Paid searches may be negotiated if staff time permits and will be charges the prevailing rate for the data base searched. The search should be in support of a special project or should be an aspect of advanced research being conducted under the direction of a Faculty member. Ordinarily, the student will have exhausted the printed resources of the Stevenson Library before requesting a search. Periodicals Policy Periodicals are considered to be an integral part of the library collection and are basic to a good research resource library. It is essential to have a well balanced collection relating to University curricular offerings.
Preference is given to journals that uniquely support various subject areas or disciplines.
Library policy is to eliminate unnecessary duplication of material in similar journals and to provide only those titles that contain material not available in other journals. A periodical should be indexed in standard indexing tools received by this library, otherwise back files generally remain unused for lack of accessibility tools. Journals required infrequently should be obtained via Interlibrary Loan procedures from our other SSHE libraries, members of the Susquehanna Cooperative or libraries participating in the OCLC system. Standards for College Libraries indicates that it is good practice for a library to own any title requested more than six times a year. When journals become excessively costly in proportion to the need and use received, an effort is made to eliminate or substitute a less costly source for the material.