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HIST 78 : Beijing and Shanghai (SC)
finding and using microfilm:
For this class, you will be using some of our neglected but fascinating microfilm collection. There are a few things to know before you start:
1: Our microfilm holdings are on the 3rd floor, tucked behind the elevator, sort of opposite from the video collection.
2: The microfilm sets are arranged alphabetically in the cabinets, and there is 1 microfilm readers that, for the most part, works fairly well plus 2 brand new ones!
3:The readers have printers attached, and the printing is free of charge.
1: Our microfilm holdings are on the 3rd floor, tucked behind the elevator, sort of opposite from the video collection.
2: The microfilm sets are arranged alphabetically in the cabinets, and there is 1 microfilm readers that, for the most part, works fairly well plus 2 brand new ones!
3:The readers have printers attached, and the printing is free of charge.
fun facts about microfilm:
- microfilm was first invented in 1839, but not widely used and accepted until 100 years later.
- microfilm was first used by the military during the Franco Prussian war in 1870. Microfilmed information was sent to Paris via carrier pigeon and read there by magic lantern.
- microfilm, when properly preserved, has a life expectancy of 500 years.
- microfilm, unlike digital media, requires no software and can, theoretically, be read by anyone with a magnyfying glass.
- lots of newspapers and government documents remain only available on microfilm and haven't been digitized so knowing how to use microfilm gives you access to vast stores of primary source documents that not many other people have seen or used. Isn't it exciting to be part of a small, exclusive club? microfilm users, unite!
microfilm sets:
Shanghai Municipal Police files
Publisher: [Wilmington, Delaware] : Scholarly Resources Inc., [1984?]
Shanghai Municipal Police File 1894-1949 (383) (67 reels): Includes reports of the Central Intelligence Division of Shanghai Municipal Police between 1914 and 1944. Use Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition of the Shanghai Municipal Police Files, 1894-1949 to access information.
Despatches from United States consuls in Shanghai, 1847-1906
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Archives, 1947.
The Chinese social and political science review
Publisher: Peking : Chinese Social and Political Science Association,
finding books:
Use Tripod to locate books at the Tri-College Libraries.
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
1. Start with a KEYWORD search.
2. Look at relevant items.
3. Note the subject headings assigned to those items.
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
Once you identify books you would like to check out, write down the book title, location, and call number of the book. Then use the call number to find the book in McCabe Library.
- A-G call numbers are on the lower level of the library
- H-K call numbers are on the second floor of the library.
- L-Z call numbers are on the third floor of the library.
Request items located at Bryn Mawr or Haverford using the REQUEST button. These are usually delivered within 24 hours.
If all copies of a book in Tripod are checked out, use E-Z Borrow to request the book from a partner library. These books are delivered in 2-7 days.
finding books outside of tripod:
Use WorldCat to locate relevant books not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. Request items found in WorldCat through EZBorrow or ILL.
WorldCat contains over 41 million records of many types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. RedLightGreen contains over 130 million records from Research Libraries Group member libraries.
EZ-Borrow
EZ-Borrow lets you search the library catalogs of more than 35 Pennsylvania academic libraries and directly request items not owned by the Tri-College Libraries, and items that are currently checked out of the Tri-College Libraries. Use the barcode on the back of your student ID to login to EZ-Borrow. Most EZ-Borrow items circulate for 28 days. Requests for books normally take 2-10 days to fill.
To request books not owned by the Tri-College Libraries and not in EZ-Borrow, use interlibrary loan (ILL). The form is on the EZ-Borrow/ILL page. Requests for books normally take 1-2 weeks to fill.
finding articles:
Asia-studies full-text
Provider: IIS
Contains over 8,000 full-text reports on finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education, women's studies, etc. for 53 countries. Updated weekly.
Bibliography of Asian studies
Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festshriften on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971-present. Complete citations end with the 1991 records. Since 1992, newly published books are no longer being added.
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
Historical abstracts
Provider: EBSCO
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada which are covered in "America: History and Life"). Includes publications from 1953-present.
Periodicals index online (Chadwyck)
Index to journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including some published as far back as 1770. Includes periodicals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.
finding background information (encyclopedias and research guides)
A research guide to China-coast newspapers, 1822-1911,
Publisher: [Cambridge] East Asian Research Center, Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1965.
China
Publisher: Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 1998.
Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Chinese civilization from Peking Man to the present day.
The Cambridge encyclopedia of China
Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge University Press, 1991.
websites:
Shanghai Municipal Police
An online directory put together by Robert Bickers, Dept. of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. of British (Irish, Welsh, White Russian, some Chinese, some Japanese etc) members of the Shanghai Municipal Police (1900-45). There are about 1700 names and personal details. The site is hardly ambitious, but the information is useful, for those seeking information about minor figures in twentieth century Shanghai history, and also ancestors who were in the force."
Asia Studies Virtual Library
Virtual Shanghai
Historical Photographs of China