HIST 7B: Agricultural journals- Ariel Ron

Loading Microfilm: The Movie!

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:53:43 -0800

Scanning from Microfilm

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:14:19 -0800

You can save images from microfilm or microfiche to your flashdrive, in pdf or tiff format. You can use the scanning process to improve, crop or otherwise adjust the image-- very useful for old, scratched microfilm.

Microfilm & Microfiche

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:37:24 -0700

Before digital storage became easy and cheap, microfilm was a way for libraries to maintain large collections of newspapers, government documents, and historical documents while saving physical storage space. The UC Berkeley Libraries still have extensive microform (microfilm and microfiche) collections, containing valuable information for researchers.

Since each roll of microfilm contains thousands of tiny images of the original pages of a document, you'll need a microfilm reader to magnify the images enough to read them. The UC Berkeley Newspapers and Microforms Department (40 Doe Library) has machines that read, print, and scan images from microfilm and microfiche.

Microfilm and microfiche owned by the UC Berkeley Libraries can be found through OskiCat; use Advanced Keyword Search to limit your search to "All Microforms." In the News/Micro collection, microfilm rolls and microfiche cards are shelved with their own numbering system; click here for a PDF of the collection's floorplan.

Newspapers and Microforms Collection

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:21:10 -0800

If the library location in OskiCat says "Newspapers and Microforms" it is referring to the Newspapers and Microforms Collection, 40 Doe Library.

To get there, enter the north entrance of Doe Library (the side facing Memorial Glade and the East Asian Library). Walk straight ahead until you reach the marble stairs; do NOT take the stairs, but instead turn right and go down the hall until you see stairs to the basement. (There is an elevator around the corner). Once you go down the stairs or elevator, the entrance to the Newspapers and Microforms collection should be directly in front of you.

Floor plan of Doe Library, 1st floor | Floor plan of Doe Library basement

The collection's hours are 10-7 M-Th, 10-5 on Fridays. The collection is not open on weekends, and microfilm cannot be checked out.

There are a limited number of machines -- please plan ahead! Be sure to bring a flash drive so you can save scanned copies of the microfilm to your disk. Scanning is free, but printing from the microfilm reader/printers is 10 cents a page. You MUST use your Cal1 card to pay for printing.

In the News/Micro collection, microfilm rolls and microfiche cards are shelved with their own numbering system; click here for a PDF of the collection's floorplan.

Don't hesitate to ask for help! The News/Micro staff are experts in the use of the machines.

Getting Material from NRLF

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:03:09 -0700

A large part of the library's collection is stored off campus in an environmentally secure building called the Northern Regional Library Facility [NRLF].

Submit online requests via the REQUEST button in OskiCat to borrow material shelved at NRLF. To receive electronic or paper copies of book chapters or journal articles, submit an online request via the "Request an article from NRLF (photocopy or web delivery)" link that appears in eligible titles in OskiCat. Staff at public service desks of any campus library can assist you with further questions.

Historical Agricultural Journals

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:00:57 -0800

You will need to search Oskicat to find the journals in your source base.

Source Base: Agriculture, 1866-1945

Farm journals
The Cultivator and Country Gentleman	NRLF
The American Agriculturist	NRLF, NEWSMICRO
The American Farmer	NEWSMICRO, PROQUEST
The Prairie Farmer	NRLF, NEWSMICRO
The Progressive Farmer and Southern Ruralist	NRLF

California farm journals
The Pacific Rural Press	BIOS, NRLF
California Countryman (UCB agricultural journal)	BIOS
The Business Farmer	BIOS
Orchard and Farm	BIOS
The California Cultivator	BIOS

Other periodicals
The National Economist (Populist newspaper)	UCSC (interlibrary loan)
The Banker-Farmer	NRLF
The Farm Worker (Berkeley)	NRLF
Rural Missions (“A journal devoted to the improvement of rural life around the world”)	NRLF
The Bureau Farmer (American Farm Bureau Federation)	NRLF

Catalogs

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:19:24 -0700

To find books, DVDs, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, and much more - everything except articles - use a library catalog.

OskiCat = UC Berkeley libraries

MELVYL= all UC campus libraries, including all UC Berkeley libraries

What's the difference?

For each item make sure you know the name of the physical library, call number, and whether or not it's checked out, library use only, etc.

Oskicat journal search

ljones@library.berkeley.edu (Lynn Jones) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:00:54 -0700

Suppose you know the name of the journal, newspaper or magazine you want. Does Berkeley own it? Search Oskicat to find out.