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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
Chronicling America
Chronicling America Approximately 2 million
pages presently 250 titles from 15
states and DC 1880-1922 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
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)
Email 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
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1899-01-15/ed-1/seq-17/
San Francisco Earthquake http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8402674
9/1906-04-18/ed-1/seq-1/
Resource Sites
Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/
Digital collections of the division: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ammemser.html
Division Presentations: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/presentations.html
Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Topic pages in Chronicling America: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topics.html
