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Microfilm & Microfiche

microfilmThe Library's Microfilm and Microfiche collection includes more than one hundred periodical titles (including newspapers), and is located in cabinets on the lower level of the building. Microfilm and microfiche holdings for periodical titles are noted in the library's catalog, and are available for viewing, printing, or scanning.

Request A Specific Article in the Library Collection

We provide document delivery of individual articles from our microfilm and microfiche holdings. 

Make a request through our Iliad system. 

When your request has been fulfilled, you'll receive an email prompting you to log into your Illiad account. From your Illiad account you'll be able to access and download a PDF of your requested article. 

  • When placing your request be sure to list as complete a citation as possible.
  • A complete citation includes not only publication title, article title, and author but also information such as volume, issue, date, and pages, when available.
  • Complete and accurate citations are especially important for newspaper articles.

Browsing Materials

Please schedule an appointment to browse multiple issues or resources, if you lack a complete citation, or need to view an item from outside of the Library's collections. Drop-in service is not available.

If you do not have adequate citation information, or your research needs require browsing through multiple dates/issues of a title, please schedule an appointment by emailing periodicals@usfca.edu.

In your email please indicate the nature of your request, i.e. title of publication or whether you have your own material to view, etc and a few dates/times 9-5, M-F for an appointment that would work best for you.

  • Please indicate the title and accompanying dates of the microfilm/fiche material you’d like to view.
  • Appointments may also be scheduled to view microfilm/fiche from other libraries or personal collections.

ERIC Microfiche

The microfiche collection also includes ERIC (Documents on Microfiche). This a a set of microfiche issued by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) which selects, indexes and abstracts documents and reports dealing with education and educational research. Gleeson Library's collection of ERIC microfiche covers the years 1966-2003 (numbers ED010000 - ED483046). The collection is searchable through the ERIC database, and many ED documents are now available in PDF format there; however due to copyright issues some remain only available as microfiche.

ERIC microfiche: Make a request through our Iliad system.