WHAT IS IN THE MICROFORM CENTER

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WHAT IS IN THE MICROFORM CENTER?

• OVER ONE
• MILLION
• ITEMS

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WHAT IS IN THE MICROFORM CENTER?

• 1/2 MILLION BOOKS
• 1425 SERIAL TITLES
• 138 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MICROFORM INCLUDE

• MICROFILM
• MICROFICHE
• MICRO OPAQUE
• MICROCARD

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HOW DO I FIND WHAT I NEED IN THE MICROFORM CENTER?
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LOOK IN

• MAAGNET/OHIOLINK
• MICROFORM CENTER GUIDES INDEXES
• PERIODICAL HOLDINGS LIST
• REFERENCE DEPT.... INDEXES DATABASES
• CATALOG OF NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM

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COMDOC COPY SERVICES 25 CENTS PER SHEET

• ALL ITEMS MAY BE COPIED AT THE COMDOC COPY
  SERVICE EXCEPT MICROCARDS
• MICROCARD COPIES CAN BE ORDERED
• ASK THE MICROFORMS
• ATTENDANT FOR DETAILS

• correct orders are processed faster!

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SELF SERVE MICROFORM COPIES

• ASK STAFF FOR ASSISTANCE
• COPY MACHINE MAY BE RESERVED 2 WEEKS IN
  ADVANCE.
• FIND THE MICROFORM YOU NEED.
• LOOK AT IT! THE CITATION YOU HAVE MAY NOT MATCH
  THE MICROFORM VERSION IN THE MICROFORM ROOM

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HOW TO GET COPIES FROM COMDOC

• FIND THE MICROFORM YOU NEED.
• LOOK AT IT! THE CITATION YOU HAVE MAY NOT MATCH
  THE MICROFORM VERSION IN THE MICROFORM ROOM!
• FILL OUT THE COPY ORDER FORM
• TAKE FORM MICROFORM TO THE COMDOC WINDOW
  LOCATED OUTSIDE THE MICROFORM CENTER

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RECENT ADDITIONS

• SLAVE TRADE PAPERS
• 1996/2000 COLLEGE CATALOG COLLECTION
• YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR NOW COMPLETE 1889 -
• LOS ANGELES TIMES 1993-

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COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

• NEWSBANK NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM OVER 300
  AMERICAN PAPERS UPDATED MONTHLY.
• ERIC RESOURCES IN EDUCATION. 300,000 TITLES
• 300 NEWSPAPERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
• PERSONAL PAPERS INCLUDING JEFFERSON, MADISON,
  HARDING, McKINLEY
• U.S. CENSUS POPULATION SCHEDULES 1790-1820.
• ASSORTED U.S. CENSUSES 1790-1960, INCLUDING
  TRUMBULL MAHONING CO.

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MICROFORM CLASSIFICATION COLLECTIONS

• call numbers are in numerical order, that is
• MICROFILM 1,
• MICROFILM 2, ET.
• MICROFICHE 1, MICROFICHE 2, ETC..
• ULTRA FICHE LAC 00001, ULTRAFICHE LAC 00002,
  ETC.. (LAC is the collection name)
• MICRO PRINT 1, MICRO PRINT 2, ETC..

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MICROFORM CLASSIFICATION PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS
RELATED ITEMS

• CALL NUMBERS ARE IN NUMERICAL ORDER
• WITH AN X PREFIX
• MICROFILM X1, MICROFILM X2, ETC.
• MICROFICHE X1, MICROFICHE X2, ETC.

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WHAT IF I NEED HELP?

• SEE MICROFORM CENTER ATTENDANT
• ASK FOR HELP AT THE SERIALS DESK

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PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!PLEASE!!

• FOR ALL BUT MICROFILM, INSERT AN IN USE CARD
  WHEN PULLING AN ITEM
• DO NOT RESHELVE MICROFORMS
• LEAVE THEM ON TOP OF THE CABINETS OR IN THE
  BOXES MARKED FOR USED FICHE.

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USING MICROFORM MACHINES

• MACHINES ARE SELF SERVE
• WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ARE ATTACHED
• PLEASE ASK FOR HELP!
• DO NOT DO THIS -----------gt

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HOURS

• OPEN REGULAR LIBRARY HOURS
• COMDOC COPY SERVICE
• CLOSES 15 MINUTES
• BEFORE THE BUILDING .
• COMDOC IS CLOSED
• SUNDAY!