Water Resource Collections and Archives

Merced County Library

Contact
Jacque Meriam, County Librarian
Phone: 209-385-7484
Fax: 209-726-7912
Email: jmeriam[at]co.merced.ca.us

About the Collection
Description of San Francisco water-related materials:
Indexed and unindexed newspaper articles featured in local newspapers including but not limited to the Mariposa Gazette, the Merced Star, the Merced Evening Star, the Merced Evening Sun, and the Merced Sun-Star.

Time Period: 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Types of Material: Books, Microfiche/Microfilm, Newspapers

Access:
Open to the Public? Yes
Reservations Required? No
Public Fee? No
Hours: M,W,F,Sa 9:30am-5:30pm; Tue & Thu 10:30am-8pm
Open to Scholars? Yes
Reservations Required: No
Scholars Fee? No
Hours: M,W,F,Sa 9:30am-5:30pm; Tue & Thu 10:30am-8pm

Access Procedures:
Older newspapers are non_circulating, on microfilm, and must be paged in the Periodicals Room, most of the information is not indexed. Photocopiers, microform readers and microform reader/printers are available. Reference materials are also noncirculating and must be used within the library.

Collection Management Information
Catalog:
http://www.co.merced.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=737

Digital Formats:
n/a

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Submitted: 1/10/2008
Last Updated: 1/10/2008