LIBRARY

Bailey Library ranks as one of the best public or private university libraries in Pennsylvania.  The library online system allows easy searching of the library's print collections, as well as many other resources including NetLibrary electron books, over 11,000 online full-text journals, and the resources of many other Pennsylvania libraries.

Bailey Library is a member of the Keystone Library Network (KLN), which was developed by the State System of Higher Education to help meet the information and learning needs of its students and the citizens of the Commonwealth.  KLN provides an easy to use database for the 14 State System universities allowing access to full-text journal and periodical articles.  Students, faculty, or staff at any of the 14 System Universities, or any citizen of the Commonwealth, can initiate a search of the KLN catalog.

Bailey Library offers a full range of resources and services.  There are formal and informal study areas for serious scholarship and recreational reading.  Information Services Librarians are available to assist with any kind of reference inquiry and for group instruction.  Through online databases, interlibrary loan and document delivery services, Bailey Library serves as a gateway to many other information providers.

With total collections of more than two million items, Bailey Library ranks as one of the larger libraries in western Pennsylvania and in the entire Commonwealth.  Print collections include approximately 600,000 books, plus thousands of bound periodicals.  As a government documents partial depository, the library houses over 370,000 U.S. and state documents.  Supplementing the print collections are thousands of microfilm and fiche as well as 90,000 audio-visual items in the Instructional Materials Center, including video cassettes, CDs, slides, kits and computer software.  The library subscribes to over 525 print periodicals and newspapers from around the world.

The newest version of the library online system allows simultaneous searching of the library catalog, any or all of 11,000 full text journals, online indexes  and citation databases, and the internet.  All online resources are available from the library's 100 public access computers, campus computer labs, residence hall rooms, and offices.  Students may borrow laptop computers for use on the library wireless network.  For further information see the web site at http://sru.edu/library