Some reference departments hire information assistants to help answer reference questions and provide general information about the library. Interlibrary Services Interlibrary lending and borrowing services provide access to materials that cannot be found in the Ohrstrom Library. To borrow such materials, check with a librarian. Periodical Indexes and Abstracts Periodical indexes list articles which have appeared in journals, magazines, or newspapers. They list author, title, name of periodical, volume, pages and date of publication.
Abstracts are indexes that also contain summaries of the content of the article.
Both indexes and abstracts are found in reference departments. They may be in print form, on a CD-ROM terminal, or available via a remote computer. A bibliography is a list of citations for books, periodical articles or other materials. Published bibliographies on specific subjects are often found in the reference collection. Often pages, volumes and other information will be included in a citation.