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Contents

• General Information 
• Use of the Room
• Location of Microforms 

 

 


General Information

All microforms are housed in on ground floor adjacent to Periodicals Room. The microform collection consists of both microfilm and microfiche. It includes 50 ongoing periodical subscriptions, as well as thousands of periodicals and newspaper backfiles. There are also many special collections. Access to most microforms is through CONSULS, our online public access catalog, or through special collection indexes housed in the Microforms Room. The room is open the same hours as the library. It is self-serve. Often there is an attendant to help you locate material, or show you how to use the readers or reader/printers. If not, help may be obtained at the Information desk in the Periodicals Room or at the Reference desk on the first floor.

Use of the Room

We encourage you to retrieve your own microforms. There are instructions by the reader/printers as how to use the machines. When you have finished using the microforms, please place your material in one of the several return boxes placed around the room. Please do not replace microforms in drawers. If you need help, and there is no room attendant, please ask for help at the Information desk in the Periodicals Room or at the Reference desk on the first floor.

Currently, there are 4 reader/printers to use when making copies from either fiche or film. The copies are 10 cents each. There are no change machines at this time, and HootLoot cards cannot be used. It is a good idea to bring a roll of dimes with you to facilitate copying. 

Location of Microforms

All microFILM is arranged into 6 categories: CURRENT NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS,  Nineteenth Century Periodicals,  Old and Miscellaneous Newspapers  Within each category material is arranged alphabetically by title.

MicroFICHE includes PERIODICALS,   ERIC DOCUMENTS (The documents are filed by their 6 digit ED number,) SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, DEWEY DECIMAL NUMBERS, COLLEGE CATALOGS.