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Using the Library during COVID-19
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Newspapers & Microforms Library
About
Newspapers & Microforms contains the Library's principal collections of:
- Newspapers, with over 100 active newsprint subscriptions, and over 900 titles archived on microfilm.
- Microforms (microfilm, microfiche, and micro-opaque formats, including 950,000 books, manuscripts, documents, and serials of significant academic and journalistic value).
Newspapers received on the issue date:
- New York Times
- San Francisco Chronicle
- East Bay Express
- Daily Californian
Some newspapers are received in newsprint within 1 to 8 weeks after publication.
All newsprint newspapers are for room use only.
The newsfilm collection includes international, national and local newspapers, archival and current. Current titles are usually received about 3 months after publication.This collection is arranged geographically in two sections:
- United States alphabetically by state, then by city, then by title
- International by country, city and title
- U.S. and foreign governmental documents (including patents)
- Federal Register
- United Nations microfiche
- English Short Title Catalog (STC), 1475-1641 and 1641-1745
- Selected National Archives and Records Administration sets
- Four Centuries of Spanish Drama
- Three Centuries of Early American Plays
- Historical California Newspapers
- Underground Newspaper Collections
- Papers of the NAACP
- Selected National Archives and Records Administration sets.
Print indexes for selected newspapers are available, and there is a substantial collection of printed guides to individual microfilm/fiche/opaque sets.
- Seating for reading and studying
- 9 microform reader-scanners, including software for scanning to a USB flash drive, or printing
- Networked computer workstations for library research and Internet access
- Airbears2 wireless connectivity
- Printer/Scanner
- It is recommended that patrons bring a USB drive for scanning.