Government Documents Librarian
Rita Wilson
Contact:
UTSA Libraries -- Main Campus
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249
210-458-7572
Microfilm vs Microfiche
Microfilm
Microfiche
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Microfilm & Microfiche Collections
Listed here are most of the major microfilm and microfiche collections at the UTSA Libraries. This list is not necessarily complete. Check UTSA Library Quick Search Catalog, for information on a specific collection or for complete holdings. Some collections have individual holdings in our Catalog. Other collections rely on print or online finding aids. Occasionally the title lists are at the beginning of the reels.
Microform Readers
The UTSA Libraries has microform readers at both the Main and Downtown Campus Libraries.
The John Peace Library at the Main Campus has a new ST View Scan III from STimaging located on the 2nd Floor behind the Front Desk. More details from STimaging. Quick instructions available next to the scanner.
Downtown Library has Scan Pro 2000 microform reader/scanner which handles both microfilm and microfiche. The units include a fast, high resolution optical zoom lens. The unit can magnify and scan in various formats including PDF, JPEG and TIFF.
Send your print jobs to Print Smart (current UTSA students, faculty and staff only), download to a flash drive, or email the images. 
Location of readers: Microform readers are on the JPL 2nd floor and Downtown Campus.
What is Microfilm?
Microform
Printed material that has been photographed and reduced to a film format to help preserve the material and decrease the space needed for storage. The UTSA Libraries has the special equipment needed to view and print the stored information. Typical formats include microfilm and microfiche.
Microfilm
A reel of film containing reduced images of pages in a book, journal, newspaper or other printed material. Reels are readable on special microfilm readers located at both the JPL (2nd Floor) and Downtown Campus.
Microfiche
A flat, plastic sheet containing microimages of pages in a book, journal, newspaper or other printed material and read using a special machine. Microfiche readers are located at both the JPL (2nd Floor) and Downtown Campus.
Ask staff at the Front Desk for help in locating and using microfilm and microfiche.
Other sources of microfilm / microfiche
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Center for Research Libraries (CRL) CatalogCRL collects and preserves hard-to-find research materials in print, microform and digital formats. Their collections include international and U.S. ethnic newspapers, foreign dissertations, scholarly journals, archival materials, government documents, area studies materials, and a variety of subject collections. UTSA is a member of CRL, and UTSA faculty, staff and currently enrolled students may borrow materials through Get It for Me. To find materials held by the Center for Research Libraries search the CRL Catalog. Some subject collections are not catalogued.
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Foreign Dissertations (Center for Research Libraries)Over 800,000 doctoral dissertations from universities outside of the U.S. and Canada. The collection was built by deposits from member libraries and current exchange or depository arrangements with almost 100 universities. Requests to purchase foreign dissertations may be submitted to CRL.
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Get It For Me (Non-UTSA materials via Interlibrary Loan)Are you interested in getting materials on microfilm or microfiche that UTSA does not own? Place a request through Get It For Me.
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National Archives Microfilm CatalogFind microfilm available for purchase, renting, or viewing from the National Archives.