This web page is intended to serve as a guide to the microform collections at Lied Library. Links to other relevant information and resources are identified by blue underlined text.
| Great place to find primary sources. Subject specific materials (books, journals, government publications, etc.) grouped together in collections. | Primarily US West with some national, colonial, and specialty newspapers | Over 800 newspaper titles from almost every mining camp and city in the state | Microforms grouped by category; includes Nevada Internet links |
| Federal manuscript (population) census records are the actual names of individuals. Collection focuses on US West. | Western US maps from 1800s to 1900s, provides detailed, accurate information about the physical structure of cities and towns. | Over 500 reports from the mid to late 1800s made for government agencies about new US territories' minerals, flora, fauna, native people; etc., and includes maps. | Features newspapers primarily from Great Britain (London Times from 1785 — present). A few newspapers from Russia, Cuba, and Spain. |
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