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The options below let you communicate with librarians when you are not inside a library building. You can gain similar assistance when you are inside a library. Use the options below for:
- Reference assistance. We provide brief answers to factual questions, and we suggest sources which might help answer your questions.
- We provide help with our Online Library.
- Reader's advisory assistance. Ask us for book recommendations by letting us know some of your interests.
We also appreciate receiving your purchase suggestions, regarding books (and more) that you recommend our adding to the library's collection. Please visit the Suggestions for Purchase page, rather than using the options below.
For account questions, please instead contact Circulation Services.
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Use the chat widget to chat with a reference librarian online.
Call a Reference Librarian at (408) 540-3947.
Text message us at (833) 209-6600.
Send us your reference question via email. We will provide brief answers to factual questions and suggest sources which might help answer your questions.
Schedule an appointment with a librarian to help you with your detailed reference question and to show you how to use the library's resources.