The librarians and staff of the Schreyer Business Library are committed to providing effective information resources and services, especially in terms of reference service, library instruction, and collection development.
If you need a business or economics book not found among the University Libraries' collections, you may request the material through Interlibrary Loan, or recommend it for purchase by completing the Business Material Request Form.
Reference collection - A selected group of high-demand, non-circulating resources are kept near the reference desk.
General collection - Most circulating business and economics books are in the stacks are on 3rd Floor, Paterno Library.
The University Libraries provide both print and electronic access to certain course materials such as class notes, exams, homework assignments, journal articles, books, and book excerpts/chapters.
Print materials are held at the Commons Services Desk, 105 Pattee Library (not the Schreyer Business Library). These materials are for library use only, or for limited circulation - usually 2 hours.
Some materials can be viewed or printed from electronic reserves, accessible online.
Faculty who need to place course materials on reserve:
The best access to Libraries' databases is through University Libraries' hyperlinks. These links are scripted through the University Libraries' proxy server to facilitate access for Penn State students, faculty, and staff.
Business Databases A-Z / Schreyer Business Library
Research guides and other pages on the Schreyer Business Library website
Located in the News & Microforms Library, West Pattee, Ground Floor, find back issues of newspapers and magazines. Older corporation annual reports and SEC filings are held in the Libraries' Annex [off-site storage].
Print copies of journals, magazines, trade publications, newspapers, and some regularly updated statistical sources are found on the current periodical shelves. As issues of these periodicals accumulate throughout the year, they are gathered, bound, and relocated to the stacks on a regular basis. Recent trends show increasing dependence on electronic access with reduced availability of print.
A collection of high-demand videos in VHS and DVD formats are kept in a special section of the Business Library reference collection. Videos may be borrowed by special permission from the Business Library reference desk for a period of seven days. Borrowed videos must be returned to the Business Library reference desk for timely check-in. Videos that are turned in at Lending Services may get a late check-in, resulting in fines.
