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This study uses the list of periodicals indexed by Alternative Press Index to examine the holdings rates of alternative press titles in U.S. ARL libraries. Holdings rates are examined by library, by title, and by subject category. Alternative press titles are not widely held in U.S. ARL libraries. Titles falling into categories such as leftist/Marxist politics, gay/lesbian, and labor are particularly underrepresented in library holdings, as are titles that are newsletters or magazines. The impact of these low holdings rates on scholars, students, and archival library collections is discussed.

indexes; a list of specific recommendations is appended (see Appendix A). Parallel research in similar fields may allow librarians to draw generalizations about access to interdisciplinary materials.• omen's studies programs have been present in American universities for more than twenty years. A number of core bibliographies have been developed for the discipline (or interdiscipline) and list serial titles covering a wide subject range. The accessibility of rna terial covered in these serial titles is important for current researchers in women's studies. This paper examines access to women's studies serials through standard indexing services typically found in larger research libraries.