• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Wednesday: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Saturday:  Closed
• Sunday: Closed

MARGARET SCHACHTE

Library Director
margaretschachte@centralpenn.edu
717-728-2249

Business Insights: Global

Your business intelligence resource containing case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals, and other material organized by country, company and industry.

Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle provides News, Opinions, Reviews, and Information in the area of higher education.

Credo Reference

A great place to start your research Credo provides 24/7 access to general reference works (dictionaries & encyclopedias) as well as charts and images. Among other tools there are thousands of topic pages to assist research by highlighting additional resources provided by the library. 

Ebook Central

Ebook Central offers full-text access to thousands of books. In your personal bookshelf, you may customize your content by adding notes and highlighting text. Use your Blackboard account information to log into your personal bookshelf.

EBSCO

Our most powerful periodicals database, offering the most full text access to scholarly journal, magazines, news articles and e-books through EBSCOhost Web.

Films On Demand

Films On Demand is a Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. 

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text™ contains more than 400,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.

Kanopy

Kanopy is a streaming video provider. There are over 28,000 documentaries and classic feature films from about 1,000 producers available in this database. 

The Leadership Quarterly

This journal covers the broad range of leadership topics and research worldwide.

CINAHL

CINAHL® with Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index – with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

This database provides viewpoint essays, reference sources, statistics, magazine and newspaper articles, primary documents and recommended websites and images to present various sides of an issue.

Westlaw

Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research is the premier online legal research service is the premiere online legal research service. It provides quick, easy access to a vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.

Gale Academic OneFile

This collection of databases contains extensive coverage in business, physical sciences, information science and technology, medicine, terrorism, criminal justice and much more.

BORROWING BOOKS

Books, except items in reference and on reserve, circulate for the length of the term. Reference books are for library use only and may not be checked out. Reserve items may be checked out for two hours for use in the library. The reserve collection contains some of the required books for classes that are currently running, and headphones. Obtain reserve items from the circulation desk, your ID will be held until items are returned. With the exception of Reserve items, you may request that something be held for you by contacting the library. The Library will notify you through your Central Penn email when requested items become available.

BORROWING DVDS & GAMES

DVDs and games may be borrowed for 7 days.

BORROWING EQUIPMENT

Laptops may be borrowed for 7 days. To borrow a laptop you can not have any fines or fees on your library account, and you must read, agree to, and sign the Library/Mobile Device User Agreement.

RENEWING ITEMS

Items can be renewed if there are no previous requests for them. Items that have been requested will have holds on them, and this can be seen in the item’s record in the catalog. Renew items by contacting the library. All items are due at the end of term.

OVERDUE/LOST MATERIALS

A courtesy notice is emailed to Central Penn email addresses before items are due. Contact the library to see if extending borrowing time is possible. Items should be returned to the library before their due date to avoid holds and overdue fees. If items are not returned, two overdue notices will be sent to Central Penn College email addresses, after which charges will be added to accounts for replacing the item(s) + a $15 processing fee. The loss of any material should be reported immediately. Equipment (such as laptops) accrue fines at $2.00 per day. Fines will begin to accrue the day after the item is due.

TRACKING YOUR BORROWING

The library system will send a courtesy notice to your Central Penn email address reminding you of items checked out a few days before they are due. You can keep track of the books that you have borrowed and their due dates by logging into your account from the online library catalog.

NOISE

In order to provide a welcome area for studying we ask that you not disturb the people around you. That means keeping your voice low, using headphones when listening to music or watching videos, turning your phone notifications & ringtones to silent, and taking phone calls outside or in the vestibule of the library.

FOOD & DRINK

In order to maintain the facility’s equipment and furniture, food and drinks aren’t allowed in the library.

Reference

The library is always staffed with a professional librarian during business hours. Please feel free to contact us for any help that you may need.

Interlibrary Loan

Through Access PA, we are able to borrow materials from most libraries in Pennsylvania. Search through over 20 million items on the Access PA website, https://accesspa.powerlibrary.org/MVC/. An ILL (InterLibrary Loan) form can be filled out at the circulation desk or through the online form. The loan period and fees for items requested from other libraries are determined by the lending library. The due date will be circled on the paperwork included with the item when you pick it up. Failure to return items in a timely manner will result in a hold on your account as soon as it becomes overdue. The Library will contact you when the requested items are available. Normal delivery time for physical materials is 7 to 14 days. Electronic article requests are normally processed within 2 business days.  

Instruction

Research and information literacy sessions can be requested from the library.

Materials on Reserve

Some of the required textbooks are on reserve at the circulation desk’s reserve shelf. Students must have their ID cards in order to check out these items. Reserve items may be checked out for two hours and are for library use only-they do not circulate outside the library.

Equipment

The library has a free copier for students to use. In addition to the 15 hard-wired computer stations, the library is enabled with Wi-Fi. Laptops, an iPad, and a Kindle Fire are available to be checked out.