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Microtext Collection

The Reading Room contains a variety of legal materials in microfiche, microfilm and ultrafiche. The collection includes:

  • federal bills and resolutions dating back to the 1st Congress
  • U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs
  • a complete set of session laws from the fifty states
  • a wide variety of foreign official gazettes and international documents.

The hours of service are 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Requests for retrieving items must be submitted by 4:00 p.m.

The microform reading room provides options for reproducing the items:

  • Reader/printers – a copy card is used
  • Scanning equipment for burning a compact disc or saving to a flash drive.

For additional information, try these resources:

  • Online Catalog (search the Catalog for books, journals, government documents and other items available in the Law Library's collection)
  • About the Law Collections (general overview of the Law Library’s collections)
  • Guides to Our Collections (guides on various items in our collections)

Last Updated: 03/21/2012

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