All public services units with full-service workstations should be able to provide basic assistance. Titles are usually too expensive to be left in the stacks to circulate. Title circulated to patrons, some on a limited basis depending upon the price. No technical support available. Funds available to subsidize the searching for students and for reference questions.
Librarians perform searches.
Qualified staff perform searches in limited situations, such as cited references, citation verification, etc. Subject groups may allocate funds to subsidize searching for faculty. Librarians perform searches. The University Libraries purchases access or data from publishers who require signed license agreements. When negotiating license agreements, the Libraries keeps the interests of the user in mind and does not purchase titles where the restrictions on use would seriously impede research or be impossible to enforce.