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- You will meet with a librarian knowledgeable about your discipline.
- Consultations are usually during business hours; some librarians are able to make appointments in the evening.
- Plan to spend about an hour.
- Scheduling multiple consultations (or consultations on multiple subjects!) is fine.
- During the consultation, you and the librarian search the catalog, relevant databases, and other specialized print and online resources, which might include digital collections, image repositories, other library catalogs, statistical resources, etc.
- While you search, you and the librarian will evaluate the results of the searches and design new strategies and approaches together.
- Expect to go home with full text materials and pointers to more, as well as further search strategies.
How
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do I schedule a research consultation?
- Call or email the reference desk or your specific subject librarian.
- Give us one or more days advance notice; let us know multiple times you can be available.
- Tell us generally what your topic/assignment is and let us know about any preliminary searching you've done (though it's ok if you haven't started yet!)
- The librarian will respond to you, usually by email, to confirm an appointment time.
- Bring your laptop if you like.
- If you can't make it and need to cancel let us know; we can reschedule. (Make sure we have your contact information; sometimes we have emergencies too!)
Subject lIbrarians
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Or call the reference desk at 973-408-3588, or email reference@drew.edu.