Please note that reference service by email is restricted to Dartmouth College students, staff, and faculty, or to questions about Dartmouth and its libraries. The hours of the Reference Desk vary. Please consult the Reference Hours web page. Please consult the Reference Hours web page. The only exception is the Oversize Books and the Ready Reference Collection, which are on a separate set of shelves against the east wall of the Reference Area.
Reference books are non-circulating.
You may take reference books to other parts of the Library as long as they are not taken past the security gates. Please leave the books on the study tables in the Reference Area. The photocopier in the Reference Area accepts coins, cash, and copy cards. Copies cost 5 cents for letter size copies when using a copy card. Copies made using coin or cash cost 10 cents.