Microfilm and microfiche
are publishing formats. They allow us to keep newspapers and other bulky publications
in a compact, stable form. The publisher photographs the pages of a work (usually
newspapers, magazines or journals) in miniature, and places them on card-shaped
photographic material (microfiche) or strips of film on reels(microfilm).
Most of the microfilm and microfiche in the library is kept on Lobby Level or
Level Two, in the Periodicals Room. There are some items on microfiche in Government
Documents. To read it, use a microfiche or microfilm reader. To copy pages, use
a reader-printer and card in the same area of the Periodicals Room.
If you need help with microfilm or microfiche, ask at the service desk or at
the Reference Desk.
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