“Our newly designed Gale Virtual Reference Library enables reference content to literally jump off the shelves – it's easy-to-use, and even easier for researchers to find exactly what they are looking ...

Virtual reference services have increasingly become an integral component of academic libraries, offering researchers and students immediate, remote access to expert assistance. These services utilise ...

For years, we’ve been hearing that traditional library reference service is dead. In reality, reference just disappeared, like Jimmy Hoffa. But unlike in the case of Hoffa, no one in the library field ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X NORRISTOWN – Libraries have always had more to offer than many people realize, but there’s probably no better time ...

This is a time of transition in academic libraries. Core functions -- like reference services, collection development, and preservation -- are being rethought and redefined as libraries move from ...

In San Francisco, a woman logs on to a Web site from her home computer and types a question: Where can I find the president’s 2006 budget request for NASA? A librarian, who is also online, directs the ...

Gale will add approximately 750 new books focused on STEM, healthcare and K-12 topics to its e-book platform, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), as a result of signing four new publishers. The ...

When students and teachers have a question that needs an answer, they soon will be able to access the Clear Creek ISD reference library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In a move that is expected to ...

Gale will add approximately 750 new books focused on STEM, healthcare and K-12 topics to its e-book platform, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), as a result of signing four new publishers. The ...

Job seekers can tune in to a free workshop on interview skills put on by Brainfuse, a free service provided by the Jefferson Parish Library. Ashley Watkins, a nationally certified résumé writer and ...

This summer, we had a blast at Shreve Memorial Library enjoying “Tails and Tales” all summer-long. Thank you to everyone who joined us this summer at both virtual and outdoor programs and who took the ...

Those are a few of the questions a new electronic library service based at Rocky Mountain College has fielded since starting in January. The virtual reference library links students and librarians at ...