The most common form is microfilm, which is a roll of film, but other forms exist as well. In this library we have materials on microfilm, microfiche, ultrafiche, and microcard. Microforms are located on the main floor of the library, except for the music periodicals on microfilm which are located on the fifth floor. Newspapers and periodicals on microfilm are shelved in call number order in microfilm cabinets. The microcard and microfiche materials are filed in cabinets in the same area as the microfilm cabinets.
Special equipment is used to read microforms.
When you load the microform onto the reader, it magnifies the image to a large enough size for you to view it. There are additional machines, reader-printers, which allow you to photocopy the pages that are being magnified in addition to allowing you to read them. Microfilm is a roll of film containing a series of frames or images much like a roll of film used in a camera. The materials found in microfilm in this library include newspapers, periodicals, and some monographs. Microfilm comes in standard widths of 16 mm and 35 mm, and can run 100 feet in length.