Researcher to retrieve magazine articles
Dear Amazing BPN people;
I am trying to find and hire a researcher or an archivist to help me retrieve a series of articles from a magazine from before the digital age (1960’s and 1970’s). The magazine has been unhelpful and the available archive they keep sending me to is impossible to search. I am trying to collect one author for compilation into a book. Any suggestions about finding someone to help with this project would be greatly appreciated.
Feb 22, 2022
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I wonder if the Internet Archive in SF might be a source: https://archive.org/
I would start at your local library. If they cannot source the articles, they should be able to order them through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - there may be a small fee. Or if you have any privileges at any academic libraries, go there.
I'd try searching the UC Berkeley library catalogs: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/. Academic libraries often have troves of this stuff. You can gain access to the library for $100 a year (allows you on-site services and some book checkouts—so if they have what you're looking for you can go look through the issues yourself), or you could try getting in touch with a current student to see if they'd do the searching for you?
A few others...
1. Hathitrust also has a large collection of magazines and journals available to view online https://www.hathitrust.org/
2. UNZ - ditto https://www.unz.com/print/
3. this is a great source for finding out if a book or journal is available to read online put out by Univ of Penn https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/search.html
4. Worldcat can also help you track down where copies are held https://www.worldcat.org/
5. University library - like UC Berkeley - check their catalogue online. Universities will have a ton of journals online but unless you have a library card, you probably won't have access to view the issues online. Call and speak to them about it, if they have it you can view on campus https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
6. If it's more a general magazine, usually public libraries have those, and as someone already mentioned, start with the reference desk at the public library
Oh and also tons of libraries use the "chat" feature, just click on that and ask them if they have what you want.
anyone who lives in Berkeley and has a BPL library card already HAS access to all the UC Berkeley libraries (no need to pay a fee...) Search the BPL website for the details or go in and ask them It is a bit of pain--you have to go in person, you don't get digital access, but I suspect you could get help from a UC librarian--usually they LOVE to be asked for help on an interesting question.