Library Services

Baker/Berry Reference

The Baker/Berry Reference area in the Berry Library offers access to several of the electronic titles and printed information listed in this bibliography. The area contains all of the major printed encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and bibliographies to help you get started on your research. Most important, this is where you will find Reference Librarians who are here to help you locate the information you need. (Please Ask!).

Contact us in person at the Reference desk - Our hours during the term are as follows:

Monday - Friday: 8 AM - 10 PM 

Saturday: 9 AM - 6 PM                                  

Sunday: 1 PM - 10 PM  

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Email: Baker Berry Reference

Phone: 646-2704 or 646-0931

Interlibrary Loan

You can request material NOT OWNED by the Dartmouth College Library through the interlibrary loan service. The Library will try and obtain material of any type or format — the lending library chooses to honor our request, or not.

Submit requests: use the ILL Web Page ("Dartmouth Library Interlibrary Loan"), or submit a handwritten form at the ILL office (Berry Library, behind the Reference desk) or at the Reference Desk (Berry Library).

ILL takes a certain amount of time, approximately 7-10 days for microforms, books, or other volumes. Less time for journal articles.

Include a complete citation for the material:

Books: author, title, publisher, date of publication.

Articles: author, article title, journal title, volume no., pages, date of publication.

— it speeds the process at our end and insures the lending library will supply the correct item(s).

Circulation Services

You can verify the "circulation status" of books in the Online Catalog. "AVAILABLE" tells you the book is not checked out.
"DUE 2/29/02" tells you the book is checked out and is due back by this date.

If material is checked out you may recall an item by filling out a request at Circulation.

NOTE: borrowers get to keep material for a minimum of 2 weeks.

If you cannot find a book or journal volume that should be in the library but isn’t on the shelf Circulation can "trace" the material and attempt to locate it for you.