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Hélène
Volat, Head
Reference Department
Central Reading Room, Frank Melville Jr. Library
631.632.7110
About the Microform
Collection
The microform collections at USB exceed the size of the Library's
book collections in terms of volumes and occupy nearly 4 million rolls
of film. The materials include selected newspapers (current and past,
foreign and domestic), magazines and journals, U.S., U.N., and foreign
government publications, U.S. and foreign census materials, manuscripts,
dissertations, archival materials, anthropological studies, educational
research reports and large collections of older American and European
books and plays.
Many titles on microform are listed in STARS,
but the detailed descriptions of microfilm collections are usually
not catalogued. New digitized indexing systems may correct that. Those
details are now often found in other indexes and bibliographies available
in the Reference and
Microforms areas. (check the link to CRR) Staff can assist users
in identifying needed materials and in locating them.
Equipment includes readers, reader-printers (for making copies), and
the Indus opaque microprint/card reader. Enlarged copies of microforms
cost ten cents per page. A change machine is located nearby. Staff
can usually assist with the use of equipment.
Selected Newspapers and Periodicals
- Chicago Tribune (1847-1994) (and index 1972-1994)
- History (Women's Liberation Periodical Collection)
- Life Magazine (1936-1957)
- Ms. Magazine (1972- )
- New York Times (1851- ) (and index 1851- )
- Newsday (Suffolk ed.) (1944- )
- Times (London) (1788- )
- Underground Newspaper Collection (1965- )
- Wall Street Journal (1899- ) (and index 1958- )
- Washington Post (1931-33, 1954- ) (and index 1972- )
20th Century Publications
- Columbia University Oral History Collection
- Cornell University Collection of Women's Rights Pamphlets
- Human Relations Area Files (HRAF--Cultural Anthropology)
- International Collection of Social and Economic Development
Plans (1945- )
- International Population Census Publications (1945- )
- Resources in Education file (ERIC documents on microfiche)
- United Nations Documents and Official Records (1946- )
- U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs
19th Century Publications
- American Culture Series
- American Periodical Series
- British Sessional Papers
- Early American Books (1801-1819)
- English and American Drama of the 19th Century
- Nassau and Suffolk Counties Decennial Census Reports
- Oberlin College Anti-Slavery Collection
- U.S. Presidential Papers
Pre-19th Century Publications
- Early American Imprints (1639-1800)
- Early American Newspapers
- Early English Books (1475-1700)
- German, French, and Spanish Drama Collections
- Three Centuries of English and American Plays
Printed Guides to the Collections
-Newspaper Geographical Card File
-Union List of Microform Collections in Nassau and Suffolk County
Libraries (Micro and Ref Z1033.M5 F4) |
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