African Studies
Microforms
Microforms are
books, journals, or other items printed in miniaturized form on rolls of film,
sheets of transparent plastic, or opaque sheets. The long rolls are called
microfilm, while those on small rectangular sheets are called microfiche. The
white, opaque sheets are known as microprints or microcards. Microforms allow
materials to be preserved in nonpaper format and conserve storage
space.
The Periodicals/Microforms
area of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library has special machines (microform
reader-printers) for viewing and printing all microform formats.
There
are many specialized collections and items of potential interest to researchers
in the Microforms area, including current and historical newspapers,
periodicals, UMass Amherst dissertations, government documents, and individual
and family papers
