What You Should Know About Microfiche 

Our library has a collection of over 9,000 theses and dissertations stored on microfiche.  Each paper has been reduced in size to fit on one or two small plastic sheets.  Reading these documents requires placing the cards in the microfiche reading (on main floor) that projects the pages on a viewing screen.

Working with microfiche is a little more trouble than using a book or periodical.  However, the theses (master's level) and dissertations (doctoral level) represent a lot of excellent research on important topics, often hard to find elsewhere.  The papers were written by graduate students in Christian institutions in the U.S. and Canada. 

They are also cataloged in the library.  In the title, you will see the word [microfiche] in brackets.  The microfiche do not leave the library, but are used on the microfiche reader, located on the main floor.  Here is an example of what a microfiche bibliographic record looks like. 

MF      Author:   Wood, Ervin

000     Title:    Establishing dates in Genesis

           Resp:     Ervin Wood

           Publish:  Portland, OR : Theological Research Exchange Network, 1993.

                  microfiche,  (65 p.)

           Notes:    Thesis (M.A.B.S.) -- Multnomah School of the Bible, 1981.

See librarian for #004-0037

Subjects: Genesis/microfiche

Write down the special index number listed after 'See librarian for' and give it to one of the librarians or library assistants who will find it for you to read in the microfiche viewer.