Personal assistance is available at the Reference desk for scheduled hours during the normal quarter schedule. A large bank of workstations with numerous electronic databases and other Reference sources, and several CD ROM workstations with additional resources is located to the right of the Reference desk. As bibliographers, the reference librarians are responsible for selecting materials for the library's collections in their subject areas. Contact the reference librarian who selects material in your topical area with your suggestions for new books, exhibition catalogs, periodicals, annuals, multimedia products, or other print or electronic resources, or to discuss development strategies for particular areas of the collection. Or you may wish to fill out our Suggest New Library Materials Form.
Reference librarians welcome the chance to discuss class assignments before they are distributed.
Valuable information can be shared with faculty members about Library holdings, related electronic databases or pertinent research strategies in the subject area, thus paving the way for a more successful research experience for students. Reference Librarians are available to offer library instruction classes directly tied to the curriculum. To assist with good communication between students and Library staff, please consider distributing printed assignment sheets, as students often misunderstand or misinterpret what is expected. Unfortunately, when many students are instructed to use only a few sources, the incidence of theft, mutilation, and misplacement increases greatly. Please notify the Reference Department when making research assignments so that heavy usage of subject area materials may be anticipated.