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Home Location/Marking Description List

Abington (ABINGTON)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-AB General Collection    
ARCHIVE-AB Ogontz School Archives Room   Archives
BROWSINGAB Browsing/Leisure Reading Collection    
CURRIC-AB Curriculum Collection   Curr.
MEDIA-AB Multimedia/AV Materials    
REF-AB Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
REFDESK-AB Ready Reference   Refdesk
RESERVE-AB Reserve Desk    
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Altoona (ALTOONA)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-AA General Collection    
ATLASES-AA Atlas Area   Ref./Atlas Stnd
BROWSINGAA Popular titles   BR
CIRC1AA 1st Floor Circulation Desk   Circ1
CURRIC-AA Curriculum Materials   CURRIC
DISPLAY-AA Display, 2nd Floor    
INDEXES-AA Abstracts & Indexes   Index Area/Reference
JUVENILEAA Juvenile Literature Collection   JL
MAPS-AA Maps Collection    
MEDIA-AA Multimedia/AV Materials Area    
MICROS-AA Microforms    
NEWBOOK-AA New Book Display, 2nd Floor    
OVERSIZEAA Oversize Collection    
PERIOD-AA Periodicals    
REF-AA Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-AA Reserve Desk    
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Beaver (BEAVER)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-BR General Collection    
AFRIC-AMER African-American Autobiography   African/Amer./Autobiog.
DISPLAY-BR Display    
DVD-BR DVD Collection   DVD/Beaver
ILL-BR ILL Office    
LEISURE-BR Leisure Reading Collection    
REF-BR Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-BR Reserve Desk    
VERTFILEBR Vertical File   Vert.File
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Behrend (BEHREND)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-BD General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
ARCHIVE-BD Archives Collection   Archives
ATLASES-BD Atlas Stand    
BROWSINGBD Browsing/Leisure Reading Collection   Brows./Coll.
BUSREF-BD Business Reference Table   Ref.
CIRCDESKBD Laptop holding location.   CIRCDESKBD
FACULTY-BD Faculty Collection    
INDEP-LRNG Independent Learning Collection   Independent/Learning
INDEXES-BD Abstracts & Indexes   Ind/Ab
MEDIA-BD Multimedia/AV Materials Area   Aud.-Vis.
MICROS-BD Microforms    
OVERSIZBDM Oversize Media   Oversize/Aud.Vis.
OVERSIZEBD Oversize Collection   Oversize
PERIOD-BD Current Periodicals Area   Per.
REF-BD Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
REFDESK-BD Reference Desk Collection   Ref.
RESERVE-BD Reserve Desk   CIRC
THESIS-BD Thesis Collection    
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Berks (BERKS)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-BK General Collection    
CURRIC-BK Curriculum Collection   Curric.
IDEALAB-BK IDea Lab (Instructional Design Lab)   IDea Lab
ILL-BK ILL Office    
INDEXES-BK Abstracts & Indexes   Indexes
MEDIA-BK Media Collection   Media
REF-BK Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-BK Reserve Desk    
SPECCOL-BK Special Collection   Special/Coll.
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Brandywine (BRANDYWINE)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-DE General Collection    
CURRIC-DE Curriculum Collection   Curr/Coll
REF-DE Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-DE Reserve Desk    
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Dickinson / Carlisle (DSL-CARL)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-DN Lower Lvl - General Coll.    
BINDERY-DN Material at Bindery    
BINDPRP-DN Material in Bindery Prep    
CLINIC-DN Law Clinics, Pitt Street    
CLOSERESDN Closed Reserve, Carlisle    
DIGEST-DN 2nd Floor - Digests, Carlisle    
DISC-DN CD/DVD Collection    
DISPLAY-DN Trickett Display Case    
DOCUS-DN Lower Level - Gov Docs    
DOCUSMD-DN 1st Floor - GovDoc Media    
DOCUSMF-DN Lower Level - GovDoc MF    
DOCUSRF-DN GovDoc Reference    
ENCYCL-DN 2nd Floor - Encyc & ALRs    
INDEXES-DN Abstracts & Indexes    
MEDIA-DN 1st Fl - AV/CD/DVD Coll.    
MICROS-DN Microforms    
NEWBOOK-DN New Book Display    
OFFSITE-DN Off-site Collection    
OFFSITEADN Off-site A Collection    
ONLINE-DSL Online: Click the Online Content link above for the resource    
PENNA-DN 2nd Fl - Penna. Collection    
PERBND-DN 2nd Floor - Periodicals    
PERIOD-DN 2nd Floor - Periodicals    
PEROVER-DN 2nd Fl - Ovrsze Periodicals    
RARE-DN Rare Books Room    
REF-DN Reference Collection REF-ITEM  
REPORTR-DN Lower Level - Reporters    
RESDESK-DN Course Reserves at Desk    
RESERVE-DN Reserve Desk    
STATUTE-DN 2nd Floor - Statutes    
TECHSERVDN Technical Services    
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DuBois (DUBOIS)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-DS General Collection    
DISPLAY-DS Display    
LOCALHIST Local History Collection    
REF-DS Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-DS Reserve Desk    
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Fayette (FAYETTE)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-FE Stacks - General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
AUDIOBKFE Audio Book Collection   Audio Book
AUTHOR-FE Fayette Campus Author Display   Author/Display
EDUMEDIAFE Educational Media Collection   Ed.Media
FEATRFILFE Feature Film Collection   Feature/Film
GRFCNOV-FE Graphic Novels Collection   Graphic/Novel
JUVENILEFE Juvenile Literature Collection   Juv.
LOCHIST-FE Local History Collection   Local/History
MUSICCOLFE Music Collection   Music/Col.
REF-FE Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-FE Reserve Desk    
STORAGE-FE In Storage, Ask at Circulation Desk    
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Great Valley (GREATVLY)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-GV General Collection    
CURRIC-GV Curriculum Collection   Curr.
CURRICR-GV Curriculum Reference Collection   Curr.Ref.
INDEXES-GV Abstracts & Indexes    
NONPRINTGV Nonprint Collection, Ask at Desk   Nonprint
NONPRTR-GV Nonprint Reference, Ask at Desk   Nonprint/Ref.
PERIOD-GV Periodicals    
REFDESK-GV Reference Desk Collection   Desk/Ref.
REF-GV Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-GV Reserve Desk    
TESTS-GV Test Collection   Tests
THESIS-GV Thesis Collection   Thesis
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Greater Allegheny (GALLEGHENY)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-MK General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
BROWSINGMK Browsing/Leisure Reading Collection   Leisure
MEDIA-MK Media Collection   Media
REF-MK Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-MK Reserve Desk    
SPECCOL-MK In Library Use Only    
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Harrisburg (HARRISBURG)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-HB2 Stacks - General Collection, 2 Fl; Call numbers A-G BOOKFLOAT  
STACKS-HB3 Stacks - General Collection, 3 Fl; Call numbers H-Z BOOKFLOAT  
AUDIO-HB Audio Book Collection, 1st Floor    
CAPITAL Capital Coll - Spec Coll - 3 Fl    
CD-HB Compact Discs - 1 Fl   COMPACT/DISC
CD-ROM-HB CD-ROM - Ask at Circ Desk   CD-ROM
CURRIC-HB Curriculum Materials - 3 Fl   CURR/MAT
DOCS-HB Government Docs - Stacks 2 Fl    
DVD-HB DVD Coll - Ask at Circ Desk   DVD
ELECTSERHB RM110 - 1 Fl    
HJSC-HB Holocaust & Jewish Studies-SpecColl-3FL    
ILL-HB ILL Office    
JUVENILEHB Juvenile Coll - Stacks 3 Fl   JUV
LEISURE-HB Leisure Reading    
MAPS-HB Maps - 2 Fl   MAPS
MARSHALL Alice Marshall - Spec Coll - 3 Fl    
MICROS-HB Microforms - Periodicals - 2 Fl   MICROS
OVERSIZEHB Oversize - Stacks 2 Fl    
PERIOD-HB Periodicals - Stacks - 2 Fl    
PHONO-HB Phono Coll - Stacks 2 Fl    
RAREBKS-HB Rare Books - Spec Coll - 3 Fl   SPEC/COLL/RARE
REF-HB Reference - 1 Fl REF-ITEM REF
REPORTS-HB Reports - Stacks 2 Fl    
RESERVE-HB Reserve Desk    
SCHWAB Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room   SCHWAB
SPECINT-HB Special Interest - Spec Coll - 3 Fl    
SPEC-REF Spec Coll Ref - Spec Coll - 3 Fl    SPEC/COLL/REF
TECHSERVHB Technical Services - 2 Fl   Technical/Services
THESIS-HB Theses - Stacks 2 Fl, In-Library Use    
THESIS-HBY Theses - Stacks 2 Fl, General Coll.   [Program Name]
TMI TMI Coll - Spec Coll - 3 Fl   TMI
VIDEO-HB Video Cass - 1 Fl   VIDEO/CASS.
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Hazleton (HAZLETON)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-HN Stacks - General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
ATLASES-HN Atlas Area   Atlas
BROWSINGHN Browsing/Leisure Reading Collection   Browsing/Collection
CIRCDESKHN Multimedia - Ask at Circulation Desk    
HIGHACRES Highacres Collection   Highacres
INDEXES-HN Abstracts & Indexes   Indexes
MAPS-HN Map Collection   Map
MICROS-HN Microforms    
REF-HN Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-HN Reserve Desk   Perm./Reserve
SOFTWAREHN Software Collection    
STORAGE-HN In Storage, Ask at Circulation Desk   Storage
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Hershey (HERSHEY)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-HY1 Stacks 1 Floor    
STACKS-HY2 Stacks 2 Floor    
ARCHIVE-HY Archives Collection    
BASEMENTHY Basement Stacks    
BINDERY-HY Material at Bindery    
CATOFF-HY Cataloging Office    
CIRCDESKHY Circulation Desk    
CURISS-HY Current Issues    
DISPLAY-HY Display Case    
ILL-HY ILL Office    
INDEXES-HY Abstracts & Indexes    
KIENLE-HY Kienle Collection    
LEADER-HY Leadership Collection    
MEDHIST-HY Medical History Collection    
MEDIA-HY Media Collection    
MICROS-HY Microforms    
NEWBOOK-HY New Book Display    
NEWS-HY Newspaper Collection    
OVERSIZEHY Oversize Collection    
REF-HY Reference Collection REF-ITEM  
RESERVE-HY Reserve Desk    
THESES-HY Theses Collection    
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Lehigh Valley (LEHIGHVLY)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-LV Closed Stacks 1st FL, Ask at Circulation Desk    
STACKS-LV2 General Collection, 2nd FL BOOKFLOAT  
CAREERS-LV Career Information Collection   Careers
FACULTY-LV Faculty Collection   The/Faculty/Collection
JUVENILELV Juvenile Literature Collection   Juvenile
LEISURE-LV Leisure Reading Collection   Leisure
MEDIA-LV Circulation Desk - Videocassettes   Video
OVERSIZELV Oversize Collection   Oversize
REF-LV Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-LV Reserve Desk   Reserves
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Mont Alto (MONTALTO)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-MA General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
ARCHIVE-MA Archives   Arch.
ATLASES-MA Atlas Area   Atlas
CIRCDESKMA Circulation Desk Collection   Circ.Desk
DVD-MA DVD Collection (feature films only)   DVD/Mont Alto
MICROS-MA Microforms    
NONBOOK-MA Non-Book Collection, Ask at Desk   Circ.Desk
OVERSIZEMA Oversize Collection   Oversize
REF-MA Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-MA Reserve Desk    
STORAGE-MA In Storage, Ask at Circulation Desk   Storage
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New Kensington (NEWKEN)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-NK General Collection    
CIRCDESKNK Ask at Circulation Desk   Circ./Desk
DOCS-NK Government Documents    
MEDIA-NK Multimedia Collection    
OVERSIZENK Oversize Collection   Oversize
POPNON-NK Popular Non-Fiction   Popular
REF-NK Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-NK Reserve Desk    
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Schuylkill (SCHUYLKILL)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-SL General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
BROWSINGSL Browsing/Leisure Reading Collection    
COUNTY County Collection BOOKSPEC (print)
County
ILL-SL ILL Office    
MEDIA-SL Media Collection   SL-Media
OHARA-SL O'Hara Collection BOOKSPEC (print)
O'Hara
OVERSIZESL Oversize Collection   SL-OVR
REF-SL Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-SL Reserve Desk    
RICHTER Richter Collection BOOKSPEC (print)
Richter
SPECCOL-SL Treasures BOOKSPEC (print)
Treasure
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Shenango (SHENANGO)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-SV General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
BOOKNOOKSV The Book Nook (Best Seller titles)    
CIRCDESKSV Circulation Desk   Circ./Desk
DISPLAY-SV Display Case    
ILL-SV ILL Office    
MCDOWELLSV McDowell Creative Writing Center    
MEDIA-SV Media Collection    
REF-SV Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-SV Reserve Desk    
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Wilkes-Barre (WILKESBAR)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-WB General Collection    
GISROOM-WB Geographic Information Systems materials   GIS Rm
ILL-WB ILL Office    
OVERSIZEWB Oversize Collection   Oversize
PENNSYLVAN Pennsylvania Collection   PA Coll
REF-WB Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-WB Reserve Desk    
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Worthington Scranton (WSCRANTON)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-WS General Collection    
ARCHIVE-WS Archives, Ask at Desk   Archives
ATLASES-WS Atlas Area   Atlas
CIRCDESKWS Ask at Circulation Desk   SIRS
Software
Music Rec.
Slides
Lib./Prof.
DICTION-WS Dictionary Stands   Dict.Stand
ILL-WS ILL Office    
INDEXES-WS Abstracts & Indexes   Index
MAPS-WS Map Case   Map
REF-WS Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
REFDESK-WS Ready Reference   Ready Ref
RESERVE-WS Reserve Desk    
SPECCOL-WS Penn State Worthington Scranton-Prévos Coll-L105, Ask at Desk   Sp. Coll.
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York (YORK)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-YK Stacks - General Collection BOOKFLOAT  
ILL-YK ILL Office    
MEDIA-YK Video/Audio Coll., Ask at Circulation Desk    
REF-YK Reference Collection REF-ITEM Ref.
RESERVE-YK Reserve Desk   Reserves
SPECCOL-YK Special Collection, Ask at Circulation Desk   Special/Coll.
SWARTZ Judy Swartz Reading Collection   Swartz/Collection
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Annexes (UP-ANNEX)

Home Location Location Description Marking Description
ACAD-BLDG Academic Act. Annex; Submit request for annexed material.  
ANNEXPREP New material being prepped for Annex  
CATO-2 Submit request for annexed material.  
CATO2-DN Submit request for annexed material.  
CATO-2MAPS CATO-2 Annex Map Cases; Submit request for annexed material.  
CATO-PARK Cato Annex; Submit request for annexed material.  
As of October 2010, use Home Location ANNEXPREP for new titles cataloged for one of the Annex locations, with the exception of CATO2-MAPS. If performing maintenance on an existing Annex item that has an 029 locator code, retain the Home Location it has already been assigned.
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Architecture,  111 Stuckeman Bldg.  (UP-ARCHIT)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-AC General Collection   Arch.
ASKDESK-AC Ask at desk.   Arch.
FOLIO-AC Folios   Arch.
OPENRES-AC Open Reserve   Arch.
REF-AC Reference Collection REF-ITEM Arch.
RESERVE-AC Reserve Desk   Arch.
VIDEO-AC Videos   Arch.
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Arts & Humanities (UP-ARTSHUM)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
ENCYCL-AH Pattee, 2nd Floor - Encyclopedias   A&H/Encycl.
INDEXES-AH Pattee, 2nd Floor - Abstracts & Indexes   A&H/Index Area
MICROS-AH West Pattee 2nd Floor, W206B - Microforms   A&H/Micro
MINISCO Miniature Scores [24 cm. or less regardless of width]
Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section.
  MINI-SCORE
MUSIC-CTR West Pattee 2nd Floor - Music & Media Center
Also location for some of the A&H Folios
  MMC
*NEWBOOK-AH Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section. *NEWBOOK-AH used only as circ charge; actual Home Location is based on class number
PERIOD-AH West Pattee 2nd Floor - Current Periodicals   A&H
REF-AH Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection REF-ITEM A&H/Ref.
REFDESK-AH Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference   A&H/RdyRef
RESERVE-AH West Pattee 2nd Floor - Reserve Desk    
See also Pattee/Paterno Stacks section for general collection items
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Business,  3rd Floor Paterno  (UP-BUSINES)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
BUS-ALCV Reference Alcove    
BUS-MEDIA Business Media   Business/Media
BUS-TEXTBK Business Textbooks   Bus. Text Bk.
CARREF-BU Career Reference Collection   Business/Career/Ref.
ELECRES-BU Electronic Resources/Manuals   Business/Electronic
INDEXES-BU Abstracts & Indexes    
MICROS-BU Microforms    
PERIOD-BU Current Periodicals    
REF-BU Reference Collection REF-ITEM Business/Ref.
REFDESK-BU Service Desk   Business/Service/Desk
See also Pattee/Paterno Stacks section for general collection items
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Dickinson / UP,  214 Katz Bldg.  (DSL-UP)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-DP 3rd Floor, General Collection    
CLINIC-DP Law Clinics @ Bristol Court    
DIGEST-DP Lower Level - Digests    
ENCYCL-DP Encyclopedias    
FACULTY-DP Faculty Lounge    
MEDIA-DP 2nd Fl - AV/CD/DVD Coll.    
MICROS-DP Lower Level, Microforms    
ONLINE-DSL Online: Click the Online Content link above for the resource    
PENNA-DP 3rd Fl - Penna. Collection    
PERBND-DP 3rd Floor - Periodicals    
PERIOD-DP 3rd Floor - Periodicals    
PEROVER-DP 3rd Floor, Oversize Periodicals    
RAMP-DP Carrel Ramp    
READRM-DP 3rd Floor, Reading Room    
REF-DP 2nd Floor - Reference REF-ITEM  
REPORTR-DP Lower Level - Reporters    
RESDESK-DP Course Reserves at Desk    
STATUTE-DP 2nd Floor - Statutes    
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Earth & Min. Sci.,  105 Deike Bldg.  (UP-EMS)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-EM General Collection   E&MS
INDEXES-EM Abstracts & Indexes   E&MS/Abstr./Index
MAPS-EM Maps Collection   E&MS/Maps
MICROS-EM Microforms    
OVERSIZEEM Oversize Collection    
PENN-EM Pennsylvania Collection   E&MS
REF-EM Reference Collection REF-ITEM E&MS
RESERVE-EM Reserve Desk    
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Educ. & Behav. Sci.,  5th Floor Paterno  (UP-EDUBEHV)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
INSTRUC-ED Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section.   Education/Instruct/Material
JUVENIL-ED   Education/Juvenile
JUVBIGBOOK   Education/Juvenile/Big Books
KITS-ED Kits   Education/Kits
MEDIA-ED Multimedia/AV Materials Area   Education/Multimedia
MICROS-ED Microforms    
PERIOD-ED Current Periodicals Area   Education/Period.
REFDESK-ED Service Desk   Education/Service/Desk
REF-ED Reference Collection REF-ITEM Education/Ref.
REF-EDHIST Historical - In-Library Use REF-ITEM Education/Historical
REF-EDPAC
Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section. REF-ITEM PA Center/for/the Book
REF-EDPACE
Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section. (Non-circulating) REF-ITEM PA Center/for/the Book

See UP-PAT Library section for juvenile and instructional items.

Also see Home Location Chart for EBSL by Collection.

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Engineering,  325 Hammond Bldg.  (UP-ENGIN)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-EG General Collection   Engin.
INDEXES-EG Abstracts & Indexes   Engin.
MICROS-EG Microforms   EG/Micro
NONCIRC-EG Noncirculating   Engin.
REF-EG Reference Collection REF-ITEM Engin.
RESERVE-EG Reserve Desk    
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External Libraries (XTERNAL)

Home Location Location Description Marking Description
HARSHBARGR Harshbarger Room, 104 Eisenhower Chapel Inter/Faith
LEADERSHIP AT&T Center for Service Leadership, 210 Hub-Robeson Center  
LGBTA-ROOM LGBTA Resource Room, 101 Boucke Ind./Learning
ROBESON Room 22, Hetzel Union Bldg. PRCC
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Gateway (UP-GATEWAY)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
LAPTOP-GWY Gateway Commons, Pattee, 1st Floor - Laptop    
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Life Sciences,  4th Floor Paterno  (UP-LIFESCI)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
INDEXES-LS Abstracts & Indexes   LifeSci/Abstr/Index
KNEEBONE Kneebone Mushroom Ref. REF-ITEM Life Sci/Kneebone
MICROS-LS Microforms   LifeSci/Micro
PERIOD-LS Current Periodicals Area    
PLANTPATEN Plant Patents Collection   Life Sci./Plant/Patents
REF-LS Reference Collection REF-ITEM Life/Sci./Ref.
RESERVE-LS Reserve Desk    
SOILSURVEY Ask for Soil Surveys   Life Sci/Soil/Surveys
See also Pattee/Paterno Stacks section for general collection items
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Maps,  Central Pattee, Basement  (UP-MAPS)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-MP Maps Stacks    Maps
ARCHIVE-MP Archives    
ELECRES-MP Electronic Res./Manuals   Maps/Electronic
MAP-GUIDES Map Guides   Maps
MAPS-MP Sheet Map Collection    
REF-MP Reference Collection REF-ITEM Maps
REFDESK-MP Service Desk   Maps/Service
STORAGE-MP Ask at Service Desk   Maps/Storage
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Media & Technology Svcs. (UP-MEDIA)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
FILM-CTR Media Tech, Wagner Annex    
FILM-PSU Media Tech, Wagner Annex    
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News & Microforms,  Ground Floor, West Pattee  (UP-MICRO)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
MICROS-PA News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee   Micro-/forms
DICTIO-NML Dictionaries   NML/Dictionary
INDEX-NML Indexes & Guides   NML/Index
MFICHE-NML Microfiche    
MFILM-NML Microfilm    
NEWS-NML Newspaper Area    
OPAQUE-NML Microprint    
PERIOD-NML Current periodicals    
REF-NML Reference REF-ITEM NML/Ref.
THESIS-NML Theses    
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Pattee/Paterno Oversize and Folio,  various locations  (UP-PAT)

Home Location Location Description Marking Description
OVERSIZEPA Pattee - Stacks B - Oversize Collection OVERSIZE
PATTEE-W2F Pattee - West Wing, 2nd Floor, Folios (Default location for new A&H Folios, including TT folio items) PATTEE-W2F
OVERSIZEIN Paterno, 2nd Floor - Oversize Collection - Doc Intl OVERSIZE
FOLIO-IN Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection - Doc Intl FOLIO
OVERSIZEUS Paterno, 2nd Floor - Oversize Collection - Doc US OVERSIZE
FOLIO-US Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection - Doc US FOLIO
OVERSIZESS Paterno - 2nd Floor - Oversize Coll OVERSIZE
FOLIO-SS Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection FOLIO
OVERSIZEBU Paterno, 3rd Floor - Oversize Coll OVERSIZE
FOLIO-BU Paterno, 3rd Floor - Folio Collection (excludes TT folio items, which should be assigned Pattee-W2F) FOLIO
OVERSIZELS Paterno, 4th Floor - Oversize Coll OVERSIZE
FOLIO-LS Paterno, 4th Floor - Folio Collection FOLIO
OVERSIZEED Paterno, 5th Floor - Oversize Coll OVERSIZE
FOLIO-ED Paterno, 5th Floor - Folio Collection FOLIO
JUVBIGBOOK Educ. & Behav. Sci., 5th Floor Paterno - Big Books Education/Juvenile/Big Books
Oversize/Folio locations are also listed in the Pattee/Paterno Stacks section for general collection items.
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Pattee/Paterno Stacks (UP-PAT)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
Oversize/Folio locations are also listed separately.
OVERSIZEPA Pattee - Stacks B - Oversize Collection   OVERSIZE
PATERNO-1 Paterno - 1st Floor    
PATERNO-2 Paterno - 2nd Floor    
DOC-CENSUS Paterno - 2nd Floor - Census   Social/Sciences/Census
DOC-INTL Paterno - 2nd Floor - International Documents    
DOC-MICROS Paterno - 2nd Floor - Microfiche   Social/Sciences/Microfilm
DOC-RAND Paterno - 2nd Floor - RAND Documents    
DOC-US Paterno - 2nd Floor - U.S. Documents    
ELECRES-SS Paterno - 2nd Floor - Electronic Resources/Manuals   Social/Sciences/Electronic
FOLIO-IN Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection - Doc Intl   FOLIO
FOLIO-SS Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection   FOLIO
FOLIO-US Paterno, 2nd Floor - Folio Collection - Doc US   FOLIO
OVERSIZEIN Paterno, 2nd Floor - Oversize Collection - Doc Intl   OVERSIZE
OVERSIZESS Paterno - 2nd Floor - Oversize Coll   OVERSIZE
OVERSIZEUS Paterno, 2nd Floor - Oversize Collection - Doc US   OVERSIZE
SCANGOVDOC Material out for digitization    
PATERNO-3 Paterno - 3rd Floor    
FOLIO-BU Paterno, 3rd Floor - Folio Collection   FOLIO
OVERSIZEBU Paterno, 3rd Floor - Oversize Coll   OVERSIZE
PATERNO-4 Paterno - 4th Floor    
FOLIO-LS Paterno, 4th Floor - Folio Collection   FOLIO
OVERSIZELS Paterno, 4th Floor - Oversize Coll   OVERSIZE
PATERNO-5 Paterno - 5th Floor    
FOLIO-ED Paterno, 5th Floor - Folio Collection   FOLIO
INSTRUC-ED Educ. & Behav. Sci., 5th Floor Paterno - Instruct   Education/Instruct/Material
JUVENIL-ED Educ. & Behav. Sci, 5th Floor Paterno - Juvenile   Education/Juvenile
JUVBIGBOOK Educ. & Behav. Sci., 5th Floor Paterno - Big Books   Education/Juvenile/Big Books
OVERSIZEED Paterno, 5th Floor - Oversize Coll   OVERSIZE
PATTEE Stacks:
PATTEE-1 Pattee - Stacks 1    
PATTEE-1A Pattee - Stacks 1A    
PATTEE-2 Pattee - Stacks 2    
PATTEE-2A Pattee - Stacks 2A    
PATTEE-3 Pattee - Stacks 3    
PATTEE-B Pattee - Stacks B    
PATTEE-BA Pattee - Stacks BA    
PATTEE-W1 Pattee, West Wing - 1st Floor    
PATTEE-W2 Pattee, West Wing - 2nd Floor    
PATTEE-W2F Pattee - West Wing, 2nd Floor, Folios (Default location for new A&H Folios, including TT folios)   PATTEE-W2F
PATTEE-W3 Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor    
OTHER (Non-stacks areas):
ACQREF-UP Acquisitions Services, 126 Paterno Library - Reference Coll.   Acq./Ref.
CATREF-UP Cataloging Services, 126 Paterno Library - Reference Coll.   Cat./Ref.
CLOSERESPA Course Reserve, Lending Services Desk, Pattee Library    
DISABILITY Pattee, Disabilities Office - Ask at Circulation Desk   VHND
ILL-UP Pattee Library - ILL Office    
IN-MARKING Material is in the Marking Unit of Cataloging Services    
LEISURE-PA Pattee, 1st Floor - Leisure Reading Collection   Leisure
LEISUREDSP Pattee, 1st Floor - Leisure Reading Collection Display (will only be used as a Current Location)    
MINISCO Pattee - West Wing, 2nd Floor, Miniature Scores [24 cm. or less regardless of width]   MINI-SCORE
PAT-RDG-RM Pattee, 2nd Floor, Paterno Humanities Reading Room    
PATERNO-HR 511 Paterno-Human Resources, Mastering Supervision Projects   Hum. Res./MS Project
PRESLAB-UP Preservation Department, Conservation Lab - Reference Coll.   Pres./Ref.
PRESREF-UP Preservation Department, 402 Pattee Library - Reference Coll.   Pres./Ref.
REF-EDPAC PA Ctr. for the Book, 514 Paterno-Reference- In-Library Use
REF-ITEM PA Center/for/the Book
REF-EDPACE PA Ctr. for the Book, 201A Pattee Exhibit Rm- In-Library Use
REF-ITEM PA Center/for/the Book
RESERVE-PA Course Reserve, Lending Services Desk, Pattee Library    
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Physical and Mathematical Sciences,  201 Davey Lab  (UP-PAMS)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
STACKS-PM General Collection   Phys &/Math/Sci
BDJNL-PM Bound Journal Collection   PAMS/Journal
CIRCDESKPM Ask at Circ Desk   Phys &/Math Sci/Desk
MICROS-PM Microforms   Phys &/Math Sci/Micros
NEWBOOK-PM New Book Display    
POPSCI-PM Popular Science Shelf    
REF-PM Reference Collection REF-ITEM Phys &/Math Sci/Ref
RESERVE-PM Reserve Desk    
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Social Sciences,  2nd Floor Paterno  (UP-SOCSCI)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
ATLASES-SS Atlas Stand   Soc Sci/Atlases
CAREERS-SS Careers Alcove   Social/Sciences/Careers
BROWSE-SS Periodical Reading Area    
DICTION-SS Dictionaries   Social/Sciences/Dictionary
DOC-CENSUS Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section.   Social/Sciences/Census
DOC-INTL    
DOC-MICROS   Social/Sciences/Microfilm
DOC-US    
ELECRES-SS   Social/Sciences/Electronic
ENCYCL-SS Encyclopedias   Social/Sciences/Encyc.
INDEXES-SS Abstracts & Indexes   SocSci/Index
LEGAL-ALCV Legal Alcove   Legal/Alcove
NEWBOOK-SS New Book Display    
OVERSIZESS Use Library UP-PAT. See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section.    
PERIOD-SS Current Periodicals Area    
REF-SS Reference Collection REF-ITEM Social/Sciences
REFDESK-SS Service Desk   Social/Sciences/Service
VIDEO-SS Video Collection   Social/Sciences/Videos
See also Pattee/Paterno Stacks section for general collection items
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Special Collections,  1st Floor Paterno  (UP-SPECCOL)

Home Location Location Description Item Type Marking Description
AEROSPACE Aerospace Collection   RareBk./Aerosp
ALLISON-SH Allison-Shelley Coll.   RareBk./Al.Shel
AMER-GIFT American Gift Books   RareBk./Am.Gift
AMER-LIT American Lit. Coll.   RareBk./Am.Lit.
ART-ARCHIT Art & Arch. Coll.   RareBk./Art&Arch
AS-GAMES Allison-Shelley Coll.   RareBk./Al.Shel/Games
AS-VAULT Allison-Shelley Vault   RareBk./Al.Shel/Vault
ATHERTON Atherton Collection   Atherton/Collection
AUDIO-ARCV Audiotape Archives   PSU/Archives
AUSTRALIA Australiana Collection   RareBk./Austr.
AUTHORS Author Collection   RareBk./Author
BIBLES Bible Collection   RareBk./Bible
BLACKHIST Black History & Lit.   RareBk./Black Hist.
CARPENTER Carpenter Collection   Carpent./Coll.
COSTUME Costume Collection   RareBk./Costume
EMBLEM Emblem Collection   RareBk./Emblem
ENGL-LIT English Lit. Coll.   RareBk./Eng.Lit
FILM-ARCV Film Archives    
FINEPRINTG Fine Printing Coll.   RareBk./FinePr.
GAINES Gaines Collection   Gaines/Collection
GOODMAN Goodman Collection   RareBk./Goodman
GROFF Groff Collection   Groff/Collection
HANLEY Hanley Dance Collection   Hanley
HC-8THAF 8th Air Force Archiv.   HCLA/8th AF
HC-ARCHIVE 1st Floor Paterno   HistCol/LabArch
HC-ASA ASA   HCLA/ASA
HC-GCS Cold Storage    
HC-GENREF Reference    
HC-MAPS Cartographic    
HC-RAILRD Railroad    
HC-SERIALS Serials    
HC-STORAGE Storage    
HC-UMW UMW   HCLA/UMW
HC-USWA USWA   HCLA/USWA
HENISCH Henisch Collection   RareBk./Henisch
HOSTETLER Hostetler Collection   Hostetler/Collection
HUNTINGTON Huntington Collection   Huntington
ITALIAN Italian Collection   RareBk./Italian
LANG Lang Photography Collection   RareBk./Lang
LUCAS Lucas Olympic Collection   Lucas
MAP-ARCV Cartographic Archive    
MASONIC Masonic Collection   RareBk./Masonic
MERIWETHER Meriwether Collection   RareBk./Meriwether
MICRO-ARCV Microfilm Archives   PSU/Archives
NAEA NAEA Archives    
OCCULT Occult Collection   RareBk./Occult
PATTEE-COL Pattee Collection   RareBk./Pat.Col.
PERIODARCV Current Periodicals   PSU/Archives/Periodicals
PRIESTLEY Priestley Collection   RareBk./Priestley
PSUARC-GCS Cold Storage   COLD/STORAGE
PSUARC-MSS Archives & Mss    
PSUARCHIVE P.S. Univ. Archives, 1st Floor Paterno   PSU/Archives
PSUPRESS Univ. Press Coll.   Univ. Pr.
PUGH Pugh Collection    
PURPLEQUIL Purple Quill Coll.   Purple/Quill
RARE-BOOK Rare Books & Mss, 1st Floor Paterno   Rare Bk./Room
RARE-CHILD Children's Book Coll.   RareBk./Children's
RARE-GCS Cold Storage   COLD/STORAGE
RARE-MAPS Maps Room   MAPS ROOM
READ J.M. Read Pamphlet Collection   RareBk./Read
REF-ARCV Reference Collection   PSU/Archives/Ref.
REF-RB Reference Collection REF-ITEM RareBk./Ref.
ROXBURGHE Roxburghe Collection   RareBk./Roxburghe
SCI-FI Science Fiction Coll.   RareBk./SciFic
SERMONS American Sermons   RareBk./Am.Serm
SLAVIC Slavic Collection   RareBk./Slavic
SMITH Smith Sports History   Smith/Collection
SPC-ACAD Stored offsite. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno    
SPC-BLKVLT By appt. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Block Vt
   
SPC-BLOCK By appt. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Blockson
   
SPC-CATOI Stored offsite. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno    
SPC-CATOII Stored offsite. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno    
SPC-COLD Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Cold Storage    
SPC-DIGARC Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Digital Archives    
SPC-HENRM Henisch Room    
SPC-MAPPHO Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Maps and Photos Room   Spec. Coll./Maps Room
SPC-OHRARM John O'Hara Room    
SPC-PATRNO Special Collections, 104 Paterno    
SPC-PATW3 Special Collections, 104 Paterno, W3    
SPC-READRM Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Reading Room    
SPC-REF Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Reference Room    
SPC-SCISTO Stored offsite. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno    
SPC-SERIAL Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Serials and Periodicals    
SPC-VAULT Vault    
SPC-WARING By appt. Ask at Special Collections, 104 Paterno, Waring    
SPCINPROC Special Collections Library, being processed for Cataloging    
STAPLETON Stapleton Collection   RareBk./Stapleton
TEXTBOOKS Textbook Collection   RareBk./Textbooks
UTOPIA Utopia Collection   RareBk./Utopia
VIDEO-ARCV Videotape Archives    
WARING Waring Collection   WARING
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Technical Services

Home Location Location Description Marking Description
See Pattee/Paterno Stacks section
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Library Varies - Process "Locations"

Home/Current Location Location Description
ACQ-ORD Acquisitions Order Record
BINDERY Material at the bindery
CANCELED Order Canceled; see order record for details
CATALOGING Material being cataloged
CHECKEDOUT Material has been checked out
DARCHIVE-P
This copy unavailable, submit request via Interlibrary Loan
DEPTCHARGE Material has been checked out to a department
DISCARD Withdrawn from the collection
DSLOFFCHRG Material has been checked out to a department
DUPLICATE Duplicate record - DO NOT USE
HOLDS Material on hold for someone
ILL On loan to another library
ILLEND On loan to another library
INPROCESS Material being cataloged - Ask at Service Desk
INTRANSIT Being transferred between libraries
LOST Lost
LOST-PAID Lost and paid for
LOSTCARD Lost card
MISSING Item missing, search in progress
NONBIB-REC Established for ordering purposes; see order record for details
ON-ORDER Being acquired by library
ORDERED One or more copies on order
PALCI Sent to PALCI
REJECTED Materials selectors have rejected for various reasons
REPAIR Material being repaired
RESHELVING Being returned to standard shelving location
UNKNOWN Unknown
WITHDRAWN Withdrawn from the collection
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Online Material

Library
(Lib Abbrev.)
Home Location Location Description
Dickinson / Carlisle
(DSL-CARL)
ONLINE-DSL Online: Click the Online Content link above for the resource
Online ONLINE Available online; click on WWW link for the resource.
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Hold Locations

Lib. Abbrev. Home Location Location Description
ALTOONA ONHOLD-AA On hold at Penn State Altoona
ABINGTON ONHOLD-AB On hold at Penn State Abington
UP-ARCHIT ONHOLD-AC On hold at Architecture Library
BEHREND ONHOLD-BD On hold at Behrend College
BERKS ONHOLD-BK On hold at Penn State Berks
BEAVER ONHOLD-BR On hold at Penn State Beaver
DELAWARE ONHOLD-DE On hold at Penn State Delaware
DICKINSON ONHOLD-DN On hold at Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle
ONHOLD-DP On hold at Dickinson School of Law, UP
DUBOIS ONHOLD-DS On hold at Penn State Dubois
UP-ENGIN ONHOLD-EG On hold at Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Bldg.
UP-EMS ONHOLD-EM On hold at Earth & Mineral Sci Library, 105 Deike Bldg.
FAYETTE ONHOLD-FE On hold at Penn State Fayette
GREATVLY ONHOLD-GV On hold at Penn State Great Valley
HARRISBURG ONHOLD-HB On hold at Penn State Harrisburg
HAZLETON ONHOLD-HN On hold at Penn State Hazleton
HERSHEY ONHOLD-HY On hold at Hershey Medical Center Library
LEHIGHVLY ONHOLD-LV On hold at Penn State Lehigh Valley
MONTALTO ONHOLD-MA On hold at Penn State Mont Alto
MCKEESPORT ONHOLD-MK On hold at Penn State McKeesport
UP-MATH ONHOLD-MT On hold at Mathematics Library
NEWKEN ONHOLD-NK On hold at Penn State New Kensington
UP-GATEWAY ONHOLD-PA On hold at Pattee/Paterno
UP-PAMS ONHOLD-PM On hold at Physical & Mathematical Sci Library
SCHUYLKILL ONHOLD-SL On hold at Penn State Schuylkill
SHENANGO ONHOLD-SV On hold at Penn State Shenango
WILKESBAR ONHOLD-WB On hold at Penn State Wilkes-Barre
UP-PAT ONHOLD-WD On hold for the World Campus
WSCRANTON ONHOLD-WS On hold at Penn State Worthington Scranton
YORK ONHOLD-YK On hold at Penn State York
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