NEWS: August 2009
The microforms previously stored on the second floor of Bostock Library have been relocated to the lower level of Bostock Library. The microforms are now stored in cabinets located around the perimeter of the room. Please see staff at the Bostock Help Desk if you need assistance.
Bound Periodicals are now located on the Lower Level of Bostock Library.
Together with the Information Commons, the Current Periodicals, Newspapers and Microforms Department comprises most of the first floor of Bostock Library.
Microforms
Microform materials are located on the first floor and lower level of Bostock Library. Once you have located the microform call number in the online catalog, please check the Bostock Microforms List to see on which floor your title can be found.
About the Microforms Collection
Microforms Location & Retrieval - Where to find microforms and how to retrieve them.
Online Microforms Resources - Links to online collections and databases.
Current Periodicals
The Current Periodicals are held on the shelving units near the entrance to the first floor of Bostock Library. The most popular titles are in racks nearest the windows, with the current issues on display and the older issues underneath. Lift up the shelves to access these.
About the Current Periodicals Collection
How to Find Journals
Checking Out Current Periodicals
Online Current Periodicals Resources
Newspapers
Newspapers are located in the hanging gray folders at the end of the Current Periodicals shelving unit. One side holds foreign papers and the other holds American. The current issues of the most popular titles are held in hanging display racks next to the windows.
About the Newspapers Collection
How to Find Newspapers
Online Newspaper Resources - Links to online newspapers and newspaper databases.
Phone: (919) 660-5840
Location: 1st Floor, Bostock Library
Mailing Address
Perkins Library, Box 90179
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Staff
Supervisor: Sonya Hinsdale
Phone: (919) 681-8661
Assistant: Joy Whitfield
Phone: (919) 660-8458
African-American Newspapers
African-American Periodicals at Duke
American Newspapers and Microforms
American Newspaper Repository at Duke
American Periodicals Series
Asia
Currently Received East Asian Newspapers
Oriental Languages Newspapers
Early American Imprints
Foreign Newspaper Indexes
Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature
Great Britain
18th Century Britain
19th Century Britain
20th Century Britain
British Papers - Microform Collections
Early English Books
Tudor & Stuart England: 1485-1714
Indexes to Selected University Publications
Individual Microform Collections
Landmarks of Science
Manuscripta
Newspaper Subscriptions, Foreign
Newspaper Subscriptions, US
Newspapers from the U.S. Reconstruction Period: 1865-1877
North American Newspaper Indexes
North Carolina College Newspapers
Pre-Revolutionary America: Before 1763
Primary Source Material for African-American History
Revolutionary America: 1763-1789
Southern U.S. Newspapers
United States Census Materials: 1800-1900
Wright American Fiction
Perkins Circulation Desk: 919-660-5870