Reference Assistance

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The Osterlin Library provides reference assistance to all members of the NMC community and, to a lesser extent, to all community readers. Our reference staff are here to guide students, faculty, and staff at point of need to resources that accelerate the process of identifying and retrieving information for research, study, or personal use.

Developing Research Skills
Reference Assistance includes an element of teaching that empowers readers to become increasingly independent users of information resources. Whenever possible, reference staff will take the opportunity to help NMC students and faculty refine their inquiries, understand the range of available tools for answering questions, and select appropriate resources.

Related Services
Reference services are complemented by library information literacy instruction sessions, which provide orientation tours, regularly scheduled workshops on specific tools and topics, printed pathfinders, and course-related sessions.