Research and Information Help / Reference Desk: Home

Call: 541-917-4645

Email: libref@linnbenton.edu
Text: (650) 667-6620

The Writing Center's goal is to help students become more confident, effective, and expressive writers – and to make the writing process more joyful. They offer coaching for all students for any writing project, in any class, and at any stage in the writing process.

Learn more at the Writing Center's website.

Our librarians are research experts who will help you find and use information on any topic. We aim to be your guides in this process and our goal is to empower you to do research for yourself, whether it is for a class project or personal interest.

For quick answers, we offer drop-in assistance at the library's Reference Desk and via phone, email, chat, or text.

Reference Desk Hours*:

• Monday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Wednesday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Thursday: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Saturdays: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

*You can also reach a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using our chat service. Please note that after our open hours, you will most likely be helped by a librarian from another library.

There are many ways that we can help you be successful with your class projects. Here are some examples.

When you are beginning a project, librarians can help you:

• Generate, refine, and explore topics
• Discuss the types of resources available to you
• Plan a strategy for your research process​

While you are working on your assignment, librarians will help you:

• Find quality sources through the library's subscriptions or free online to incorporate into your assignments, such as:
  • Scholarly articles and news or magazine articles
  • Images, videos, and music
  • Statistics, reports, and professional literature
• Access resources from other libraries
• Evaluate information and sources for credibility​
• Create and find open access content and understand copyright

Once you have found the sources you will use, librarians can help you:

• Be a scholar by properly paraphrasing or quoting sources, creating citations, and Bibliographies and Works Cited in APA, MLA, or other citation styles.