HIST 101: Ancient Mediterranean History

Before digital storage became easy and cheap, microfilm was a way for libraries to maintain large collections of newspapers, government documents, and historical documents while saving physical storage space. The UC Berkeley Libraries still have extensive microform (microfilm and microfiche) collections, containing valuable information for researchers.

Since each roll of microfilm contains thousands of tiny images of the original pages of a document, you'll need a microfilm reader to magnify the images enough to read them. The UC Berkeley Newspapers and Microforms Department (40 Doe Library) has machines that read, print, and scan images from microfilm and microfiche.

Microfilm and microfiche owned by the UC Berkeley Libraries can be found through OskiCat; use Advanced Keyword Search to limit your search to "All Microforms." In the News/Micro collection, microfilm rolls and microfiche cards are shelved with their own numbering system; click here for a PDF of the collection's floorplan.

• Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
  Serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean.
• DAPHNE - Data in Archeology, Prehistory and History on the Net
  Online resource providing a single entry point to free subject-oriented bibliographic databases covering prehistory, protohistory, archaeology (from early human evidences to the industrial era), sciences of antiquity, and History until the year 1000 on all continents.
• PINAX Online
  Provides links to online bibliographies on a wide range of topics.