LIBRARY SERVICES
Research Assistance
Reference Collection
Search for Books
Article Databases
Interlibrary Loan
Course Reserves
Newspapers & Periodicals
Photocopies & Transparencies
Study Space
Computers
The Campus Library has a dedicated and knowledgeable staff to help students and faculty find material for their projects and research. We will lend assistance in using the library collection and article Databases. Stop by the Information Desk any time to ask a question. For more in depth assistance, schedule an appointment with a librarian who can offer suggestions for approaching your project. Call 749-6041 or email tlr15@psu.edu to set up a time to meet with a librarian.
The Campus Library maintains a general reference collection to support the curricula of the campus. Included in the collection are general and specialized encyclopedias, statistical resources, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, handbooks and indexes.
The online catalog , or The CAT, is the system used to locate books and other materials owned by the university libraries. Items not at Mont Alto may be requested from other Penn State locations. The library catalog can be accessed from any computer with Internet access and searches a collection of nearly 5 million items.
Penn State Libraries subscribe to many computerized periodical databases that are available to students, faculty and staff. Links to these databases are ON-LINE through LIAS. Specialized database indexes covering periodicals in the many fields including: agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, history, math, medicine, psychology and sociology, are available.
ProQUEST DIRECT database is a multidisciplinary database, which provides citations and abstracts of articles from over 5000 periodical publication and the full text of articles from over 2000 of them.
Penn State Mont Alto Library students, faculty, and staff have access to all Penn State Library items, as well as materials at other libraries through ILLiad, the University Libraries' interlibrary loan system.
Reserve items faculty select for specific classes are shelved at the Circulation desk. Most items are loaned for 2 hours to be used within the Library.
Electronic Reserves (E-Reserves) are photocopied materials available online through the CAT, and can be accessed 24 hours a day from any computer with Internet Access.
For more information about Course Reserves or any other library related questions, call the library at 717-749-6040
The Library subscribes to the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Patriot News and Washington Post, as well as local community newspapers. Some newspapers are available full-text on-line.
The Library maintains subscriptions and back files for approximately 200 magazines and journals. Articles from periodicals not owned on campus are often available full-text through one of our many databases or by placing a request using ILLiad.
The Campus Library has a coin operated Xerox for making copies 8 1/2 x 11, or 8 1/2 x 14 . Cost for either size is $.10.
Transparencies are available in the Library for $.35 each. If you wish to run the transparency through the Library's photocopier, you must purchase the transparency at the Library. This policy is to guard against expensive damage to the copier caused by inferior transparencies melting in the copier.
There are 2 areas suitable for meetings or group study and 6 small private study rooms, in addition to the study tables and carrels found throughout the building.
The library has computers for library research and general use. Several are equipped with CD-Rom and ZIP drives. In addition the Library has one DELL PC with a color printer and scanner.
Laptop computers are available to be checked out.
Wireless Internet access is available in and around the library. You may use your laptop, or borrow one of ours.
All are available on a first come, first serve basis.
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