{"id":1053,"date":"2022-08-08T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/library\/?page_id=1053"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:11:34","slug":"reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/aboutus\/reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engagement &amp; Research Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2022\/08\/librarian-and-student-at-desk.jpg\" alt=\"Two people working at a library desk with a computer.\" class=\"wp-image-909\" style=\"width:360px;height:240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2022\/08\/librarian-and-student-at-desk.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2022\/08\/librarian-and-student-at-desk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2022\/08\/librarian-and-student-at-desk-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Engagement &amp; Research Services has two departments: Undergraduate Services and Graduate &amp; Faculty Services.  Both of these departments oversee the reference desk, provides general reference assistance as well as research support, and offers information literacy and academic engagement sessions.  They also provide library programming to our faculty, staff, and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of our services are online including the library catalog and over 200 indexes and databases, many with full text sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you questions or concerns, please visit the Reference Desk or contact us at&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+12549689249\">254-968-9249<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reference@tarleton.edu\">reference@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group white-links has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.libanswers.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tarleton.libanswers.com\/\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.libanswers.com\/\"> <\/a>: email questions as you search available resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tsds.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/default\">Online Catalog<\/a>: search for materials owned by the Tarleton Libraries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tsds.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/results\/?ln=en_US&amp;q=&amp;rt=&amp;rw=0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tsds.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/results\/?ln=en_US&amp;q=&amp;rt=&amp;rw=0\">Global Search<\/a>: Search the library catalog and many of our online databases in one search.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/services\/ill\">Interlibrary Loan<\/a>: request materials not available in the libraries&#8217; collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/\">Subject Research Guides<\/a>: quick start links for your research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/aboutus\/instruction\/\">Library Instruction<\/a>: faculty may schedule curriculum based library orientation sessions\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.kualihub.com\/app\/69405a25f46ba6028e469155\/start\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tarleton.kualihub.com\/app\/69405a25f46ba6028e469155\/start\">Instruction Request form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/library\/research-help\/\">Research Help<\/a>: Librarian contacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engagement &amp; Research Services The Engagement &amp; Research Services has two departments: Undergraduate Services and Graduate &amp; Faculty Services. 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