The Reference Collection is on the First Level North of the Halle
Library building. It consists of books that provide brief factual information
or that provide references to other information sources.
Examples of reference books are dictionaries and thesauri, almanacs,
biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and manuals, and
bibliographies.
General Reference Collection: Most of our reference materials are in
this collection. Subject areas covered include art, business, religion
and philosophy, history and politics, the biological and physical sciences,
and languages and literature.
Law Reference Collection: Law dictionaries and encyclopedias, U.S. and
Michigan codes and statutes, digests and reporters are located on the
First Level South. Their catalog location code is "Law Reference
Collection - First Level South."
Other reference materials are housed with Government Documents and in
the Map Collection.
Borrowing Guidelines
Materials in the Reference Collection cannot be checked out. However,
you are welcome to use our reference books anywhere in the Halle Library
building. We do ask that you return any reference materials you use
to the First Level.
Online Reference Sources
There are hundreds of reference sources on the Web. We recommend starting
at the following sites:
Best Information\Reference on the Net: Reference Sources
(http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Online/onlindex.htm)
Internet Public Library: Reference Sources (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00)
MEL: Reference Desk (http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=53)
Yahoo! Reference (http://dir.yahoo.com/reference/)
Help
If you need advice about what reference books would be helpful to you
or if you need help using any items in our Reference Collection, please
stop by the Information\Reference Desk on the First Level. If you are
unable to come to the Information\Reference Desk, please call us at
734.487.0020, x2100 or e-mail us at libref@online.emich.edu. |
