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Reference Services - For reference
& research assistance. Contact information below:
| In
person: |
The ODU Library Reference
Desk is located on the top floor of Spangler. View hours
below. |
| Telephone: |
Call the ODU Library Reference
Desk at (614) 251-4754 or toll-free (888) 681-8044 during service
hours. |
| E-mail
& Text Messaging: |
Text or email an ODU librarian
your question at refdesk@ohiodominican.edu
Send your questions anytime, and a librarian will respond within 1 day,
with the temporary exception of no service Sundays (see hours below). |
| Instant
Messaging: |
Ask an Ohio academic
librarian at KnowItNow, http://academic.knowitnow.org.
|
Circulation Services - For library
hours or assistance with your library record, fines, renewals, and course reserves.
(614) 251-4752 | circulation@ohiodominican.edu
| www.ohiodominican.edu/library/circ
Reference Service
Hours
| Regular
Hours (subject to change)* |
| Monday - Thursday |
9 am - 8 pm |
| Friday |
9 am - 4 pm |
| Saturday |
10 am - 3 pm** |
| Sunday |
1 pm - 5 pm |
*The Library Reference Desk closes for an hour or two during certain campus
events and library meetings.
If you are driving to campus to come to the Reference Desk, we recommend that
you call ahead to comfirm hours.
**Summer Saturday Hours: 10 am - 2 pm.
Librarians are also available by appointment. Contact a librarian
below to schedule a consultation.
How Reference
Librarians Can Help
| Librarians are
available to assist you in your research. How we can help: |
- Provide tools to assist in research: Visit our Research
Help page
- Assist in generating effective search strategies for researching a
topic
- Assist in finding information or resources
- Provide training in how to search the Library's catalogs to find books
and videos and obtain other information
- Provide training in how to search in the Library's research databases
to find articles, reports, conference proceedings, and other documents
- Assist with Internet searching
- Assist in identifying criteria for evaluating information sources
|
As professionals in an
academic institution, our mission is to provide training
and assistance in using library and information sources successfully so
that you will be empowered to conduct your own research. Reference librarians
will not supply answers to students' assignments, do students' research,
compile bibliographies of information sources, or answer computer hardware
and software questions.
|
Additional services are available to faculty. Visit Faculty
Resources or contact us
for further information. |
ODU Reference Librarians:
Who We Are
 |
Christina Bonner,
Head, Reference & Instruction Services
(614) 251-4585 | bonnerc@ohiodominican.edu
B.A. German, B.A. Russian, Ohio State University;
M.A. & Ph.D. Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Cincinnati;
M.L.I.S. Library & Information Science, Kent State University
|
 |
Matthew Heller,
Reference Librarian
(614) 251-4585 | hellerm1@ohiodominican.edu
B.A. Microbiology, Ohio State University;
M.L.I.S. Library & Information Science, Kent State University
|
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Mary Ellen George,
Collection Services Librarian
(614) 251-4755 | georgem@ohiodominican.edu
B.A. Religion & Philosophy, Stephens College;
M.L.S. Library Science, Kent State University |
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Melissa Hill,
Electronic Services Librarian
(614) 251-4637 | hillm2@ohiodominican.edu
B.S. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs; B.S. International Studies, Miami
University; M.L.I.S. Library & Information Science, Kent State University
|
 |
Jim Layden,
Director, Library Services
(614) 251-4758 | laydenj@ohiodominican.edu
B.A. Psychology, University of Cincinnati;
M.S.L.S. Library Science, University of Kentucky |
Page last updated: 19 January 2009
Author: Christina
L. Bonner, Reference & Instruction Services Librarian
