Reference Services Department

	Ask a Librarian EMail queries and Instant Messaging	Call the Reference Desk: (812) 855-8028
	Make an appointment for a research consultation	Research Seminars Calendar
	Visit the Reference Desk First Floor, East Tower, Wells	Use our Online Reference Resources
	Text a Librarian: (812) 671 0275	Recommend Materials for Purchase
Questions, requests and suggestions are always welcome and can be sent to: libref@indiana.edu

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Reference Services in the East Tower of the Wells Library

The Staff at the Reference Desk offers help with any question, using the full range of print materials and electronic databases, catalogs, indexes, full text journals, e-books and online encyclopedias, directories and data.

During Winter Break this year -- Saturday December 19, 2009 – Sunday January 10, 2010-- reference assistance will be available Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday & Sunday 1pm-5pm. The Wells Library will be closed December 24 & 25 and December 31 & January 1.
Regular Semester Hours will resume Monday January 11, 2010. Librarians, professional and support staff are available at the Reference Desk Monday through Thursday from 8am to 10pm; Friday to 5pm; Saturday from 1pm to 5pm and Sundays from 1pm to 5pm. Graduate Assistants (graduate students in the School of Library and Information Science) also assist at the Desk and help extend coverage to all hours the Wells Library East Tower is open.

Reference Area
The Reference Area includes 45 public workstations with access to library resources. The Reference Staff can advise in the selection of the most appropriate databases for any given topic and instruct in their use.

Reference Reading Room
The Reading Room, a place for quiet research and study, contains approximately 25,000 printed volumes of indexes, abstracts, encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, atlases and other reference works.

Reference Assistance is also available in the Information Commons