Microfiche

Description

A transparent, flat sheet of microfilm that is usually the size of an index card (4 x 6 inches, 10 x 15 cm). Microfiche contain photographically reduced reproductions of printed or graphic material, such as books, newspapers, magazines or documents. About 40 book pages are held on one card. The resultant images are too small to read with the unaided eye and thus, a microfiche reader is required to magnify the images for viewing.

Synonyms and Related Terms

microform

Resources and Citations

• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians at http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mgl.htm