Newspapers and periodicals are, from the beginnings, an important part of the library's holdings. The most treasured items of the collection are Hungarian periodicals of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, of these the materials from the Trans-Tisza region and the newspapers of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/49 are rich. A good cross-sectional view of the periodicals published in the first part of the 20^th century can also be found in our library.
Due to the submitting of legal deposit copies, from 1952 the entire body of national periodical products reach the library. International periodicals serve primarily the educational and research activities of the university, especially the collection of the humanities and social sciences are considerable. The Periodical Collection provides  180 000 items for users for in-library use only. The current issues can be viewed in the Research Room of the Main Building. Since the inauguration of the Social Sciences Library in 2002 current collection of  economics, law and public administration and partly the older periodicals have been located in the new library building in the Kassai Street.
Besides printed periodicals the number of  electronic documents is increasing day by day. The card-catalogue explores the collection until 1986. The periodicals published after 1986 can only be found in the online catalogue (OPAC).

Usage:
The periodicals are for in-library use only. The part of the collection described in the catalogue (card-catalogue or OPAC) can be read in the reading room of the Periodical Collection, while current issues can be ordered with a call slip to the Reading Room or the Research Room of the Main Building.