Firestone, C-7-E. Telephone: (609) 258-3252
Email: microfms@princeton.edu
Access to the Microforms Collection: The microforms collection, with a few exceptions, is fully cataloged. Author, title, and subject records appear in either the Main Catalog or Supplementary Card Catalog. Some large sets, however, such as the Incunabula, have not been given detailed cataloging, so that individual titles are not listed in the catalogs. You must consult guides and indexes to these sets to locate a specific item. These aids are located in the (Film B) reference collection within the Microforms Service.
Types of Microforms:
- Microfilm: It comes in standard widths of 16mm and 35mm, and usually runs 100 feet in length.
- Microfiche: The most common size is the 4"X6" fiche, which is usually offered in a format of 60 or 98 pages per fiche.
- Micro-opaque: Micro-opaque (microprint) is made of opaque paper, it measures 6"X9" and 3"X5"
- Hard copy prints can be made from microforms
- Microforms can be scanned and copied to a CD or saved directly to their "H" drive