- Circulation desk
- Reference desk
- Ask A Librarian
- INFOCH@T
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Before I start demonstrating how to search for books, I want to tell you
a few things about the Library and the services the Library provides for
students. When you enter the library, immediately on your left is the
Circulation Department, that is where you would
check out a book you would like to borrow. If you continue walking, you come to
the Reference Desk. You can come to the Reference
Desk as often as you like, as many times as you like, and ask as many questions
as you like. This desk is staffed with the sole purpose of helping people find
the information they need to do their research.
For distance students, which includes anybody not on campus, as well as people
who might be in the Chemistry building, which is quite a few buildings from the
Library, the "Ask A Librarian" service is a
telephone reference assistance service and an Internet e-mail reference
assistance service. You send us questions on the Internet or you pick up the
phone and call us. Weekdays from 8-6 a librarian will be there on the phone to
help you figure out which database is best for you. E-mails can be sent any hour
of the day or night, but they will not be answered until the next morning.
Additionally we have live chat reference service, called
INFOch@t, currently is staffed six hours per day during the week. Again
all of these links will be found off of the Library homepage, that's a real time
chat service. I encourage you to try it out and use it.
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