Ask A Librarian

Instant Messaging options to Ask library staff:

• Daily, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Use the Meebo "Ask Us" box above,
• Or add the Eccles Library screen name to your contact list for one of the following IMs:
• AOL Yahoo MSN Google

Telephone - Call us:

• Reference Desk at 801-581-5534
• Public Services Desk at 801-581-8772
• Toll free (in-state) number: (866) 581-5534

In-Person:

• Talk to a reference librarian at the Reference Desk, 8 am to 6 pm.

Get Help Soon

• Email your queries and get a response within 24 hours.
• In-Person: Talk to a reference librarian at the Reference Desk, 8 am to 6 pm.
• Phone:
  • Reference Desk at 801-581-5534
  • Public Services Desk at 801-581-8772
  • Toll free (in-state) number: (866) 581-5534
• Consultation with a reference librarian
  • Schedule a free research consultation in your office or the library, or a Virtual Consultation using Wimba. What is Wimba?:
  • Call us at Reference Desk, 801-581-5534
  • Email us at
  • Request a mediated literature search for a fee.

Help Yourself

Instruction and Information:

• Research Guides & Tools to help start your information research.
• Take a library workshop. Free to campus faculty, staff and students. Classes offered include bibliographic management using EndNote, searching databases such as PubMed MEDLINE or CINAHL, using presentation software such as Powerpoint and more.
• See the remote access instructions for off campus connection to the University network.
• Renew your books online.
• Order an article or book.

Tutorials:

• PubMed
• Micromedex
• Internet Navigator
  Utah's first online Internet course for credit! Developed by Nancy Lombardo, Eccles Health Sciences Library.
• SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts)
• Toxicology Tutorials. Basic Principles, Toxicokinetics, and Cellular Toxicology. From the National Library of Medicine, NLM.
• ISI Web of Knowledge (Web of Science and more.)

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