Consult with a reference librarian
Want to get help now?
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10:00am – 6:00pm
Monday-Friday
- While the campus is closed, a librarian from the RLB will be monitoring our
Chat with a librarian service - For more in-depth question, ask the librarian if they can offer you a Zoom session
- While the campus is closed, a librarian from the RLB will be monitoring our
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Other times
- You can use our Chat with a librarian service 24/7. Librarians from other universities will respond to questions when no RLB librarian is available. They can help with search strategies. They may need some extra time to navigate our website and see what resources we have available.
Want to meet online in the evening or weekend?
Can't find a good time on your librarian's schedule?
- Use the Appointment Tool in the myUB portal and select the Research Consultation calendar to request an appointment with a librarian
- Send an email to reference@ubalt.edu or to one of the librarians listed below letting us know when you would like to meet. We do our best to try to accomadate all requests.
Want to make an appointment during regular business hours?
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Art, Design & Communication |
Sarah Gilchrist sgilchrist@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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| Business | Michael Shochet mshochet@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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| Cybersecurity, Gaming & Technology | Mike Kiel skiel@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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| Law & History | Sarah Gilchrist sgilchrist@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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| Psychology | Mike Kiel skiel@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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| Public Affairs | Michael Shochet mshochet@ubalt.edu Schedule an appointment |
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Why sign up for a reference consultation?
Our librarians can work with any UBalt student, staff, faculty or alumni to find and use information effectively at any point in the research process.
Getting started: finding and refining a topic
Sometimes getting started is the hardest part. Our reference librarians have brainstorming and topic refining activities that can help narrow the scope of a topic into a manageable idea. We can work with you to locate sources of information that provide overviews of a topic and can help identify key questions that are of an appropriate scope for your assignment.
In the middle: finding more resources
Maybe you have found some sources, but need a few more. Or perhaps there is one aspect of your topic upon which you need more information. Our reference librarians can work with you to develop alternative search strategies for finding information the information you seek.
At the end: verifying and citing source
Sometimes you find a resource that looks good, but doesn’t fit into any of the citation templates in the style manual. Librarians can assist with locating resources that can help figure out how to cite unusual sources, as well as ascertain whether they are reliable. If you need help more generally with citations, you can find many guides and tutorials online, as well as make an appointment with one of our writing consultants.
Throughout: Citation management
Our librarians can help get you started using Zotero or APA Style Central to keep track of your sources as you find them. Zotero has tools to generate a bibliography and integrate with Microsoft Word. APA Style Central offers citation and bibliographic generation as well as cloud-based writing platform with integrated APA paper formatting.