COMM 2P15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Plastic Film, Print Culture
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Our story so far : define the research problem, review the literature, select research method, identify sources and repositories, source a. Any text which re printed and widely distributed books, newspapers magazines, comic books, manuals, catalogues: example how would we research popular opinion bout, repository i) research libraries space travel in the 1960s. Maintain collections of advanced interests: e. g. peer-reviewed, scholarly publications. Also maintain record or print culture: e. g. newspapers, magazines novels, examples, map library, brock university (mc-c306) Fragile published documents stored digitally and on microfilm. Microfilm: photographs or materials reproduced on plastic film, must be read using a projector / reader, repository ii) special collections. Generally, follow a specific collection mandate: example, thomas fisher rare book library, university of. Documents never published or with limited distribution. Corporate records or private organizations / companies. Corporate records of government departments / agencies: repository iii) archives. Maintain unpublished papers and related materials in original formats.