Madigan Library
Roger and Peggy Madigan Library · (570) 327-4523
Site Index
Research Tools
Course Guides - The subject librarians teach a variety of classes to help students become oriented to the library to find the information they need for their assignments. Several create "electronic pathfinders" to help students better find their way around the Web and to provide a targeted Web page which is meant to support the assignments for those courses.
Resources by Subject - Your subject librarians have begun creating electronic pathways to subjects areas represented by the schools at Penn College. An accounting and tax page, a natural resources management page and a health sciences page will give you a taste of the possibilities.
How-to Guides - Printable guides and other tools to using our many print and electronic resources.
Library Tutorial - Each student in ENL111 (English Composition I) is given access to this online interactive overview of the Library and the research skills required to use its collections successfully.
Ask A Madigan Librarian - Need help and you are not in the library? Get full reference services 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily during the academic year. Instant Message a librarian using AOL Instant Messenger. Our screen name is PCTLibRef.
Databases and Internet Resources
Subject Databases - A listings of our databases grouped by specialized subjects. They are broken down by Art and Humanities, Business and Law, Building and Construction, Education, Psychology, and Sociology, General and Interdisciplinary, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, Medicine and Health, News and Politics, and Science and Technology.
Database Directory (A-Z) - Full listing of our databases that you can use from wherever you are. Penn College students, faculty and staff may access these mostly databases from on-campus or from their home computer. When accessing them off campus you will need to login with your Penn College Network ID and Password.
Database Trials - Throughout the year we preview several new database resources. These trials are set up for our students, faculty, and staff to review and help us decide if they would complement our curriculum at the college.
Journal Locator - Allows you to search for full-text journals that are available through our databases that we subscribe to. It also has an alphabetical listing of the available journals to browse through.
E-Z Borrow - A service that allows you to search several library catalog in the state of Pennsylvania and other states for materials that we do not own. It will allow you to request these materials right online and notifies you via email when your request has been delivered to the Madigan Library.
Electronic Reserves - This is a service which your instructors can place entire articles, PowerPoint presentations, notes, Internet links, and chapters from books for you to access electronically from anywhere.
Quick Reference - Need something fast, general information, or self guided reference? Quick Reference is a listing of information on the Internet, from calculators to scholarships and financial aid.
Our Collections
Archives and Special Collections - Archives contains documents, photographs and other materials documenting the history of the college, while Special Collections houses autographed cookbooks, works by Penn College authors and books on local history.
David Cunningham Memorial - Donated by Mrs. Jean Cunningham, this collection of 92 books was a gift from the library of David Cunningham. The beautiful leather bound books are illustrated on high quality paper with gilt edge pages and are currently on display in the library's Leisure Reading section.
Media - Our collection consists of several different formats. Check out the listings of the titles in our collections ranging from audio books to slides.
Periodicals - Information on our print, microfilm, and electronic resources with selected links to web-based periodical sites.
Our Services
Circulation/Borrowing - Borrowing is more than just taking books home. At Penn College Madigan Library, we have a wide range of resources and equipment to be checked out for use in or out of the library. Some examples include video cassettes, DVDs, compact discs, headphones, digital cameras, tape players, and much more.
Document Delivery and Resource Sharing - Request materials available from other libraries in many different ways.
Reserves - Reserves at Penn College Madigan Library are part of the Circulation Services. It encompasses both traditional reserves and electronic reserves.
Research Help - We are here to help with finding the resources needed for your instructors' assignments, general research, statistics, quick fact, or other informational items you need.
General Information
About the Library - Take a look into the technologies, resources, collections, and more that the library has to offer.
Events Calendar -This calendar lists specialty events from cooking events to faculty presenting forums on topics from their studies to personal issues. Also check out the specialty Web pages on different memorials and months.
Floor Directories - An interactive floor by floor directory of with locations of the resources in the Madigan Library.
Penn College Timeline - Tour the history and highlights of Pennsylvania College of Technology that brought us to where we are today.
Contact Us
Staff Directory - Learn more about the library staff.
Subject Librarians - Contact the librarian for your subject.