You need not first call the Network Telephone Reference Center. Please note that this service is for libraries, though, not for patrons. Reference requests are accepted until 15 minutes before closing. Collection includes books, illustrated books, periodicals, slides, auction catalogs, and pictures. Special strengths in biography, art identification, and pricing.
Collection includes trade directories and annual reports.
Strong retrospective holdings of standard business reference sources. Also strong holdings from Census Bureau, International Trade Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, Smithsonian Institution, and Small Business Administration. Collection includes books, periodicals, indexes, scores, fake books, song sheets, compact discs. International Index to Music Periodicals and Music Index. Also, design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, and defensive publications.