American Natural History
The Library owns 153 of the 264 American Natural History microfilm collection which is based on Max Meisel’s Bibliography of American natural history, 1769-1865 (published by Research Publications, Woodbridge, Conn., ca. 1977). Previously a user had no finding aid to locate a specific document on a reel, other than looking through each reel.One of the library's work study students recently edited an existing online list to reflect our holdings. It's now possible to search this electronic list to obtain the reel number on which a specific document may be found. (Use the ‘Find on this Page’ feature in Microsoft Word.)
The link to the electronic list may also be found by going to the Library's Web page >> Collections >> Microforms and searching for "American natural history."
Users may either go to Meisel's Bibliography (in 3 volumes) to search for a topic or document and then go to the list, or they may search the electronic list using the 'Find on this page' search function, using simple key words. Part 1 contains periodicals and academy publications covering that time period (we have 104 of 203 reels for Part 1), Part 2 contains state geological and natural history surveys (we have all 30 reels for this part), and Part 3 contains reports of explorations (we have 19 of 31 reels).
The microfilm is shelved under Microfilm # 667 on the 1st floor of the Library; Max Meisel's Bibliography of American natural769-1865, is located in Reference, call number, Ref Z 7408 .U5 M5
Labels: biology, geography, geosciences
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