Reference Department

 
What is Reference?

Reference service is one of the most basic and important services offered by libraries. Trained librarians are available at all hours the library is open to help connect you with the information you need. You can contact a Reference Librarian by stopping by Floor 3 of the Library, by telephone, and by the Internet with our Ask-A-Librarian service.

Reference Materials

Reference Materials are materials that the library does not loan out. This way, people have the opportunity to use them whenever they come into the library. Some of our most popular reference materials include:

Valueline Investment Survey

Morningstar Mutual Funds

Standard & Poor's Daily News

Consumer Reports

N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Business Phone Book USA

The World Almanac

The World Book Encyclopedia

Access to databases such as EBSCOhost (for magazine articles, many full-text), Health Reference Center, Business & Company Resource Center, OCLC FirstSearch, Encyclopedia Americana, and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia from any of the library's Internet computer terminals. Several of the databases can also be accessed from home.