The
Reference Department is located on the third floor of the library
and houses the Reference Desk, Reference Reserve materials, the
Library's collection of New York State Government Documents, the
paralegal research collection, and all theses
and dissertations by LIU Brooklyn Campus graduate students.
The
Reference Department is where you will find reference librarians
to help you locate the print and electronic resources you will
need to begin and, in most cases, complete your research.
Reference
Librarians:
Reference
librarians are on duty at the Reference Desk every hour that the
Library is open. It is sound research strategy to consult with
a reference librarian as you begin your research to gather the
terminology and be directed to the most appropriate information
resources available for your topic. You may call the Reference
Desk at (718) 780-4513 for assistance or e-mail a reference
librarian with experience in your subject area by consulting this
list of subject specialists.
The
Reference Department coordinates library instruction and course-integrated
instruction sessions. To make arrangements for such a session
for your class, stop at the Reference Desk and ask for a Library
Instruction Reservation Form. Please be aware, classes must be
scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
Print
resources:
Around
the perimeter of the 3rd floor, you will find journal and newspaper
print indexes in all the major subject areas, as well as film
criticism and digests of book reviews. In this area, you will
see the room housing the paralegal research collection. Traditional
reference tools such as general and specialized encyclopedias,
dictionaries, bibliographies, biographies, etc., can be found
in the Walter Rothschild Reference Library (room 308-1) on the
3rd floor. Also in this room, you will find information resources
for business and industry research, career development, government
documents, and literary criticism.
Electronic
resources:
Forty-six
computers are available for searching electronic information resources:
- Twenty
of these computers are dedicated to LIU's menu of online databases
which offer access to citations, abstracts, and in some cases,
full text articles, conference papers and other special works
in all major subject areas.
- Sixteen
computers are available for World Wide Web searching.
- Seven
computers (two with disability priorities) are dedicated solely
to LIUCAT, the online book catalog. Here you may find citations
to books available on all campuses in the LIU system.
- You may
print from all computers for a fee of 10 cents per copy.
Reference Department
Faculty and Staff
