The PPGF has access to the institution’s integrated library system, which has 3 (three) main libraries, located in the Campi of Guarapuava (Santa Cruz and Cedeteg) and Irati. The library at Campus Santa Cruz has a building of 1,338.04 m², while CEDETEG has a building of 997.38 m², while the current library in Irati has 736.62 m². However, the construction of the new library for the Campus of Irati has been completed, which will have a total area of 2,208.5 m² on three floors, with resources for parliamentary amendments, only to be inaugurated.
The university libraries have the following collections: reference works, books, pamphlets, periodicals, monographs, dissertations, theses, maps, multimedia materials (DVDs and CD-Roms). The collection of the three libraries is approximately 109,171 titles and 147,108 copies, with 1,935 periodical titles and 41,008 periodical issues. The collection is updated through purchases based on requests from the pedagogical departments and Postgraduate programs; donations from the academic community; payment of fines on books, etc. The collections can be consulted on the website: http://unicentro.phlnet.com.br. They have a MULTISYSTEMS security system, based on antennas and protective magnetized labels; Personal Home Library Program – PHL, developed to manage the collections and services of libraries, information centers and museums, available online, offering better quality services to users.
The library space on the Irati Campus has a general collection and reading area, periodicals section, monographies room, technical processing room, group study rooms, technical and administrative services. The current collection comprises approximately 38,739 titles and 50,438 copies, including 688 periodical titles, 25,619 book titles and 220 thesis titles. it has 3,241 titles and 3,707 copies in the area of Agrarian Sciences, 739 of which are of periodicals in the area of Forestry Engineering. The specific collection of Forestry Engineering is continuously being expanded through the acquisition, donations and exchange of titles.