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Equipment & Services

Resources

NEWSCAT (Penn State access to newspapers, online, paper, microformats by geography, time period or language)

Microforms Collection Guide Locator (Guides to microform collections)

Centre Daily Times Indices (CDT Obituaries 1937-1995 & 2010-2011 and CDT Index, 1981- 2002)

Did You Know? (Watch NML's videos and learn more)

NYTimes.com Academic Passes (PSU students ONLY)

Penn State Student Newspaper Readership Program

 

Contact

News & Microforms Library
21 W Pattee (ground floor of Pattee Library, West Entrance, near MacKinnon's Cafe)
814-863-0377

Eric Novotny, Acting Head George and Sherry Middlemas Arts and Humanities Library and Acting Head News and Microforms Library
ecn1@psu.edu
814-865-1014

or Your Campus Librarian

 

The News & Microforms Library faculty and staff provide reference assistance for all collections housed in the News & Microforms Library, as well as assistance with all of the different types of equipment available to view, print, and scan microformats.

Visiting researchers not having a Penn State Access Account and wanting to send scans via email will need a Short Term Access Account for Research (STAAR) available from the Commons Services Desk.

To Print from Canon 400's: Visitors may obtain LionCash+ cards and instructions for adding funds to both LionCash+ and resident borrower cards at the Commons Services Desk.

Request resource in an alternative format

ScanPro 2000

ST200X Scanning Station

  • View, Scan, Save, Print Microfilm, Microfiche, Superfiche, Microprints, Negatives, Slides
  • Flatbed Scanner for Documents
  • Printable instructions

Canon 800 Microfilm Scanner

Canon 800 Microfiche Scanner

Canon 800 Microfilm/Microfiche Scanner

Canon 400 Microfilm/Microfiche Scanner

Gideon Microfilm Reader

  • View Microfilm

Flatbed Scanners

Network Printers

  • Two (2) Black & White ($.05 per page, single or double-sided)
  • One (1) Color ($.15 per page, 8.5 x 11) ($.30 per page, 11 x 17)
  • Printing Services (Network printing info)

Photocopier

  • Cost: 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17, single-sided are $0.15/page, double-sided are $0.30/page
  • Black & White
  • Enlarges to 200%
  • Reduces to 50%
  • Handicap accessible

Remote Printing Station

Receivers & Headsets (Sony Walkmans)

  • Sound for TV1 and TV 3, as well as enhanced sound for TV 2, is accessible to patrons using the receivers and headsets
  • In-room use only

Jump Drive (USB)

  • In-room use only

Memory Card

  • In-room use only

Headsets

  • Listen to sound on computers
  • In-room use only