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The Librarytc
The Library
The University Library serves as the learning
resource center for the Gannon community. Here the books, periodicals,
electronic resources, and other library materials which support the courses
being taught across the University’s curriculum are acquired and made
available. Beyond accommodating immediate instructional and research needs, the
library presents material and provides service to encourage reading as a
lifelong means to personal growth and development
Built in 1973, the Msgr. Wilfrid J. Nash Library
honors the second president of the University. It can house over 300,000
volumes and seat nearly 1,000 people. There are three lecture rooms, lounges,
group study rooms, a media center with audiovisual playback, a cyber café,
archives, internet terminals, a “high tech” computer lab, and a curriculum
library for the School of Education.
In addition, the holdings include over 250,000
volumes and nearly 1000 current periodicals. Coffee and cappuccino are
available for purchase in the Cyber Café. The library recently added wireless
service, and seventeen laptops are available from the circulation desk for use
by students anywhere in the building. On-line databases such as ACM Digital
Library, ATLA, Medline, Lexis-Nexis, Dissertation Abstracts, First Search,
EbscoHost, PsychInfo, PsychArticles, Strategian, Sport Discus, Business Source,
Health Source, MLA International Bibliography, ECO, GPO, WorldCat, and Digital
Dissertations are also available. The Library’s full automated “WIZARD” on-line
catalog of the Library is accessible by Web as well as in the library.
The OCLC database provides access to nearly 20
million titles via interlibrary loan. University students and faculty also have
access to the resources offered by neighboring public and university libraries.
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