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The
microform collection of the North Campus library provides access to tens
of thousands of newspaper, magazine, and journal issues published between
the mid 1800’s and the present.
The microfilm reels and microfiche sheets of the collection are
organized by publication title and date, and are kept in file cabinets in
a room on the second floor of the library, next to the Periodicals Service
Window.
The person on duty at the Service Window helps with the microfilm
and microfiche reader-printers.
Copies of materials on microform cost ten cents per page and the
machines only accept dimes.
Over 1,800 periodical titles are represented in the collection.
Our
library users are often referred to the microform collection by InfoTrac,
an electronic index to periodical literature, and by LINCC, the
library’s online catalog.
For example, once an article citation has been found in a textbook,
an encyclopedia, or some other type of source, one can search for the
title of the periodical in LINCC.
If the library owns any issues of that periodical, the system will
normally identify them by volume number, date of publication, format, and
location.
In the case of microform holdings, the phrase “microfilm room”
will appear on the LINCC screen.
At
the North Campus library, most of our magazine and journal articles from
before the mid or early 1990’s as well as most of our newspaper articles
are only available on microform.
Periodicals on microform occupy much less space and last
considerably longer than the original paper copies, which we keep until
the same material is received on microform.
Additionally, the library’s full-text periodical databases are
generally limited to articles from the past few years.
Students who need articles that deal with the Vietnam War or the
Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s and that were published when these
events took place, for instance, will almost certainly have to use the
microform collection.
This collection offers the members of the North Campus community a
wonderful opportunity to learn about the recent and the not-so-recent
past. Even the classified ads in newspapers and magazines from the second
half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century tell us a
lot about the way people lived at that time.
These
are a few of the publications with over fifty years of coverage in our
microform collection.
Some individual issues within the given years may not be available:
The
American Journal of Psychology (1893-1998) The Miami Herald (1911-1998)
The
American Journal of Sociology (1895-1999) The Modern Language Journal (1925-1998)
College
English (1939-1999) The Nation (1865-1998)
Current
History (1941-1998)
The New York Times (1857-1998)
Education
(1880-1999) The New Yorker (1931-1999)
Foreign
Affairs (1922-1998)
Science (1883-1998)
The
Journal of American Folklore (1888-1998)
Scientific American (1861-1998)
The
following were some of the most important headlines in The New York
Times during the last 150 years. The articles are available in the
microform collection:
“Emancipation:
President Lincoln’s Proclamation” (January 3, 1863)
“Official:
The Fall of Atlanta.
The Official Report of Maj. Gen. Sherman” (September 5, 1864)
“Awful
Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin” (April 15, 1865)
“Colby
Proclaims Woman Suffrage” (August 27, 1920)
“Prices
of Stocks Crash in Heavy Liquidation: Total Drop of Billions” (October
24, 1929)
“First
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan: Missile is Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT”
(August 7, 1945)
“Men
Walk on Moon: Astronauts Land on Plain, Collect Rocks, Plant Flag” (July
21, 1969)
“Joyous
East Germans Pour Through Wall” (November 11, 1989)
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