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Reference Department

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• We invite and encourage you to ask for help.  Asking questions is integral to research, the creative process, and this assignment.
  
  

• Librarians and student assistants are available to help you at the Reference Desk (first floor).
  
  

• Materials for the concept maps (3' x 3' sheets of newsprint & markers) are available at the Reference Desk.
  

• The Library's group study rooms may be used as a meeting place for you to work.  Group study rooms have dry-erase boards; dry-erase marker sets are available at the Circulation Desk.

• The Library has laptops for in-library use - check one out at the Circulation Desk.
  
  

• Refer to the Reference Resources by Section tab on this guide for a selective list of specific reference books and databases to use for concept mapping and researching your section's topics.
  
  

• Open the tutorials with PowerPoint.
  
  

• Use the Library's computers to view the tutorials if you don't have PowerPoint on your computer.