Scope

• Infotrac still has several microfilm collections of journals for many of the articles cited in their various databases.
• Some libraries are still retaining these collections for a few reasons:
  • They are a low-cost way of getting the full-text of older materials.
  • The materials are actually microfilmed images of the pages in the original publication.
  • Resting inertia.
• On the other hand:
  • The cost of maintaining the collections and, in particularly, the microfilm equipment is high.
  • Most library patrons what their materials online, accessible wherever they are whenever they want the materials.

Locating the microfilm roll for an article

• At the end of citation or full records in many of the articles in the various databases, there may be
  • An abbreviation that shows if the article is also available on IAC microfilm collections.
  • A number following the abbreviation specifying
    • The roll of microfilm the article is on.
    • The frame on the roll at which the first of the article starts.
• Microfilm collection abbreviations
  • Magazine Collection
    • The abbreviation is Mag. Coll.
  • Electronic Collection
    • The abbreviation is Elect. Coll.
  • Business Collection
    •  The abbreviation is Bus. Coll.
• Roll / frame format
  • Format: NNXNNN, where N stands for numbers and X stands for letters.
  • Example: 89L2311