2002-2003 - The University of Scranton

ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES
HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Opened in 1992, this 80,000-square-foot, five-story building is named for Harry and
Jeanette Weinberg. Library holdings include 432,039 volumes, 1,928 print periodical subscriptions,
over 9,150 full-text electronic journals, and 493,710 microform pieces. The facility
includes group-study rooms; quiet study areas; a twenty-four-hour study room with computer
lab; and the Heritage Room, a large reading room on the fifth floor overlooking the campus
and community. There is a Java City Coffee Bar in the Pro Deo Room. Over 104 databases are
available on the World Wide Web. Among the Library’s fulltext online resources are Lexis-
Nexis, ProQuest, Project Muse, IDEAL, Annual Reviews, JSTOR, Emerald Library, Global
Access, Newsbank, OED, Past Masters, Contemporary Women’s Issues, ECO and
FirstSearch. A proxy server gives users remote access to these databases. The University
Archives and Special Collections houses University historical records, rare books, faculty publications,
and other special collections. The Media Resources Collection, located on the first
floor, holds 13,085 non-print items, including videocassettes, records, films and filmstrips. In
addition to the Library’s own Online Public Catalog, users can search NPLN, Northeast
Pennsylvania Library Network virtual catalog of local libraries, Jesuit libraries and PALCI,
Pennsylvania academic libraries who participate in a direct borrowing program. With PALCI
members, the Library also shares 1900 fulltext books that users can read or borrow online.
There are 80 Internet workstations in the Library, including 33 machines available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week in the Pro Deo Room and ten laptops that are available at the circulation
desk. Throughout the building, wireless connection to the internet is available for laptops.
In addition to these machines, students may use ResNet ports to plug personal laptops into the
network in the first floor Pro Deo Room and group study rooms.
Library hours are posted on campus, on the Internet, and on a recording which can be
heard at 941-7525. It is open 99.5 hours per week, with extended hours during exam
periods. For information about the Library, its services, and resources, see the
Weinberg Memorial Library homepage on the World Wide Web
(http://www.scranton.edu/library) or select the Library from the University’s homepage
(www.scranton.edu). Some required readings for courses are available through ERES, an
electronic reserve reading database over the Internet. The Library conducts an extensive
user-education program to orient and instruct students in resources and research techniques.
THE CAS ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER
The Academic Advising Center, located in St. Thomas Hall 309, serves all freshmen in The
College of Arts and Sciences. Staffed by professional advisors and by faculty advisors from a
wide variety of disciplines, the Academic Advising Center offers a comprehensive program of
academic advising throughout the freshman year. In addition to individual advising, the Academic
Advising Center also offers specialized Freshman Seminars for students in the CAS common curriculum.
Faculty advisors are available to students from 8:30-4:30 Monday through Friday.
They provide assistance with orientation, pre-registration, drop-add, general-education course
selection, declaration and change of major, and assessment of academic performance and goals.
THE CPS ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER
The Academic Advising Center, located on the first floor of McGurrin Hall, serves all
students in The Panuska College. Staff are available, during the academic year, Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to provide individual assistance with academic
advising, registration, assessment of academic performance and career goals. The Center
also works closely with other campus resources to provide comprehensive advisement
opportunities. Faculty mentors are available to students within their academic departments.
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