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On-Call Librarian
Get help from the on-call librarian
During the year, a reference librarian is at the Research/IT Desk M-F, 10-12 and 1-5.
- Email the R&I Department: reference@carleton.edu
- Use the
Chat Bubble (24/7) in the lower right corner of most library pages - Drop in at the Research/IT Desk on the top floor
- Contact a specific Reference Librarian
- Call the Research/IT Desk: 507-222-4264
Types of Questions Students Bring to Librarians
Here are a few ideas of the kinds of things students ask me in appointments:
- How to access a journal article, book, or other publication that's hard to find.
- Improving on existing searching: where else to look, can't find something you expected to find.
- Not sure where to start and want to talk it through.
- Tips for searching in an unfamiliar discipline.
- Not sure what I've found - is this a publication? Is it credible? Does it count as peer-reviewed?
- How to use Catalyst - I haven't used libraries like this much or at all before.
- I thought there would be lots of research, but I can't find much.
- There is too much and I am not sure how to scope what I choose to read.
- How to use Zotero or EndNote.
- Wonder about resources I haven't found or used before.
- How do I know when I've searched enough?
