |
| Federal Employees News Digest | PER | Weekly | Keep 1 year; earlier issues not retained |
| Federal Lawyer | LAW PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Federal Times | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months; current plus 1 year in stacks |
| Fortune | PER | 2x a month | Keep 3 months; current plus 5 years in stacks |
| Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | PER | 10x a year | Keep 1 year |
| Government Computer News | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months; current plus 1 year in stacks |
| Government Executive | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year; current plus 5 years in stacks |
| Harvard Business Review | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Harvard Environmental Law Review | LAW PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| High Country News | PER | Biweekly | Keep 6 months |
| Indian Affairs | PER | 3x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Indian Country Today | PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months; current plus 2 years in stacks |
| Inside EPA Weekly Report | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months |
| Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics | PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Journal of American History | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of American Indian Education | PER | 3x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Journal of American Water Resources Association | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Applied Ecology | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Ecology | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Environment and Development | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Journal of Environmental Management | PER | Monthly | Keep 3 months |
| Journal of Environmental Quality | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 6 months |
| Journal of Forestry | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law | LAW PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Journal of Mammalogy | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Journal of Soil and Water Conservation | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Journal of Wildlife Management | PER | Quarterly | Keep 6 months |
| Land and Water | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| Land Economics | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Land Use Law Report | PER | 25x a year | Keep 1 year |
| Land Use Policy | PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Loon | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| National Geographic | PER | Monthly | Keep 6 months |
| National Journal | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months |
| National Journal Daily | PER | Daily when Congress is in session | Keep 2 weeks only |
| National Law Journal | LAW PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months. Earlier issues of the current year plus one earlier calendar year shelved in Law Periodical stacks. |
| National Museum of the American Indian | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| National Parks | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| National Wildlife | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| National Wetlands Newsletter | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| Natural Areas Journal | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Natural History | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Natural Resources and Environment | LAW PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Natural Resources Forum | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Natural Resources Journal | LAW PER | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |
| Nature | PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months |
| Nature Conservancy | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Navajo Times | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months. Earlier issues of the current year plus one earlier calendar year shelved in stacks. |
| New Scientist | PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months |
| Newsweek | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months; current calendar year only in stacks |
| Oil and Gas Journal | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months |
| Onearth | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Outdoor News Bulletin | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Park Science | PER | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Parks and Recreation | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Preservation | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| Public Historian | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Public Productivity and Management Review | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Rangeland Ecology and Management (formerly Journal of Range Management) | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Rangelands | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 2 years |
| Ranger | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Regulation: The Cato Review of Business and Government | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Renewable Resources Journal | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Resource and Energy Economics | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Saving Land | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Science | PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months |
| Science News | PER | Weekly | Keep 4 months |
| Scientific American | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Sierra | PER | Bimonthly | Keep 1 year |
| Smithsonian | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Society and Natural Resources | PER | 8x a year | Keep 1 year |
| This Week from Indian Country Today (shelved as Indian Country Today) |
PER | Weekly | Keep 3 months; current plus 2 years in stacks |
| Time | PER | Weekly | Keep 2 months; current calendar year only in stacks |
| Virginia Wildlife | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Washington Consumers' Checkbook | PER | Quarterly | Keep 3 years |
| Washington Lawyer | PER | Monthly | Keep 1 year |
| Waterbirds | QL671 .C65 | 2x a year | Keep 2 years |
| Western North American Naturalist | PER | Quarterly | Keep 2 years |
| Wetlands | QH75 .A1 W47 | Quarterly | Keep 1 year |