You are taking advantage of the library’s evening hours (we are open until 1:00 am Sunday through Thursday) to finish up a paper due at 8:00 the next morning. Alas, you have run into a snag and there isn’t a librarian in sight. What can you do?
There are a few resources on the library website designed to help students when a librarian isn’t at hand. You can start on the Help page (it’s the last option in the left hand menu of the Library website). From here you can find answers to ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ such as “Does the library have a scanner?”, “Is there anywhere I can practice my power point presentation?”, and “Where are the current journals?”.
Need a little more help than that? On the library main page there is a tab in the middle section titled ‘Research Help’. If you roll over it you get a list of helpful links including ‘Citation Help’, ‘Evaluating Resources', and ‘Search Tips'. You can also check out the ‘Class Resources’ page on Fisher Music Library’s website (a link to the Fisher Music Library is in the top menu of the library website).
If your paper is due later in the day you can send an e-mail to a librarian (contact information for the librarian of your choice is on the Staff page), or leave a message in the instant message box. If you are really on top of things, and have a few days before your paper is due, you can schedule an appointment with the reference librarian to get individual help. Last, if you see someone sitting at the reference desk (located in the back on the first floor of the library) you are welcome to ask any questions you have, research related or not.
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