In a message dated 2/20/2008 4:50:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The only thing I have >thought of is to go to a library but than I wonder, where to begin >digging deep into the collection to find original sources of info. The notes in secondary sources should send you to the primary sources, many of which you may have access to--see below. Your local university libary probably has its catalogue on-line. I, for example, live near the University of Maryland. If I find a primary source listed in a book, the first place I look is the Maryland card catalogue. It is absolutely amazing what is available there on microfilm. (Godey's Lady's Book and Peterson's magazine, for example, both great sources for the second half of the nineteenth century, should be available on microfilm--the only drawback is that they are in black and white, not color.) As was pointed out, you can usually walk in and use a university library, no questions asked. If you live near the institution from which you graduated, check on alumni privileges. Some allow members of the alumni association borrowing privileges. I splurge for the $150 Friends of the Library membership at Maryland because that also gets me inter-library loan privileges. I don't know how other state work, but, here in Maryland, if one has a public library card, one can access almost all the other libraries in the state and have books from those other libraries sent to your local one--again, you can do the hunting and the requesting on-line. This is probably not so useful for primary source material, but may help you find that sought-after out-of-print 20th century costume book. It's all about the hunt, you know--you just keep going and going. Ann Wass **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
