Photographic images of print publications which are greatly reduced in size from the original, and stored on alternative media. Microfilm: 35mm or 16mm roll of film, much like the film used in an ordinary camera. Microfiche: Transparent sheet of microfilm usually four by six inches, holding 60 or 98 pages per fiche. Microprint: An opaque six by nine inch sheet. Microcard: An opaque three by five inch sheet.

all forms of microreproduction, e.g. microfilm, microfiche, microprint, etc.

Various types of films containing micro-images of the texts of newspapers, books, magazines, etc. For example, microfiche are 4" x 5" sheets of photographic film containing up to 72 pages of text per sheet. Microforms are used to conserve space and deter pilferage.

Generic term for media containing microimages of information (e.g. roll microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, etc.).

Printed books, journals, or newspapers which have been reduced in size so that they must be read with special equipment. Microforms include microfiche, microfilm, and microcards.

documents, often ones that are bulky or likely to deteriorate rapidly, which have been photographed and reduced in size to minimize storage space and for preservation.

Documents and serials, often ones that are bulky or liable to deteriorate rapidly, which have been photographed to reduce the storage space required and to preserve them. Common formats for microforms are microfilm or microfiche. College catalogs, telephone books, newspapers, magazines and government documents are examples of microforms in many college libraries.

Various technologies used to film or copy a printed work or manuscript in a much smaller size. Examples of microforms are microfilm, microfiche, and microcard. Generally this is done because the printed copy is in danger of falling apart, or the printed copy is out of print and very rare.

a general term used to describe the microfilm, microfiche, or microform formats used for the storage of documents that have been photographed and reduced in size to reduce in order to conserve space or to preserve materials that deteriorate rapidly. Newspapers, magazines, journals, college catalogs, government documents, and Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) documents are some examples of the materials stored on microform.

Documents, often ones that are bulky or liable to deteriorate rapidly, which have been photographed and reduced in size to reduce the storage space required and to preserve them. Common formats for microforms are microfilm, microfiche, or microcard. Selected college catalogs, telephone books, newspapers, and magazines are available in microform.

a general term used for information that has been micro-photographed onto a piece of film. Microfilm is held on a reel, microfiche is on a flat sheet of film.

A photographic reproduction of textual, tabular or graphic materials reduced in size such that it can be used only with microform equipment for magnification, i.e. microfilm, microfiche and microcards.

This word refers to different technologies used to film or copy a printed work in a much smaller size. Examples of microforms are microfilm and microfiche. Newspapers, MAGAZINES and JOURNALS are sometimes stored on microforms. You can make copies, on paper, from the microforms. Microforms are located on level 1 of Tisch Library.

The general term used for printed items which have been reduced in size. This refers to both microfilm and microfiche, and these must be read at specially designed machines.

The general term used for printed items which have been reduced in size. Microforms refer to both microfilm and microfiche, and these must be read at special designed machines.

Microfiche (flat index cards of film) or microfilm (rolls of film) which contain photographic images of newspaper and magazine pages read by a machine that magnifies the print.

all forms of micro-reproduction, e.g., microfilm, microfiche, microprint, etc.

Microfilm (in rolls), microfiche (on sheets), or microprint (on opaque cards) is made from photographs of magazines, newspapers, historic books, or other printed materials. The print is reduced to fit on the film or fiche and can be enlarged on a microform reader.

Microfiche (4 by 6 inch cards) and microfilm (a roll of film); printed items which have been reduced in size by photographic methods to save space.

Printed material reproduced on photographic film at a greatly reduced size. Examples include microfilm and microfiche.

Various technologies used to film or copy a printed work or manuscript in a much smaller size. Examples of microforms are microfilm, microfiche, and microcard. Microforms are used when the printed copy is in danger of falling apart, when the printed copy is out of print and very rare, or simply to save space.

A type of film or paper on which information is stored in miniaturized form to be read with a magnifying device.

Tisch Library subscribes to numerous periodicals, newspapers and other publications in microformat, usually for space considerations. Holdings information for these materials, whether microfilm or microfiche, is found in the catalog, just like any other library holdings. Readers and printers are available for all microformats.

Material that has been photographically reduced onto film or paper for later machine reading. These "micro-reductions" come in at least three different machine-readable formats: micro card (on a card), microfiche (4" . 6" sheet), and microfilm (in rolls).

Microforms include microfilm, microfiche, and microcard. One of the most used microform collections in the Libraries is the collection of back issues of newspapers, located in Honnold/Mudd on the first floor of the Honnold building. Just outside the Copy Center, you will find microform reader/scanner/printers that allow you to save a digital copy of microforms.

A generic term for any medium, e.g. film or fiche, that contains images that are too small to be read by the human eye.

Books, articles or other items that are printed in miniaturized form on rolls or sheets of transparent plastic. Those that are in long rolls are called microfilm, while those that are on small rectangular sheets are called microfiche. Each of these requires special machines to be used.

General term for all types of micro-reproduction technology, e.g. microfilm, microfiche. These formats were used both to preserve the material and save space in the library.

A reduced sized photographic reproduction of printed information on reel to reel film(microfilm), film cards (microfiche) or opaque pages that can be read with a microform reader/printer.

Includes microfilm and microfiche. Microfilm is film that contains photographic images of information, e.g. pages of a journal. Microfiche are flat 4 inch by 6-inch sheets of photographic images. Many pages of material can be stored in this format. Microfilm is either 1 inch wide or approx. 3 inches wide and on a roll. Special machines are needed for the patron to read the reduced images and to print back to a paper format.

a term used to describe both microfiche and microfilm used for the storage of documents that have been photographed and reduced in size to conserve space or to preserve materials.

documents that are reduced in size and available in either microfiche or microfilm. There is a large microform collection on the second floor of Davis Library.

documents that have filmed and reduced in size. formats include microfilm and microfiche.