MICROFILM RESEARCH COLLECTIONS Bring the past to life CONTENTS ST200 Digital Microfilm Viewer-scanner System 2 The Advantages of Microform 4 African-American & Africana 5–9 Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry & Livestock 10 American Civil War 10 American Studies 10–14 Asian Studies 15–18 British Collections & British Studies 19–24 Canadian Studies 24–26 Cinema & Motion Picture 26 Education 26–28 Fashion, Design & Decorative Art 29 French Studies 29–30 Genealogy Collection 31 German Studies 31–35 Government Documents 36–37 Health & Medical 37–39 Iberian Studies 39 Islamic Studies 40 Judaica Studies 40–42 Labor History 42–49 Latin American Studies 49–51 Law & Legal Studies 51–52 Literature & Linguistics 52–53 Mediaeval History 53–54 Middle East & Arab World 54 Multi-disciplinary 55–59 Music 59–63 Native American Studies 63 Natural Science 64 Photography 64 Religion & Theology 65–69 Slavic Studies 69–71 Terrorism 71–72 Theater Studies 72 Visual Arts & Design 73–74 Visual Arts, Design & Architecture 74–75 Women’s Studies 75 Orders & Enquiries 76 Bring microfilm online with the ST200 digital microfilm viewer-scanner system Microfilm collections cover the spectrum of subject areas and provide access to rare materials that enhance research and study. However, in the electronic age, these precious collections are often forgotten and when remembered, can only be viewed using cumbersome equipment. Not any more. Since 1938, ProQuest Information & Learning have been providing institutions around the world with access to research collections, periodicals and newspapers in microfilm format. We have always recognised the importance of the materials contained in microfilm for academic study and have worked with institutions to make these available to students and researchers around the globe. We are pleased to introduce the ST200, a revolutionary digital microfilm viewer-scanner system that makes microfilm as easy to access as the internet. This unique system utilises the PCs in your institution to provide clear images of your microfilm collections which can be printed out, emailed or copied to CD-ROM. 2 The ST200: Top-quality images, flexible Key features: • Links to your existing PCs imaging • Exceptionally clear scanned images with •Prints on your existing network printer It's easy to view, zoom, invert polarity, crop, even light and contrast for true archival • Looks and acts like a PC scan, flip, burn to CD, send to email and quality • Displays microfilm images on the more in real time via high-end video, • View images in real-time, a live digital computer screen itself complete with extreme zooming and video feed sent directly to the PC monitor • Allows users to email or save images to autofocus. The revolutionary scanner • Direct film scanner for 16mm and 35mm CD-ROM via your network technology lets you scan film at resolutions roll film of up to 2700 dpi, yet keep file sizes small • Scans directly from film, not from a Since the image quality is superb regardless - just 1-2 megabytes in popular projected image like other of ambient lighting levels, you can use the compressed file formats. The built-in reader/scanners ST200 wherever you have a PC to link it to. Scanwrite® imaging enhancements make • Automatic focus, real-time video, crop Its compact size ensures it'll fit in your even service film readable. images, view negative film as positive, standard workstations, taking up just 20 rotate image 90/180/270/360 degrees inches of desktop. You can take it with you • Viewer lens size, focus and light levels do The ST200 gives researchers plenty of ways not affect scan quality More microfilm use, less research to apply their findings. Because the content • Scans up to the full 16mm or 35mm time scans are in standard formats such as JPG, width of roll microfilm by a 36mm per The ST200 is the first technology that TIFF and PDF, it's easy to import images frame provides access to both online and into other documents like reports; print to • Images can be printed directly from the microform content from a single network printers; email or save to portable screen–- there is no need to scan or save workstation. It gives your microfilm media. Books, newspapers, magazines - images prior to printing collection a new audience whilst reducing whatever you have in microform, your •Toggle between real-time video and PC research time. patrons can make it part of their research. in one monitor or use a separate monitor for PC functions With the ST200, there's no need to move At the end of each session, the software • Zoom out to full page or zoom in to read from room to room. Even better, there's no automatically clears the stored images for small text with a single lens learning curve; it works with your library's the next user. Librarians have complete • Film is preserved - no glass in contact networked PCs, so patrons use the same control over the functions and can activate with film avoids scratching the film familiar keyboard and front end. Graphical and de-activate them as needed. • Self-contained illuminated base, not task bars make printing and saving easy, so affected by ambient light conditions users can focus on what they want to do, • Includes Scanwrite®, Patron-Friendly not how to do it. Library Scanner Software and Adobe Photoshop Elements™ ST200 Hardware and Scanwrite® Software specifications: Type of film: 16mm or 35mm roll microfilm Magnification: Zoom lens – 9X to 24X Focus Control: Automatic focus, real-time video Image rotation: Automatic rotation; rotate image 90/180/270/360 degrees Zooming: Automatic Scanning speed: Preview 6.5 seconds per page, full page scan speed depends on scan resolution Scanning density: Centring, Masking, Image Rotation, Skew Correction, Image Enhancement, Greyscale Support, Trimming, view negative film as positive and mirror Power requirements: AC 100-240V; 50-62 hz; 0.8 amps Dimensions: 584W x 419H x 508D mm (system totally assembled) Weight: 12.3 kg Options: Automatic or manual carrier Light source: LCD For further information about the ST200, contact your local sales representative. 3 The Advantages of Microform Despite the continually developing array of • Space Savings – Microform lets you store • Support for Specialised Studies – A digital technologies-and sometimes because an extensive collection of complete article compact collection in microform will meet of it-information professionals at libraries images in a small amount of space. specialised research needs and still leave and universities worldwide still rely on Microform takes up less than one-tenth plenty of resources for the rest of your microform. They know it is an archival the area of bound copies of newspapers population. Many libraries also use medium that will meet the needs of and periodicals microform as an added point of access researchers for years to come. Microform for content that is most in demand provides many advantages including: • Ownership – There is no upkeep or access fees. It uses stable, proven • Durability – archived properly, it can last • New Viewer/Scanners – Images can now technology you already have, with no for generations, and there is no be easily sent to remote locations using need for new workstations or continual degradation of images microform viewer/scanners, which link to software upgrades your computer workstations, letting you • UMI Quality – UMI's microform images view and print articles or digitise and • Clarity and Accuracy – Microform is the are taken directly from the original printed transmit them electronically. This answer if you need cover-to-cover clarity pages, so you always get the clarity of approach combines the unparalleled and accuracy. Full-image articles are first-generation copies preservation and storage benefits of essential to getting the full story microform with the speed and ease of Since 1938 UMI have been producing electronic access • Complete Collection – Microform usually Microfilm. Our depth of experience, rich is the best solution if you need a heritage and our ability to provide you with • Special Collections – Microform is the complete collection fast. Maybe you're extensive access to thousands of periodicals, answer if you need hard-to-find or seeking accreditation or even rebuilding newspapers and research collections (many specialty resources. Many older after a disaster. An extensive, customised of which are not available through any newspapers and periodicals are available collection of retrospective and current other source) ensure UMI has something to only in microform, and it gives your users microform titles will meet the needs of meet all your microfilm needs. access to complete page images from your researchers quickly and efficiently historical titles-often from the first issue Availability subject to change forward Titles with an asterisk* may require additional delivery time. Please inquire. Using this Catalogue This microfilm catalogue has been designed to help researchers locate the specific microfilm content they are looking for. Further information on each collection’s contents can be found using UMI’s online guide, found at http://www.il.proquest.com/go/subjectcatalogs. Should you require further information, or wish to place an order, please contact your local ProQuest UMI Sales Representative. You will find details of our international offices at the back of the catalogue. 4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN & AFRICANA A Guide to Records Relating to Ghana in African Memoranda P. Beaver*, 1792 Annual Departmental Reports Relating to Repositories in the UK Excluding the P.R.O.* 12 fiche African Countries prior to Independence*: 7 fiche, England Annual Departmental Reports Relating to The African Military Accounts: War Office Route Gambia 1881–1966* A Guide to the Manuscript Sources for the Books Military Reports and Information Précis 31 reels, 35mm microfilm, The Gambia History of St. Helena* for British Africa*, 1869–1933 1 fiche, St. Helena Island 206 fiche, London, England, English Annual Departmental Reports Relating to African Countries prior to Independence*: A People at War: Civil War Manuscripts African Military Accounts: War Office Route Annual Departmental Reports Relating to The 150 reels, 35mm microfilm, Washington D.C.