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For students, I can:

• Recommend the best databases to search for your research topic
• Answer your questions via email, phone or in-person
• Meet with you individually to hash out your topic or discuss research strategies
• Tell you about library services
• Show you how/where to do a literature review
• Refer you to the subject librarian who is the liaison to your department

For faculty, I can:

• Track down tricky citations
• Show you how/where to do a literature review
• Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a workshop
• Create a webpage tailored to your class assignment
• Discuss ways to best incorporate research skills and library materials into your class assignments
• Meet with your students individually
• Purchase books and other material needed for your research
• Tell you about library services
• Act as a liaison communicating the department's concerns and needs to library administration

Subject and class guides created by me to help you with your academic work: