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• Suggesting specific CFCC reference books—as well as any special searching strategies for their indexes—which might contain answers to a particular question
• Teaching use of the catalog, including its advanced features, or recommending alternative search terms—especially Library of Congress subject headings
• Compiling a list of books on a particular subject or by a particular author
• Taking the user directly to the shelves for browsing, or finding an item that isn’t where it’s supposed to be
• Helping with selection of the best CFCC subscription databases for a particular project or paper and access tips from on or off-campus
• Placing an item “request,” which prevents the current borrower from renewing the item and notifies the next borrower as soon as the item is returned
• Requesting an interlibrary loan of books or journal articles from other cooperating libraries anywhere in the world
• Recommending reliable web sites and giving advice about evaluating the reliability of the information on the open Internet

All volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography are labeled "Reference;" however they are shelved with other parts of the Gale literary ciriticism series under the windows on the Second Street side of the Library.