The contents--sets of archives, books, documents, manuscripts, music, periodicals, plays and scores--and indexing of the university collection of microforms are described in this guide. When available, the following information has been included: call number, card catalog entry, description, format, indexes, publisher, and review. Arranged…

Each of the three guides provides brief instruction in the use of specific indexes for locating desired items in the respective collections. The scope of each collection is described, and then a step-by-step approach, using examples, takes the reader from the selection of a topic in an appropriate index to the location of relevant items in the…

Focusing on the major collections in the microform reading room at the University of Michigan Library, this guide lists only those collections for which there are indexes or guides in the microform reference collection. Materials described include personal family and presidential papers, early American newspapers, bibliographies of books and…

To assist the more than 9,000 engineering students at Texas A&M University, the staff of the Microtext Department, Sterling C. Evans Library, prepared these handouts listing the library's holdings of industry standards and their locations. Current industry standards are offered on 16mm film on cartridge through the VSMF (Visual Search Materials…

This guide to microform collections and resources at Milner Library is intended to alert users to available research potential on microform and to aid in the location and use of these materials. Included are (1) collections based on previously published bibliographies; (2) holdings of libraries; (3) collections of books, periodicals, newspapers,…

Included in this user's guide to the Jones Microtext Center at Dartmouth College are instructions on how to locate and use items in the microtext collection and descriptions of the center's holdings and other services. The types of microform are defined, and the use of both the card and serials catalogs are explained. These various collections,…

Part of the library education program, these 12 information guides provide an introduction to the J. Paul Leonard Library's services and general information on access to specific types of materials. The following numbered guides are included: (1) Library Services; (2) Library Hours; (3) Library Floor Plan; (4) How to Use the Card Catalog; (5) The…

Written for an undergraduate course at the University of California at Berkeley, this handbook also serves as a general text on library use. Detailed instruction is given on the use of card catalogs, reference materials, periodicals, newspapers, microforms, government documents, and other library collections. Major general reference works are…

Produced as part of a formal library review process, this publication reports the results of a 1981 survey of approximately 1000 undergraduates, postgraduates, and academic staff at the Australian National University (ANU) to determine their use of and satisfaction with facilities, materials, and services provided by ANU's library system. A high…