UMI^® Periodicals in Microform Catalog

This searchable electronic catalog has been developed to help you easily locate and order periodical titles to support your library's collection. To get started, simply:

1. Select your region
   
2. Indicate your preferred format type(s)
   
3. Search for periodicals by title, subject, or ISSN
   
4. Add Selected titles to your "My Titles" list
   
5. Click Request Quote from within your "My Titles" list. An NAPC representative will review your request and contact you with detailed order information

If you have any questions, please contact us at 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 (or 734-302-6500). We look forward to talking with you!

National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) is pleased to be the exclusive provider of UMI® Periodicals in Microform—the largest collection of periodical titles available commercially. Please use this online catalog to view UMI® Periodicals in Microform titles and generate a request for quote. While you'll find many periodicals to suit your needs in the catalog, you may prefer to contact your account representative for a comprehensive list of titles in your area of interest. See How To Order for more information.

Microform is the only medium guaranteed to exactly and completely replicate the print journal in an archival format. And new microform viewer/scanners help libraries integrate microform content with their virtual library, providing a bridge to digital for their patrons.

If you don't see the title you need listed in this catalog, please let us know by contacting us toll free at 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 (or 734-302-6500).

NAPC has entered into contractual agreements with the publisher of each title. This assures you that UMI has permission to sell and distribute the microform copy of each publication, and that we fully comply with copyright law for the original sale of the microform copy.

Microform serials are protected against unauthorized copying by the Copyright Act of 1976. They contain copyrighted material of both NAPC and publishers of the original documents. It is the responsibility of the purchasing institution to ensure that microform serials are used in a way that is consistent with copyright law. This includes the reproduction of articles on microform reader-printers and any electronic reproduction/transmission from the microform itself or from paper copies produced from microform.

NAPC has many quality assurance processes in place to guarantee that customers always receive the finest quality micrographic products. However, in a few cases, the contractual arrangements with publishers are for marketing and sales rights only--the publisher provides the microform copy for distribution to the customer. Under these agreements, we do not produce the microform copy being issued. When customer concerns regarding quality are made known to us, we will make every attempt to resolve the situation to the customer's satisfaction. In some cases, however, the final quality decision lies with the publisher.

The Benefits of Microform

As a complement to paper-copy subscriptions:

• Microform saves space. Microforms take up less than one-tenth the space of bound paper copies, allowing you to keep more of the publications your users need for immediate access.
• Microform is durable. Microforms aren't as susceptible to loss, theft, or damage as paper publications, and have an almost indefinite life expectancy when properly stored and handled.
• Microform is cost-effective. The cost generally compares favorably to the cost of binding paper copies, especially when you take into account the hidden costs associated with binding, such as staff time.
• Microform is convenient. Convenient to order...to file...to maintain...and to use with today's equipment.
• Microform is comprehensive. With more than 19,000 periodical titles, we offer unrivaled access to a vast collection of full-image information dating back more than a century.
• Unparalleled quality. UMI® Periodicals in Microform feature images taken directly from the original printed pages, so you count on clarity.

As a complement to electronic sources:

• Microform gives users the "full-image": complete, uncut local access. Much electronic full text is available in text-only format, leaving users without the benefit of photos, charts, graphs, and other visual material. Complete and uncut microform editions are the perfect complement to the speed of text-only databases.
• New viewer/scanners. Images can now be easily sent to remote locations using microform viewer/scanners, which link to your computer workstations, letting you view and print articles or digitize and transmit them electronically. This approach combines the unparalleled preservation and storage benefits of microform with the speed and ease of electronic access.
• Microform provides full-image support for electronic index databases. Today's library users rely on citations from indexes that may be printed or electronic. No matter where they find a citation, however, the full article will usually be available in microform.
• Microform serves as an additional, secure point of local access. Key periodical titles in microform provide additional access points to ensure that you can deliver the information needed by your library patrons. Microform is always available, so users never go away empty-handed.
• Microform provides access to backfiles and less frequently used publications. You can guarantee users access to all the articles cited in a database, especially those found in less current sources.

UMI® is used under license from ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI.

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The catalog is updated quarterly, so check back often to ensure your collections are current. To use the catalog, select your region, indicate your preferred format type(s), and search for periodicals by title, subject, or ISSN. You will be able to Add Selected periodicals to your "My Titles" list directly from your search results.

Submit your request for quote online

Review your "My Titles" and click Request Quote. An NAPC representative will prepare an order quote from your list and contact you with detailed order information.

Request a quote by mail or fax

Review your "My Titles" and click Download. Select Save to Disk to download a comma delimited file to your computer. With Excel, you can edit and refine your title list for your own reference, or request a quote by mail or fax.

By mail:
National Archive Publishing Company
Attn: Periodicals Customer Service
300 North Zeeb Road
PO Box 998
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0998

Via fax:
Fax: 734-302-6581

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Our Customer Service staff is available to assist you with your order. They can also give you specific pricing or title information, and help you with requests for price quotations customized for your library.

Call toll free: 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 (or 734-302-6500, ext. 7161)
Email: info@napubco.com

Customer Service
Taking care of customers is our first concern. Order inquiries and related matters are resolved most easily if you provide your shipping address and invoice number in writing, via regular mail. This makes positive identification of the transaction possible. If you prefer to call, please have the shipping address and invoice number at hand when you call. You can reach the Customer Service department at 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 (or 734-302-6500, ext. 7161).

Please address order inquiry mail to the attention of the Periodicals Customer Service Department.

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Subscription Orders
All the current-year titles listed in this catalog are as subscriptions, which function much like a subscription to a newspaper or periodical in paper. When you order titles on subscription, you receive the microform edition of your serials automatically, as soon as the material becomes available. You select your renewal month. Toward the end of your subscription year, you will receive a renewal notice.

Standing Orders
Many customers prefer to order the latest publication year and succeeding years on a standing-order basis. Volumes are shipped as they become available, and you are invoiced with each shipment at the price in effect at that time. If you prefer standing orders, simply specify the publications to be placed on standing order, and they will be shipped to you automatically as they become available. You may cancel a standing order at any time.

One-Time Orders
Any item from this catalog can be ordered as a one-time-only purchase. You will be invoiced at the time of shipment, at the price in effect at that time.

Please allow four to six weeks for the shipment of available titles. Titles not yet filmed, including current years, will take longer for shipment. Current years will be shipped when complete.

Status Reports
At your request, you can receive a status report that lists each of your subscription titles and its shipment status.

Customized Renewals
As a subscription customer, you can select your own renewal month to help control the timing of expenditures.

Your annual renewal notice is a ready-made, customized ordering document for the following year. It lists the titles you subscribe to in the current year, with pertinent information about each. (It can even be used as a price quotation or bid document if your ordering procedures require one.) During the renewal process, you can review your current subscriptions, add new titles, substitute titles, etc., right on the renewal notice itself. Just return the renewal notice—with any modifications—along with your purchase authorization, and your ordering tasks are complete for the next year.

The renewal forms can also be used as invoices, if you like, thus eliminating paperwork.

Multi-year Savings Plan
Ask your account representative how you can save substantially with NO PRICE INCREASE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS! Here's how the plan works:
To receive a 0% price increase in your UMI® Periodicals in Microform renewal for multiple years, your institution agrees to:

• Renew your UMI® Periodicals in Microform subscriptions at 100% of the current dollar value.
• Agree to maintain this spending level on UMI® Periodicals in Microform for the next renewal cycles.

In return, National Archive Publishing Company agrees to:

• Hold your prices at the current level for the length of the agreement.
• Establish a 10%/year cap for pricing when the agreement expires.

In the event that your institution cancels participation before the end of this agreement, pricing automatically reverts to current published pricing.

UMI® is used under license from ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Priorities
Microform copies are produced on demand, so the number of orders we receive for a title can affect its availability; titles in greatest demand become available earlier in the year, those of less demand later in the year. Some titles may take longer to become available.

What Are Low-Demand Titles?
NAPC monitors order activity for periodical titles in our serials program. For some titles, although we have filming rights, we have either very little or no demand. Those titles are referred to as low-demand titles. As a result, material for these titles is not filmed on a regular basis. When demand for the title increases, we film the content. If demand does not increase, that periodical title is removed from our serials program.

When you use this online catalog, you may see some date ranges for a title marked with an asterisk (*) indicating that you should inquire about availability. That could signify that the date range for that title is in the process of being filmed and has not yet been placed in our vaults, or it could mean that the title falls into the low demand category and has not been filmed. Please contact your account representative to determine the exact status for that title/date range.

Pricing
The estimated totals provided in the catalog are calculated per your selected region and do not include applicable taxes or shipping and handling fees.

Prices and product availability are subject to change without notice.

35mm-only Titles
35mm-only titles represent those that are oversized or those that have generated the least demand. These titles are available in 35mm silver rollfilm only (positive or negative polarity), and they may take longer to produce than other periodicals.

Non-Silver Option
You can order the current volume/year and future volume/years for periodicals on non-silver film at an average of 15% less than the listed price. Note that non-silver film is not available in 16mm. If the non-silver option is not specified on your order, silver film will be supplied.

A few serial titles, such as those in color and some film types that we distribute for other micropublishers, are available on silver film only.

Backfile volumes of periodicals are available on silver only.

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Packing Lists
Packing lists, included with every shipment, indicate all items in your order. If an item cannot be shipped, it will be noted. Delayed items will usually be shipped within two months. The packing list also informs you of any items not immediately available.
Be sure to check the shipment carefully when you receive it to make sure all items that are indicated on the packing list as shipped are actually there. We strongly recommend that you claim missing materials within six months.

Claims Policy
If material is inadvertently left out of a shipment, you must notify us within six months of receipt of that shipment to receive the missing material at no charge.

Invoices
Invoices are sent under separate cover to the "bill to" name on your order. You are invoiced for only those items that have actually been shipped (except for subscription orders). Status will be given on items not shipped. You can request a customized status report at any time to determine the subscription titles shipped. Please call customer service toll free at 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 (or 734-302-6500, ext. 7161) for details. Back-ordered items are shipped and invoiced separately as soon as available.

Invoice terms are net 30 days. We reserve the right to assess a late-payment fee on past-due invoices.

Monies left on account for a period of one year or more may be assessed an administrative service charge.

Shipping and Handling Charges
Shipping and handling charges are billed to customers as a percentage of the purchase price (plus applicable taxes and duties if any):

• U.S. shipping address: 5.5%
• All other addresses: 6.5%

Please add shipping and handling charges to your order total. Shipping and handling charges are subject to change without notice.

Sales and GST/HST Tax
NAPC maintains nexus in a limited number of states that currently assess sales and/or use tax. If taxes are applicable, they will be added to your invoice.
Microform items shipped to Canada are not currently assessed a "Goods and Service" or "Harmonized Sales" tax. Currently the GST/HST is only applied to xerographic reproductions and shipping and handling. As laws change and representation status changes, the 7% GST and 15% HST may become applicable on all products. At that time, GST/HST may be charged on all products. If you have any questions, please contact the Customer Accounting department at 734-302-6500.

Microform Replacements
Individual microform replacements are available for lost or damaged items. A nominal charge is assessed; some restrictions apply. Please call customer service or your sales representative for more information.

Product Return Policy
Unless you specify otherwise on your order, we will produce and ship 35mm positive silver film. The microform products you order are custom-produced and can be returned only if:

• We make an error.
  Please inform periodicals customer service as quickly as possible. We will be glad to provide a replacement at no charge. We request that you make a claim for full credit within six months. Call us at 800-420-6272, ext. 7161 for assistance.
• You make an error or fail to specify a desired format, polarity, or film type.
  We will usually authorize product exchange of unused and undamaged goods. Because your order is custom produced, you will be assessed a service charge on the returned product which may not exceed 20% of the original order. We strongly recommend that you report your error within three months of receipt of your order.

In either case, inform your serials customer service representative of the error and request permission to return the product. Please do not return any materials until you speak with a representative and receive return instructions.

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Microfilm and microfiche editions are complete full-page reproductions of the original documents. They are made on silver polyester-base microfilm and meet the requirements of ANSI/AIIM Standards. A non-silver option is available for most current-year periodicals.

Recommended storage temperature is 70° F (21° C) or lower with a relative humidity of 20-30% as specified in the ANSI Standard IT 9.11.

• Silver gelatin microfilm (16mm and 35mm) on four mil polyester base; conforms to ANSI/NAPM Standard IT 9.1 and ANSI/AIIM MS14
• Silver gelatin microfiche (105mm x 148mm) on seven mil polyester base; conforms to ANSI/NAPM Standard IT 9.1 and ANSI/AIIM MS5
• Vesicular microfilm (35mm only) on 3.6 mil polyester base; conforms to ANSI/NAPM Standard IT 9.12
• Vesicular microfiche (105mm x 148mm) on 4.3 mil polyester base; conforms to ANSI/NAPM Standard IT 9.12
• Diazo microfiche (105mm x 148mm) on 4.3 mil polyester base; conforms to ANSI Standard IT 9.5
• Positive or negative polarity optional for most titles
• Enlarged eye-readable titles (microfilm from 1976 on)
• No microfilm splices
• Microfilm reels conforming to ANSI/AIIM MS34
• Microfilm reel design with optional film-anchoring capability
• Neutral pH microfilm cartons with appropriate title and indexing information
• Microfiche envelopes suitable for storage

• Reduction ratio nominally 1:18*
• 2A cine format

• Reduction ratio nominally 1:24*
• 2B comic format
• 3M Ektamate and Flange cartridges available

• Reduction ratio nominally 1:24*
• 98-page format
• Opaque white title backing (silver)
• Opaque black title backing (vesicular)
• Negative polarity on diazo film for some titles

(1986 and prior volumes; for 1987 forward, please refer to the specifications above)

• Reduction ratio 1:25
• Some titles have been photographed at a reduction rate of 1:30 to accommodate oversized titles
• Most titles available in 2A cine format
• Silver
• The 35mm film consists of a 16mm original contact-printed onto 35mm duplicating film

• Reduction ratio nominally 1:24*
• 2B comic format
• 35 and 16mm: diazo, with the exceptions of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, CHEMTECH, and Chemical and Engineering News, which are silver
• Microfiche: diazo
• The 35mm film consists of a 16mm original contact-printed onto 35mm duplicating film
• All 1972+ editions are bar coded and blip coded for automatic searches

* To accommodate oversized journals, reduction ratios may vary from those specified.

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