Newspapers & Microforms contains the Library's principal collections of:

• Newspapers, with over 100 active newsprint subscriptions, and over 900 titles archived on microfilm.
• Microforms (microfilm, microfiche, and micro-opaque formats, including 950,000 books, manuscripts, documents, and serials of significant academic and journalistic value).

Newspapers received on the issue date:

• New York Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• East Bay Express
• Daily Californian

Some newspapers are received in newsprint within 1 to 8 weeks after publication.

All newsprint newspapers are for room use only.

The newsfilm collection includes international, national and local newspapers, archival and current. Current titles are usually received about 3 months after publication.This collection is arranged geographically in two sections:

• United States alphabetically by state, then by city, then by title
• International by country, city and title

• U.S. and foreign governmental documents (including patents)
• Federal Register
• United Nations microfiche

• English Short Title Catalog (STC), 1475-1641 and 1641-1745
• Selected National Archives and Records Administration sets
• Four Centuries of Spanish Drama
• Three Centuries of Early American Plays

• Historical California Newspapers
• Underground Newspaper Collections
• Papers of the NAACP
• Selected National Archives and Records Administration sets.

Print indexes for selected newspapers are available, and there is a substantial collection of printed guides to individual microfilm/fiche/opaque sets.

• Seating for reading and studying
• 9 microform reader-scanners, including software for scanning to a USB flash drive, or printing
• Networked computer workstations for library research and Internet access
• Airbears2 wireless connectivity
• Printer/Scanner
• It is recommended that patrons bring a USB drive for scanning.