A Finding Aid is sometimes called a manuscript register. It is a guide to a collection of unpublished papers (for example, family letters and diaries or business correspondence and financial records), used to provide background information about the materials, explain how they are organized, and identify items of interest to the researcher.

We also have other resources, while not traditionally considered finding aids, are online resources for various subjects. They are listed below as well.

University Libraries has finding aids in various places.

• Center for Archival Collections: Research Aids and Indexes - this is a vast collection
• Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives - Music Research Guides
• Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies - this collection has many online finding aids/research guides, but many are still only available in print. Stop by the Browne Popular Culture Library for more information.
• Online:
  • Film and Media Studies Resources in the BGSU Libraries
  • Research Collections in Microform
  • Research Guides - by topic, by format, by class, manuscript collection
  • Theatre and Performance Studies Resources in the BGSU Libraries