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- Ask A Librarian
- Get *Live* help from our staff by telephone or Instant Messaging, or you can email or visit us here at the library.
- Subject Research Guides
- Learn how to begin research (which databases to use, good websites, etc.) on a variety of common subjects and paper topics.
- Librarian Office Hours
- Our office hours let you drop in and work one-on-one with a staff member on any paper, project, or other research question that you might have. Check our schedule today!
- For Instructors
- Information on scheduling library instruction sessions for your class, putting materials on reserve, examples of common library assignments, and more to help integrate library resources into your class.
- Writer's Workshop
- Need help with the writing part of your paper/project? The Writer's Workshop (Room 251 on the Upper Level of the Undergrad Library) provides free writing assistance for University of Illinois students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines and at all stages of the writing process.
- Question Board
- For fun and trivia only! The Question Board (QB) answers all types of interesting questions about campus history, your favorite celebrities and movies, and the wonders of science. Not intended for serious research questions, QB will answer all your non-serious questions to help you learn more about the stranger side of life.