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2	Welcome to Stapleton Library IUP libraries are made up of the Stapleton/Stabley Complex, the Music Library, and branch campus libraries at Northpointe and Punxsutawney. The Stapleton/Stabley complex occupies three floors, and holds nearly 750,000 books, thousands of periodicals, a computer lab, and over 120 public Internet terminals that provide access to hundreds of electronic databases. With extensive information materials, study space, computers, and Internet access, technical and professional research advice, the library is an excellent place for students to know and use.
3	First Floor
4	Circulation/Reserve/ Interlibrary Loan Desk Directly to your left as you enter is the Circulation/Reserve/ Interlibrary Loan desk. Here you can check out, renew, and return books from the regular collection, interlibrary loan materials, and reserve items. Material may be checked out using your I-Card. You can renew your materials in person, by phone at 724-357-2340, or online through the “Acct Info" function in PILOT our online catalog.
5	Library Self Check Machine
6	Interlibrary Loan/Reserve Services
7	Reference Desk Across from the Circulation Desk is the Reference Desk, the Library's primary service point for assistance and information. The Reference faculty welcomes questions of all kinds, and will help you locate and use library materials and online resources.
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9	Reference Area The Reference area contains the reference internet terminals for online research, a printing station, large atlases, and the reference book stacks. Printing is available for all computers in the library and can be paid for with the I-Card.
10	Government Information Adjacent to the Reference Area is a separate collection of government publications. Stapleton Library has been a depository library for federal and Pennsylvania state government publications for nearly four decades. Government publications are also available in other parts of the library in microform, cd-rom and DVD and over the Internet through PILOT our online catalog, links on our government information page , or through search engines such as USA.gov.
11	Java City Coffee Kiosk For the convenience of our users, a Java City Coffee Bar is located on the first floor of the library next to the computer lab. The coffee, tea, cold drinks and food items may be enjoyed anywhere in the building except in the lab.
12	Lounge Area and Browsing Collection Immediately adjacent to the coffee bar is a lounge area and popular browsing collection along with books on tape or CD.
13	Computer Lab A computer lab with 29 work stations, printers, scanners and specialized software is available all hours the library is open and staffed with lab assistants.
14	Library Technology Services
15	Library Laptops
16	Library Technology Help Desk
17	Multimedia Pods The Multimedia Pods can be found on the first floor behind the reference desk. Students can use the Pods to create presentation using many types of production software including Vegas Video and Adobes CS3 Suite.
18	Ground Floor
19	Serials/Periodicals Access to thousands of newspapers, popular magazines, scholarly journals in paper and microfilm—bound and unbound is available through the library. All of our E-journals along with all of our paper and microform journals can be found in Pilot by doing a journal title search. E-journals are also available through our e-journals page
20	Microform Some materials are only available in microform. These materials will be retrieved for you by a serials desk assistant at your request. Machines to read and copy them are available.
21	Printing and Cash to Card Machines A printing area with a variety of machines is located in the serials area. Use your I-card to operate printers. A cash to card machine is conveniently located near the printers.
22	Open Stacks Popular magazines from the past and present are available in the open stacks area. They are arranged alphabetically by title. If you need assistance in locating a title, ask at the desk.
23	Current Stacks Many current periodicals are shelved in the current stacks area. Users can request current issues at the service desk.
24	Back Stacks Many older periodicals are bound and located in the back stacks area and arranged by journal title and year. If you need assistance finding materials in the back stacks, ask at the Serials desk.
25	2^nd Floor
26	Book Stacks The second floor of Stapleton Library houses circulating books classified in the Library of Congress Classification System under A-L. Click here for a guide to Finding Books with Library of Congress Classification Numbers.
27	3^rd Floor
28	Special Collections Special Collections houses the Pennsylvania Collection, the University's Rare Book Collection, and the University Archives. Special collections supplements and supports the research of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students, as well as private scholars, by maintaining a Manuscript Collection. Contact information, an extensive collection of photographs documenting university history and finding aids to its manuscript collections are available from their web page
29	3^rd Floor Book Stacks The third floor houses the remainder of the circulating book collection. Here you can find books under Library of Congress Classification numbers P-Z, Dewey Books, Dissertations, and Oversized books.
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31	Group Work Rooms Rooms for group work are available on the second, third and ground floors. They cannot be reserved but are available on a first come, first serve basis.
32	Visit the Library’s Web Page libs0400.acadlib.iup.edu
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