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MICROFICHE: A small (approx. 5 x 7 inch) transparent sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed. Requires a microfiche reader. Microfiche readers are located in Wilson Library Reference, Wilson Periodicals, and Wilson Government Publications.

MICROFILM: A film (roll) on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size. Requires a microfilm reader. Microfilm readers are located in Wilson Periodicals.

MICROFORM: A term that includes microcard, microfiche and microfilm.

MICROCARD: A small (approx. 3 x 5 inch) opaque sheet on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size. Requires a microcard reader. Microcard readers are located in Wilson Government Publications in Wilson Library Basement. Only the first two years (1974-76) of the University of Oregon Health, Physical Education and Recreation set are on microcard; all later years are on microfiche.

Copying Services

• Wilson Library Photocopy Services, Wilson Library Basement
  Fiche-to-paper costs .25 per page; fiche-to-fiche costs $1.00 per sheet
• Self-service copiers in Government Publications, Wilson Library Basement
  Fiche-to-paper costs .25 per page

A Note About Journal Holdings on Microfiche/Microfil

• Any journals that Wilson Library holds on microfiche and microfilm are housed in Wilson Library Periodicals in the basement of Wilson Library, adjacent to the Current Issues. See the Wilson Library floor plan for details.
• See MNCAT for the Library's holdings information on a journal. If any or all issues of that journal title are in microfiche/microfilm that information will be noted on MNCAT. Often only a volume or two of a journal title is in microfiche/ microfilm, which usually indicates filling in holding gaps. Check to see if a second MNCAT record is listed with information about a print or online version for other issues of the journal.