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Microform Documents

An important second floor resource is the microform collection: reduced images of print documents reproduced on photographic film for preservation and storage purposes.

There are 6 microfilm readers (3 with printers) and 4 microfiche readers available. Microfilm and microfiche are two different microform formats.

Microfilm holdings include:

• New York Times, 1851-present
  
• Many local and historic newspapers dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries
• Wall Street Journal,  1958-present
• Maryland Census, 1880-2002
• Various scholarly and trade journals