Located in Roosevelt Hall on the 4th Floor in the Documents area, the microforms collection consists of microfilm (rolls), microfiche (sheets) and microcards. Microforms and reader/printers are available during regular library hours. Reader/printers accept only dimes. Please come prepared.

The microfilm collection covers many periodical titles and the Library's newspaper collection. Check the holdings information in CUNY+ to determine the format of back issues of periodicals. The periodical microfilm is arranged alphabetically by title. Please note that materials prior to 1980 are not available here. You must submit a written Interlibrary Loan request at the Current Periodicals/Reserves Room desk, also located on the 4th Floor of Roosevelt, to get copies of older materials. The full run of the New York Times is available.

Other large microfilm collections are the Lincoln Center Theater Review Collection and back issues of the campus newspapers.

The major microfiche collections in the Library include Government Documents and the ERIC educational resources collection.  ERIC  indexes are available from both the electronic resources section of the Library Home page and via the CD-ROM icon on the desktop of library workstations. ERIC documents are identified with a unique six digit ED number.

Microcards are an older format that can only be read, not copied. Major resources on microcard are the US Serial Set, Landmarks of Science, and colonial newspapers.