You probably know the feeling. You have done your initial research and know that the article you need appeared in the Nashua Telegraph some time in December 1948. And no, it is not online, but there is a copy you can get to right away, in the library... on microfilm.

And now you are faced with the "horrors" of learning to use a microfilm reader. It is really not that difficult to figure out, but in the hustle and bustle of the twenty-first century it can be pretty inconvenient.

Well, fear no longer! We have a new Minolta MS6000 Microform Workstation that even I, a "microfilm challenged" person, find a pleasure to use. This microform reader is connected to the computer next to it, so you can scan, edit and print a page or a group of pages. And you can save to a disk or CD, and also e-mail the results (just as you would any document).

Please feel free to ask any of the Reference Staff for assistance. Or if you would like more thorough instruction, please see us or call us at 589-4611 to schedule a 15 minute training session.

Some of the resources available on microfiche include:
The Nashua Telegraph 1862 -2006

The Boston Globe 1986-2004 (more recent articles available on our Newsbank database)

The New York Times 1963-January 2005 (more recent articles available on our Newsbank database)

and such magazines from selected time periods as Life, Boy's Life, Look and Newsweek.