Reference

Research Services

The library reference staff provide reference and instructional services to students, faculty, staff and community users to help them identify and use print and electronic resources available in or through the Arthur A. Wishart Library and its web site.

These resources include the online catalogue (iLink), electronic databases, the Internet and the Reference Collection. The non-circulating Reference Collection includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, handbooks and bibliographies. They are identified in the catalogue at the end of the call number (REF) and by the location (Reference), which is located on the main (third) floor of the library.

Just ask the reference staff for general library information or for specific pointers on how to find material for an essay or research project.

Check our Subject Guides and Reference Guides by clicking on "Research Help" on this website.  The library is also developing an interactive and self-paced set of web based learning courses in research and library use in 2008.

To acquaint students with library collections and services and to strengthen research skills, orientation tours and in-depth workshop sessions are offered at various times during the academic year.


REFERENCE SERVICES HOURS
MONDAY - THURSDAY
8.30 AM - 8.00 PM

FRIDAY
8.30 AM - 4.30 PM

Reference Services are not available on Saturday or Sunday.


CONTACT STAFF
PENNY TYRREL - PUBLIC SERVICES AND COLLECTIONS SUPERVISOR
HELEN PEREIRA - PUBLIC SERVICES AND COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN

Phone: (705) 949-2101 ext. 4614/4612
Email: reference@auc.ca