Sometimes it is difficult to locate microforms in HOLLIS. Try searching on the name of the holding library in the Creator field.
Here are some places to check when the Isham item you seek isn't where you thought it would be:
- check ALEPH for potential clues on most recent activity/whereabouts
- search Aeon for potential clues on most recent activity/whereabouts
- search in different locations:
- Isham stacks
- Merritt Room, including PF shelving and PHI shelving
- Tintoretto Room
- Cage
- general collection
- Spalding Room
- Aldrich Room
- HD transfer bins
- pro tip: Isham PF materials are shelved in the Merritt PF range, for space reasons
If the item is available through Get It! services and the patron needs it urgently, change the Isham item's status to Missing; this will allow the patron to proceed with a Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Loan request.
And here are some ideas for how to discover music manuscripts at Harvard:
- check HOLLIS
- check OASIS
- have someone at Houghton look in the Theatre Collection Autograph File
- look it up in Chadwyck-Healy
- look it up in Marienholz-Wolff
- try ArchivesGrid