Microforms Short for microformats, microforms are a type storage for miniaturized information. Microfiche, microfilm, and microcard are three types of microforms. Oversized Books and periodicals that are too large to be shelved in the regular stacks. Periodicals Materials published at regular intervals such as magazines, journals, and newspapers. Periodical Indexes and Abstracts Periodical Indexes list citations to articles which have appeared in journals, magazines, or newspapers.
Abstracts are periodical indexes that also contain summaries of the content of the article.
Record A collection of related data, arranged in fields and treated as a unit. The data for each item in an electronic database makes up a record. For example, each item in our catalog has its own record which lists the author, title, subject, and publication information. Reference Collection Books that begin with Ref in the call number. Encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, directories, bibliographies, statistical sources and atlases are examples of items in our Reference Collection.