Microforms
Microforms is located on the lower level of the Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library.
Practice spy techniques, use microfilm!
Looking for primary sources of historical significance? Microform materials are listed in the library catalogue.
Microforms houses the library's 1.4 million-item collection of information in microformats: microfilm, microfiche, and microprint.
Microform materials are any materials containing miniaturized images requiring magnification to be viewed.
Get access to backfiles of newspapers, collections of research reports, government documents, books and other materials in microfilm and microfiche. Organization is by call number (microfiche) or by accession number (microfilm).
Available equipment
Machines for reading, printing (20 cents per page), and pdf file creation using digital scanners.
Available models:
- ScanPro 1000
- Scan Pro 3000
- Konica Minolta SI1000q
Location and hours
- Lower level, Mearns Centre - McPherson Library
- See library hours
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Regular Hours
- Mon-Thu
- 07:30 AM - 11:00 PM
- Friday
- 07:30 AM - 09:00 PM
- Saturday
- 10:00 AM - 09:00 PM
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Exam Hours
- Mon-Fri
- 07:30 AM - 12:00 AM
- Sat-Sun
- 09:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Intersession Hours
- Mon-Fri
- 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
- Sat-Sun
- 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Early Closing
- Apr 19, 2025
- 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
- Apr 20, 2025
- 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Holiday Hours
- Apr 18, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
- Apr 21, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Address
Mearns Centre - McPherson Library
Lower level
University of Victoria
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria, B.C., V8W 3H5
Canada
[See location on Google Maps]
Phone
250-721-8274
Subject guide to newspapers (with date ranges, locations, and holdings in print, microform, and electronic formats) held by McPherson Library.
- Annotated guide to selected historical Canadian newspapers on microfilm
- CIHM (Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproduction) and Early Canadiana Online Collections
- Guide to selected microforms in the McPherson library
- Incunabula: the printing revolution in Europe 1455-1500 (Title: ISTC) Index
- Selected newspapers (in microform) by place