Let the Library help you with your research!

Quaker Hefner

Zach Schwartzman

News Story 3

Are you aware of the vast collection of microfilm available to you as a research tool?

The J.D. Williams Library microfilm archives are accessible to students through the library’s reference department.  Microfilm allows for broad and extensive research to be done using a collection of old, published newspapers.  Today’s technology allows for most newspaper archives to be found online, causing the demand for microfilm to decline.

“Sadly, microfilm is a second to online research, but it is not outdated,” said Alex Watson, reference librarian.

J.D. William Library houses a vast collection of microfilm.  Currently available are 109 non-Mississippi newspapers and 429 Mississippi newspapers including the Oxford Eagle.  The library has four machines that read and print microfilm and other micro formats. 

A large collection of microfilm is waiting...

Microfilm machines allow you to read and print old newspapers!