Primary Sources of the Serial and Government Publications Division by Georgia Higley Head, Newspaper Section
Overview Collections Newspapers Comic books Periodicals Government Publications Electronic Resources Digital projects of the division Chronicling America
Working with Newspapers Newspapers = fundamentals of history Broad user-base, high demand for access No single U.S. collection (distributed) 100 million+ frames of newspaper microfilm created by libraries and archives
The Newspaper Collection All Western European languages 9,000 U.S. titles 25,000 foreign titles from 180 countries Formats: microfilm, bound volumes, portfolios, paper issues, and digital
The Comic Book Collection Over 120,000 issues Primarily US receipts Late 1930s- Special collection: underground comics Reliance on copyright deposit Special issue purchases
Newspaper Resources at Your Fingertips Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room Digital Collection and Projects of Our Division Newspaper Pictorials Stars and Stripes Newspaper Guide to the Serials Division Digital Reference Collection Publishing the Declaration of Independence Chronicling America
Approximately 2 million pages presently 250 titles from 15 states and DC Updated quarterly (June 2010 next release) 22 participants
Chronicling America Features CA: Search Full text Download options CA: Directory Locating originals, service copy microfilm, master microfilm Narrow by ethnic press, language, frequency Not full text Added information
Beyond Chronicling America… Illustrated Newspapers in Flickr LC Flickr Commons Photostream pilot project - Illustrated supplements from the New-York Tribune, 1909 Illustrated supplements from the New-York Tribune Tag it, add a note, see a slideshow, or make it a favorite! Linked data access in Chronicling America OpenSearch and Atom APIs for search queries Bookmarkable URIs for all pages Blog it, Find it, Mash it up, and Mine it!
Beyond Chronicling America… Keep up with new developments in Chronicling America through weekly updates and highlights: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) subscription
Beyond Chronicling America… Topic Pages: tips from division staff to explore history in Chronicling America with sample links to articles Topics in Chronicling America Clara Barton 7/ /ed-1/seq-17/ 7/ /ed-1/seq-17/ San Francisco Earthquake 9/ /ed-1/seq-1/ 9/ /ed-1/seq-1/
Resource Sites Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room: Digital collections of the division: Division Presentations: Chronicling America: Topic pages in Chronicling America: