Word: microform
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...Certainly the government documents and the microform collections are used by undergraduates, but we had reached a point where the collection there was really out of space,” she said...
...Since it doesn’t have any windows or outside light, we realized it would be ideal for a microform collection,” said Nancy M. Cline, the Larsen librarian of Harvard College...
Currently, the University’s entire collection of microform periodicals is stored in the Government Document and Microforms section of Lamont Library...
Upon finally receiving help, I learned that the microform I needed was contained in drawer number 3504. I found it with eight minutes left, and my premature exultation in victory overlooked one last step: opening the drawer. The drawer, one indestructible foot of rugged steel, was one in a long line of many diabolical products concocted in Harvard laboratories. For three minutes I attempted to open it, but to no avail. I pulled, tugged, and tried to sweet talk the drawer into opening...
...cabinet laughed at my feeble attempts, but with only 30 seconds remaining, a miracle occurred. The bureaucrat came to help me and due to his long-standing relationship with my steely foe, he was easily able to coax it open with 10 seconds to spare. I grabbed the microform as time expired. I had beaten the library. I had found the location where all three works should have been...