Post on 23-Dec-2015
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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