Selected Americana From Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America From its Discovery to the Present Time

Location: McKeldin Library
Location Code & Call Number: MCK PER M-CARD & M-FICHE E18.S46

Automated Access: The Worldcat, a FirstSearch file available through the Libraries' homepage, contains the records of Sabin titles. To limit a search to these titles, type Sabin in the search space and click on Notes (Keyword) in the Index box.

A large number of Sabin titles also have entries in VICTOR.

Description

This continuing series is based on Joseph Sabin's Biblioteca Americana. The publisher has included books relating primarily to North America which are "textually significant"; thus, many translations and variant editions are being omitted. Few volumes published after 1860 are included in this collection.

Items are arranged in three ways:

1. Microcards are interfiled by main entry in the microcard cabinets;
2. Microfiche received before 1985 are filed in call number order in the microcard cabinets; and
3. Microfiche received after 1985 are filed together in the microfiche cabinets under E18.S46.

Some locations are indicated for most titles in Sabin's Dictionary. Molnar's index includes authors, titles, editors, illustrators, cartographers, publishers, alternate titles and subtitles, series titles and cross-references. In addition, many pseudonymous authors and anonymous works are identified. Thompson's The New Sabin offers author/title and subject approaches in volumes two, three, and four and includes material omitted by Sabin.

Index/Guide

The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:

REF Z1201.S2

Sabin, Joseph. Biblioteca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discoverty to the Present Time.
29 Vols.

REF Z1201.T45

Thompson, Lawrence S. The New Sabin: Books Described by Joseph Sabin and His Successors, Now Described Again on the Basis of Examination of Originals, and Fully Indexed by Title, Subject, Joint Authors, and Institutions and Agencies. Vols. I-VI with cumulative indexes.

REF Z1201.S222

Molnar, John Edgar, comp. Author-Title Index to Josph Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America. 3 Vols.