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Reference Services
Find what you need
Reference Hours
When classes are in session:
Sunday |
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Monday - Thursday |
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Friday |
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Term break and summer hours:
Monday - Friday |
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted on library front door. |
Saturday - Sunday |
Closed |
Reference Collection
The reference area contains print, online, and multimedia resources.
3,000+ reference books.
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550+ journals, magazines and newspapers in print and microfilm, including current subscriptions to over 330 titles.
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600+ full text journals, magazines and newspapers available online via EBSCOhost, OCLC FirstSearch, Lexis Nexis, and netLibrary.
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20+ print indexes and 3 electronic indexes providing citations and abstracts to periodicals and books.
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Two online public access computers providing information to the holdings of Melick Library and other Resource Sharing Alliance members.
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Four reference computers providing access to the World Wide Web, Library Catalogs, and Periodicals Databases.
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Vertical Files containing college catalogs, course syllabi, annual company reports, and pamphlets, and brochures covering a wide range of topics.
Ask Away Online Assistance
Through funding provided by the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using federal LSTA funding, Melick Library offers 24 hour per day, 7 day per week online reference assistance. Professional librarians from several Illinois college, university, and public libraries take turns staffing the online reference desk. To use the Ask Away Illinois service, click here.
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