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Available in Alternative Microform
at OhioLINK Institutions


LIBRARY GUIDE

The life blood of historical research is primary source documentation. That is, original or first-hand documents written at the time of the events described. These documents are often kept in their original formats in specialized archives and manuscript libraries.

These valuable resources can be made widely available to any library through the process of microforming. This involves photographing pages and then reproducing them in a miniaturized scale on film. Specialized readers are then used to enlarge them for viewing and, sometimes, copying. Microfilm (film on a reel) and microfiche (flat film sheets) are the most widely used microforms today.

However, there are other, older or less popular, microforms that are still used today. These microforms are: microprint, microcard, ultrafiche and opaque. The following list contains the titles of primary sources in these formats available at OhioLINK libraries. The source's title is on the left and the holding libraries and specific microform on the right.

Key to institution abbreviations:
OSU (Ohio State); OU (Ohio University); UD (University of Dayton); UT (University of Toledo)

The sources owned by UT can be found in Microform & Multimedia on the lower floor of Carlson Library.


TITLE

INSTITUTION/FORMAT

African Repository OSU-Microcard
Allgemeine Deutsch Biography OU-Microcard
American Bibliography (Evans) UD-Microcard
American Colonial Newspapers OSU-Microcard
American State Papers 1789-1838, Serials 01-019 Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Finance, Commerce and Navigation, Military Affairs UD- Microcard
American State Papers 1789-1838, Serials 020-038 Military Affairs, Post Office Dept., Public Lands, Claims and Miscellaneous UD- Microcard
Bibliography of Periodicals, 1840-1870 OSU-Microcard OSU-Microcard
Bibliotheca Americana/Dictionary of Books Relating to America (Sabine) UD- Microcard; UT- Microprint
Bibliotheca Americana (John Carter Brown Library. Catalogue) UD- Microcard
Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima (Harrisse) UD-Microcard
British Sessional Papers, 1731-1979 OU-Microprint
British Sessional Papers, 1731-1900 OSU-Microcard; UT- Microprint
Church Catalog. Americana UD-Microcard
Debats Parlementaries, 1918-1940 UT-Microcard
Early American Newspapers OU-Microprint
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 (Evans) OSU-Microcard; OU-Microprint (also microfilm); UD-Microcard; UT- Microprint
Early American Periodicals Index to 1850 OSU-Microcard; OU-Microprint
German Confederation, 1815-1866 OU-Microcard
German Reichstag, 1867-1933 OU-Microcard
Great Britain. Privy Council, Colonial Series, 1613-1783; Main Series 1890-1949 OU-Microcard
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents OU-Microcard
Journal Official, 1869-1940 Table General de Recueil de Traites OU-Microcard
Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1900 OSU-Microcard; UT-Microprint
Landmarks of Science, Series 1 OSU-Microcard; OU-Microprint (Complete)
Landmarks of Science, Series 2 OSU-Microcard; OU-Microprint (Spotty)
Microbook Library of American Civilization UD-Ultrafiche; OU-Ultrafiche Microbook Library of American Civilization UD-Ultrafiche; OU-Ultrafiche
North German Confederation, 1866-1870 OU-Microcard
Organization of American States, Documents OSU-Microcard
Patrologiea Cursus Completus (Greek and Latin) OU-Microcard
Physics Periodicals (historical) OSU-Microcard
Russian Historical Sources, 1906-1964 OU-Microprint; OSU-Microcard
Russkaia Starina, 1890-1918 UT-Microprint
Schulthess Europaischer Geschichtskalender Achten des Wiener Congress, 1814-1815 OU-Microcard
Slavery Pamphlets (Oberlin) OSU-Microcard
Spanish and Portuguese Bibliographies OSU-Microcard
Travels in the Confederate States OSU-Microcard; UT-Microcard
United Nations Documents, 1954-1981 OSU-Microcard
U.S. Government Publications, Non-depository Documents, 1953-1980 OSU-Microcard
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, v. 1-1464, 1817-1871 OSU-Microcard (1817- ?); OU- Microcard
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, v. 1-6506, 1817-1913 OU-Microcard; UT-Microprint
Writings of Thomas Hodgskin OSU- Microcard

Document Custodian: Michael Aked
Created: 21 January 1998
Last revised: 26 January1998

Last Updated: 6/27/22