Undergraduate Library Orientation

Get instant help when chat is online! Have a quick question? Having trouble accessing an ebook or journal article? Not sure how to find a specific resource? Just click the green "Chat" button on the Libraries' website.

Already in the library or on campus and have a question or need help with research? Stop by the Research Assistance Desk on the first floor of McWherter Library.

UofM's combined writing and speaking center offers free, one-on-one consultations online or in-person (located on the 1st floor of McWherter Library on the main campus). Whether you are working on a paper, presentation, or speech, we can help you brainstorm topics, develop a thesis, build your argument, help with research, organize your writing, develop editing strategies, and implement standard citation conventions. If you are delivering a speech, you can practice in our presentation studio.

Have a late-night question? Send us an email or text message and we'll get back to you within 48 hours.

You're not expected to be an expert researcher. Get help from the experts - librarians. Meet virtually or in-person for 30 min. or hour-long research sessions. Learn what the best databases are, develop your online searches, and get your research done faster.

Need primary resources? Get together with archivists in McWherter Library's Special Collections and find exactly what you need.

If your professor has put something "On Reserve at the Library," that means it is either a physical item that you can access by asking for it at the Check Out Desk in McWherter Library, or it is a digital file that you can access on the Course Reserves website.