Requesting Obituaries, Articles and Microfilm via ILL

Outline

• The Process

• Requesting obituaries

• Requesting magazine articles

• Requesting microfilm

• On-line sources and indexes

• Tips & tricks throughout

The Process

Requesting in FirstSearch

1) Look up title of newspaper or journal in FirstSearch

2) Enter obit/article information in Article fields

3) Enter patron information4) Submit

The Process (continued)

OR

Use the blank Subject/Reference form

Be sure to include the information we are covering in the next slides

Requesting Obituaries

Names Last name (various spellings - Olson vs. Olsen) First name (nicknames – Elizabeth/Betty) Clearly state which is first name & which last (Franzula Fjerstad) Middle initial helpful

Dates To eliminate confusion, always spell out the month & use four digits for the year eg. May 6, 1986

Clarify with patron if date provided is date of death or date obituary appeared in the newspaper.

Requesting Obituaries

Locations Clarify if death occurred in same city as newspaper obituary

Verifications To verify death date & location try SSDI, newspaper indexes, databases

Obituary Examples

Patron wants an obituary for Franzula Fjerstad who died

March 9, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN

FirstSearch

Requesting Articles

CitationsCitationsCitations

Articles

Information to include:

Name of journal, book or newspaper Article title and author Date of publication Volume, issue/no & pagination if known Surname or index heading

Articles

When possible find out wherepatron got their information on-line a bibliography a book they read their friend

Articles

Where to find/verify citations Ebscohost Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature Google searches ProQuest Local Indexes Magazine’s website PubMed

Article Example

Patron wants an article titled “Better vegetables & fruit – nature’s way” from the January 1972 issue of Home Garden & Flower Grower

She got her citation from the web

Firstsearch

Notes on Requesting Microfilm

Microfilm is generally in-library use

only-but not all libraries have readers and printers

Good news! Microfilm from WI Historical can circulate to patrons

Verify date range in MadCat

Check to see if reel is checked out

Add MadCat reel code when possible P=positive vs. N=negative

Maximum of 6 reels per request

Remember Lori Bessler’s Genealogy class via SCLS! June 12 from 9:30-11:30 or 1:30-3:30 at SCLS

Microfilm owned at Wisconsin Historical Society

More on Microfilm

Libraries generally do not allow microfilm to circulate

Many will only lend if they have a 2nd copy of the microfilm

Don’t have a reader or printer? Max number of reels will vary- usually

does not exceed 4 at a time LOC has limited holdings on some titles

(even though it make look like they own the entire run)

Sometimes we just can not get microfilm

Great Sites

AncestryLibrary- has census material for all states

Death Indexes Cindi’s List Newspaper Archive - historical statistical information

In Conclusion

We realize many staff may request these types of things once or twice a year, so feel free to use the Subject/Reference Form or call or email interloan (608) 266-6302 or interloan@scls.lib.wi.us

We’re here to help in whatever way we can

Contacts

SCLS Interlibrary Loan Clearinghouse

Phone: 608-266-6302Pam: pamwit@scls.lib.wi.usBeth: bprice@scls.lib.wi.usGeneral ILL: interloan@scls.lib.wi.us

Questions