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IntroductionThis guide describes history source materials available at Arizona State University, as well as a selection of microforms located at Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona and the Center for Research Libraries. Its purpose is to promote the use of sets and collections that, because of their publication in micro format (microfilm, microfiche or micro- print), are relatively neglected. A secondary purpose is to encourage shared use of these expensive collections among the state's academic institutions and to avoid unwanted duplication. Although many of the Arizona State University titles are listed in the Online Catalog, some are either not cataloged there or are difficult for users to locate, despite great improvements made in recent years in the bibliographical control of microforms. Even those that are easily located in the Online Catalog may not attract users, because the catalog description seldom reveals the full range of materials included in large collections, such as Early American Imprints or Nineteenth Century American Literature and History. Guides such as this one are designed to remedy these shortcomings by providing detailed descriptions of the collections and the guides or indexes available to access them. However, this guide is intended to supplement the Online Catalog, not to replace it. It does not attempt to describe most newspapers, periodicals, separately published monographs, or dissertations, all of which are easily found in the Online Catalog. The materials included generally fall into one of the following categories: papers of individuals or organizations; United States National Archives films; collections of materials published in a particular country; and collections of diverse materials on a particular subject. The entries for these materials are arranged by broad subjects (see the Table of Contents), and there is an Author/Title Index. Most users should be able to find sources in their area by browsing the appropriate section. Those who prefer a more thorough search of the database, which is maintained in NOTEBOOK software, may contact the compiler at Arizona State University, 965-5250. Each entry consists of the following fields:
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This second, greatly enhanced edition was made possible by a sabbatical (July - December, 1990) and a grant from the Arizona State University Librarians' Research Fund. During this time, the compiler made an effort to identify and borrow copies of microform guides prepared by other librarians. The foremost of these is Suzanne Dodson, Microform Research Collections (1984), which was published to spare colleagues the effort of writing original descriptions of commonly held microforms for use in locally prepared guides. Information was borrowed from that title, from Charles Brownson's Selected Microform Collections in Literature (Arizona State University, 1989) and similar guides prepared at the following universities: California State University, Fullerton; Illinois State University; the Library of Congress; Michigan State University; Northern Arizona University; Pennsylvania State University; State University of New York, Stony Brook; Texas A & M University; and the Universities of Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada and New Mexico. Other sources of information for the annotations were: publishers' brochures, reviews, and the guides that often accompany microforms. Accordingly, some of the descriptions in this guide combine elements from a number of these sources with original notes written by the compiler from an examination of the microforms. The intent here is to bring the best possible descriptions together for the benefit of library users. |
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