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Where to Search & Find SC Materials

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Last updated: Jun 11, 2015 by Robin Martin
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WHERE TO SEARCH & FIND SC STUFF

  • PHOTOS

    • Photos are cataloged in PastPerfect

    • PastPerfect>Photos Catalog>Find

      • Easiest ways to search = by

        • Object ID (we call this Accession Number)

        • Photographer

        • Collection (if it's from a named collection)

        • Title

        • If you can't find what you're looking for with those fields, you can go down to the second search on the bottom and search from one of those fields, such as Subjects or Processing Method (we call this Process)
          PastPerfect Online (Special Collections Search)

      • Special Collections Search

      • On right hand side, click "All Content" so that everything gets unchecked

      • Then click on just "Photos"

      • Search by any of the fields

      • If there is a digital file of the photo, there will be a link to the Digital Collections

    • Physical Location of Photos

      • Check in PastPerfect (NOT PP Online) and look at the Home Location Field at the top of the record

      • Most photos are in Room 104

      • PHOT location:  For photos by photographer (with a Collection designation of "Photographers:  Last Name, First Name," start at the beginning of the wire shelving in 104 and they should be in alphabetical order by last name. 

        • If the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box.  Ex:  AOK:PHOT:R2S1

      • Miscellaneous is at the end of the individual photographers' boxes

      • Processes and Albums are next

        • Ex:  Looking for the Cyanotypes box?  Check there

        • Looking for a travel album?  Check there

      • COLL location:  After the Processes, in alphabetical order

        • Again, if the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box.  Ex:  AOK:COLL:R7S2

      • VLT  location:  in the Vault.  You will need a key from the supervisor to enter.

      • Notable Exceptions:

        • Baltimore Sun photos are in 038

        • Baltimore Sun negatives are in 150C (APC room)

        • Hughes glass negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103

        • Underwood & Underwood are in file cabinets in Room 103

        • Bullock negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103

        • Lewis Hine Collection is in vault

        • Certain collections are shelved in ABC order along with individual photographers:

          • Survey portfolio

          • Words & Images portfolio

          • Others are too, per Tom's request.  Check the Home Location in PastPerfect, it will tell you exactly where to go

        • Audrey Lathrop Collection is in cold storage (now on shelves outside of cold storage until it is fixed).

          • BTW, the location designation for cold storage is "CS"

  • BOOKS

    • Books can be found in the regular Library catalog 

    • If you're looking for books that are ONLY in UMBC's Special Collections, use the UMBC Only Search

      • E.g. Title, Author, Subject, etc.

      • You can further refine by:

        • Location = Special Collections

        • Format = choose from the drop down menu, e.g. Archives & Manuscripts OR Journals/Newspapers/Magazines, etc. or any of the other options

        • Named Collection = choose from the drop down menu

    • Physical Location of Books

      • By Collection Name (The end of the ranges should have correct Collection Names so that you know where to find books)

        • First in Room 104 on the left hand side is Bafford (Photography books)

        • Then Arnold (sometimes called Howard.  It is Maryland history)

        • Then Needle (Utopian thought, Socialism, Radical Thought). THE NEEDLE COLLECTION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ROOM O38:R12:S1-7.

        • Then Rosenfeld (Science Fiction)

        • Across the aisle from the last row of Rosenfeld = Book Arts (note that these have SC General call numbers.  If you inadvertently go to the SC General stacks to look for them, a flag should notify you to go back to the Book Arts section)

        • Next is Faculty/Staff publications

        • Then SC General

        • Mixed in with SC General along the wall close to the photos is Merkle (Graphic Satire)

        • Temporary Holdings with call numbers beginning with BCIP in both Bafford and Special Collections General are housed in Room 038 along the side wall.

  • ALTERNATIVE PRESS

  • OTHER SERIALS

    • Other serials are also cataloged in the regular Library catalog

    • Looking for the titles we hold? Follow the APC title list instructions, but instead of choo