Microtext Unit

The following information describes Microtext at Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University.

What is Used Most?

The most-used Microtext materials are Journals, Newspapers, Newspaper Indexes, and the ERIC education collection.

Journals Search NOTIS for journal titles Search for articles using the Wilson database through NOTIS, Internet-accessible journal databases, or databases on the computer network at the library.
Newspapers Search NOTIS with title of Newspaper. Search for articles in the Houston Chronicle database (library network) and the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, L. A. Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Washington Post in the National Newspaper Index database (library network). Newspaper Indexes - Houston Post, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, and the London Times.
ERIC

Microtext Research Collections

Major book collections
Year	All	Fiction	Drama	Culture	Economics	Science
-1640	Early English Books I, 1475-1640 FILM B 3608 (over 2,000 reels, 896 NOTIS records)		Three Centuries of Drama, 1500-1800 PRINT 3 (3,683 NOTIS records)	American Culture Series I and II, 1493-1875 FILM B 1512 (about 640 reels, 5,510 NOTIS records)	Goldsmiths' - Kress Library, 15th century-1850 FILM B 101 (over 4,000 reels, 57,393 NOTIS records)	Landmarks of Science (Monographs) I and II and Scientific Journals PRINT 30 (I), 31 (II), and 32 (Journals) and FICHE C 9399 (II) (10,340 NOTIS records)
-1700	Early English Books II, 1641-1700 FILM B 3609 (over 2,000 reels, 40,958 NOTIS records)
-1800	Eighteenth Century Collection, 1700-1799 (additional information) FILM B 3590 (over 8,500 reels, no NOTIS records)	Wright American Fiction, 1774-1910 FILM B 1551 (about 1400 reels, 10,316 NOTIS records)
-1900			English and American Drama, 1801-1900 PRINT 4 and FICHE S 829 (English) and FICHE S 830 (American) (10,935 NOTIS records)

This information is provided as an independent service and is not a statement of the Sterling C. Evans Library or Texas A&M University.

Last revised 7-31-97 by JPF