Faculty of Commerce

Faculty of Commerce Programmes are taught from the Gweru Campus.

Physical Address

Midlands State University

Main Library

Gweru Campus

Senga Road

Senga, Gweru

Tel. +263 54 2260359 Ext. 2220

Fax: +263 54 2260233

Welcome to the Midlands State University Faculty of Commerce Library Guide. This is a one stop centre for your learning, research and study resources developed to cater for the research needs of students in the Faculty of Commerce. The resources available include e-journals, e-books, hard-copy books, journals and research papers. These resources play a pivotal role in ensuring that the Library provides quality services and outstanding collections.

The Midlands State University Library is committed to providing high quality services to our users. We treasure customer feedback and strive to improve our performance and ensure that the services provided are responsive to the needs of our clients. In support of this commitment the Library produced a Library Charter. The Charter is a guiding principle that directs the way the Library serves, behaves and holds itself accountable for its actions. It also attempts to demonstrate the Library's total commitment to valuing its customers by providing a memorable experience and ensuring that every customer interaction results in positive experiences.

CLIENT EXPECTATIONS

Expect from us:

• Prompt, and courteous service
• Helpful well-trained staff who will treat you with respect
• Fair and equitable access to our collections and services
• Collections which aim to meet your needs and are well maintaned and accessible

LIBRARY EXPECTATIONS

Help us to help you by:

• Treating other people in the library with respect and courtesy, whether these are other clients or library staff
• Treating library facilities, equipment, collections and property with due care
• Assisting staff understand your needs clearly
• Providing us wth feedback on how we may improve our services, or we can resolve a specific service problem

All hardcopy textbooks are assigned call (class) numbers which are derived from the Library of Congress classfication scheme described here, for example HF5415 stands for the subject Marketing. For easy access to the hardcopy textbooks you can search for their physical location in the library using the Online Public Access Catalogue – (OPAC).

The Midlands State University Disability Resource Centre Libraries (DRC) are located at both the Gweru and Harare Campuses to provide services to students with special needs. The Libraries have equipment such as braille embossers, computers and magnifying readers as well as the Jaws software which assist users with special needs to efficiently access information.

For further assistance please contact matsae(a)staff.msu.ac.zw