Contact the library
Even when you can't make it to the Library for research help, you can still
reach us via reference e-mail, phone, or LiveHelp, our reference chat service,
for immediate, real-time remote assistance.
Catalogs
GEORGE is the catalog for the holdings of most of Georgetown's libraries.
Start your search by typing in your terms on this page, or click the GEORGE home
link for more detailed instructions. GEORGE includes materials from the:
- Lauinger Library for the humanities, social sciences, business, government
publications and audio-visual materials
- Blommer Science Library
- Dahlgren Memorial Library for the biomedical
sciences
- Woodstock Theological Center Library
- National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Click on the WRLC link to search the holdings of the Washington Research Library
Consortium. As a Georgetown faculty member, you can borrow materials from any
of the eight WRLC libraries. Follow the More Catalogs link for access to the Law
Library's catalog, the Library of Congress catalog and WorldCat, which lists the
holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide.
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Databases
To locate databases that will help you find periodical articles and data, choose
a broad area (e.g. Social Sciences) or a specific topic (e.g. Anthropology) from
the drop-down boxes on this page, or click on the Research Advisor link. You can
also access a complete, alphabetical list of all databases and a list of databases
available from off-campus.
Quick
Links
Click here for easy access to some of the library's most frequently used resources.
Request
Forms
Look here for online forms which will help you complete much of your course preparation
or initiate library services:
- Interlibrary loan
- Classroom technology services requests
- Library material purchase requests
- Course reserves--faculty only
- Schedule instruction sessions or research conferences with librarians
Research
Help
Click on "Research help" to see the full range of library resources
designed to provide practical assistance for research. These include:
- Research guides to the best databases, websites, and library materials
in over 80 topics
- A guide to evaluating, using, and citing Internet resources
- Selected links to online resources like dictionaries, almanacs, grant
writing guides, quotations, and writing aids
- Instructions on how to schedule a one-on-one consultation with a librarian
or a training session for your students
- A schedule of workshops in audio, video, and multimedia production
How
to ...
This section provides step-by-step instuctions for completing a number of basic
library tasks. Click here to find out how to:
- Find books, journals, articles, reserve materials, government publications
or materials outside Georgetown's libraries
- Begin your research
- Cite a resource in a paper
- Evaluate a website
- Access library resources off campus
- Find a member of the library staff
Services
This section describes how to:
- Borrow from other libraries
- Place high-demand readings on reserve in both print and electronic forms
- Request delivery of educational technology to your Main Campus classroom
- Request that the Library purchase materials in your field
- Library Instruction
- Produce audio, video and multimedia materials
- Create a coursepack of your required readings
More information for ...
Click on the Faculty link for quick access to teaching and research resources.
Research Tools and Library Services
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Statistical Computing
Social Sciences Data Archive: GUSSDA
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