"Hoʻomaluhia: Passages / Forgotten Paths" by Toni Martin
2nd floor

Microfilm area Back issues of the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and selected issues of the New York Times are available on microfilm. Older back issues of some magazines may be available on microfilm, microfiche, or microcartridge.

Micro-film, -fiche, -cartridge -- what's the difference?

  • Microfilm is on spools, and is threaded onto the reader/printer machine.
    The microfilm spools are stored in the brown cabinets and drawers along the mauka wall of the first floor.
  • Microfiche are small sheets of film that are placed face-down in the reader/printer.
    Microfiche sheets are stored in drawers on the first floor. Periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title, and within a title, by date.
  • Microcartridge film is enclosed in a plastic jacket. Microcartridges are labeled "Magazine Collection", and are used with older InfoTrac articles.
    Microcartridges are stored in the brown drawers along the mauka wall of the first floor.
Reader/printer machines for viewing and and printing microforms are nearby. Copies are ten cents per page. Please do not refile microforms, instead place them on a shelving cart near the reader/printer machine.

The reference librarian can show you how to use any of the microforms.

The HCC Magazine List will show which periodical backfiles are available in microforms.

Magazine List A-C Magazine List D-H Magazine List I-N
Magazine List O-S Magazine List T-Z Subject List of Magazines
  Newspaper List  

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Last updated 08/17/09
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Art courtesy of State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Photographed by Helen Rapozo