Find Microform materials
Microform holdings are listed in the University of Toronto Library on-line catalogue. For more information about a specific collection or title, please consult the staff at the Media Commons Service desk.
Microform Collections
(click here to access listings)
Over 300 collections housed in the Microform Section cover topics from the Sciences and Humanities. A printed copy of the Microform Collections listings is available at the Media Commons Service desk.
Among the Collections:
- CIHM monograph collection (Early Canadiana Online)
- Eighteenth Century Collection (United Kingdom)
- Nineteenth Century Collection (United Kingdom)
- Index photographique de l'art in France
- Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830 - 1865
- Cinema Pressbooks from the Original Studio Collections
- History of Cinema: Hollywood and the Production Code
- Testaments to the Holocaust
- Italian Books before 1601
- The Dead Sea Scrolls on Microfiche
- Women's Journals, 1919 - 1968: From Franchise to Feminism
- Sex and Sexuality
- The Industrial Revolution: A Documentary History
- Early American Medical Imprints, 1668 - 1820
- Landmarks of Science / Landmarks of Science II: Monographs
- for Landmarks of Science Journals, Science Journals link - Aids Research Archives
Newspapers & Periodicals on Microform
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A printed copy of the listings is available at the Media Commons Service desk.
The newspaper collection includes a large collection of Canadian and international current newspapers as well as an extensive collection of newspapers dating from the early 17th century.
Among specialized collections:
- Ireland: Politics and Society...1760 - 1922 (connect to finding aid)
- Early English Newspapers (connect to finding aid)
- the Anarchist Press in Britain
- the CIHM Periodical and Annual Collections
- Abolitionist Periodicals
- European Women's Periodicals
- Sexual Politics in Britain
- American Medical Periodicals, 1668 - 1820
- Canadian Medical Journals. 1826 - 1910
Science Journals on Microform (click here)
A printed copy of this finding aid is available at the Media Commons Service desk.
The Microform collection also includes University of Toronto Masters and PhD. dissertations on microfiche.
Google News Archive (click here)
Google has scanned hundreds of newspapers from Microfilm. Some duplicate those held at Media Commons. Note: further development of this service is currently suspended.
Finding Aids & Guides
Finding aids/guides exist for many of the Microform Collections. Please ask Media Commons staff.Special note regarding finding aids for Central and Eastern European Collections. The Petro-Jacyk Resource Centre (Robarts Library-3rd floor) has produced several finding aids, available at their website's Special Collections link (click here)


