Scholars from around the world visit the Libraries to utilize special collections such as the United Steelworkers of America and United Mine Workers of America archives, the John O'Hara Papers, the Alice Marshall Collection on women's history at Penn State Harrisburg, and the nation's largest collections of Australiana and utopian literature. Access to bibliographical information about most of the Libraries' resources and other databases on various subjects is available through LIAS, the computerized Library Information Access System. The center provides a wide range of services that include electronic mail and other Internet services for every student and faculty member who requests them. The Center also operates an ImmersaDesk and other immersive and graphics facilities. The Center supports more than 1,800 microcomputers for student work.
Faculty can get assistance in preparing materials for classroom use.
The academic community can access Internet through high speed connections to the commodity Internet, Internet2, and the new ultra high speed Abilene Network. The Penn State Press has been disseminating the results of scholarly research since 1958. It has published more than 1,000 books by authors affiliated with major institutions around the world. The Press also publishes ten scholarly journals, six of them edited by Penn State faculty.