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:::(Answering your now edited-out question...) I'm afraid so; snippet time again. Always seems a tad ironic that British out-of-copyright stuff is made available only to the US reader. Thank you, MrLP333 - the two attachments are with me. --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]] 04:52, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

== Boardwatch Magazine, Amateur Action BBS ==

* Lance Rose (???). "BBS Burnings" in the "Legally Online" column for ''[[Boardwatch Magazine]]''. September issue, 1993. Page 62-ish. ((Possibly this is not even available anywhere...))

* For research in creating article on aforementioned AA BBS. --&nbsp;[[User:Dsprc|<span style="color: purple">'''dsprc'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Dsprc|<span style="color: green">^'''[talk]'''</span>]] 20:28, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

::{{ping|Dsprc}} Few libraries have issues before 1999, from which point electronic versions are widely available. Only five have print copies from as far back as 1993: [[Library of Congress]], [[Cornell University]], [[Clemson University]], [[University of Virginia]], and [[Harry Ransom Center]]. Your best bet may be to reach out directly to active Wikipedians who have declared a connection with one of those sites. At Cornell, for example, perhaps {{U|Cornellrockey}} or {{U|EVDiam}} would be willing to help. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 06:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

::{{pong|Worldbruce}} Thanks. How does one find which institutions maintain archives? As an aside: I know Jason Scott of the [[Internet Archive]] are in physical possession of every issue and edition but they've yet to be digitised and are sitting stacked in a [[intermodal container|cargo container]]. --&nbsp;[[User:Dsprc|<span style="color: purple">'''dsprc'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Dsprc|<span style="color: green">^'''[talk]'''</span>]] 09:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

:::{{ping|Dsprc}} Worldcat.org is the most common starting point. Coverage of boutique libraries (genealogical, museum, philatelic, etc.) and those in developing countries (like India) is spotty, but for most searches it's invaluable. After that it's donkey work. To discover precisely which issues of a journal a particular library holds, one usually has to visit each individual catalog. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 13:13, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

*{{U|Dsprc}}, you might want to utilize [https://www.artrieve.com Artrieve.com]. It is a pay-service, but if the item is a must-have, it may be worth it. They have access to the Library of Congress, etc. (I learned about them from a Wikipedia user, and used them to obtain an obscure 1980 newspaper article I had been needing for many years.) [[User:Softlavender|Softlavender]] ([[User talk:Softlavender|talk]]) 07:25, 4 July 2016 (UTC)