Ask a Librarian
Use our Ask a Librarian services to get help with your research or library questions. Virtual reference services include chat and e-mail. You can also reach us by phone, or come in person by appointment or stop by our reference desks.
- Quick Links to ask a librarian services: Chat / Email / Reference Desk and Phone / Appointment
VIRTUAL REFERENCE: Chat and E-mail
Chat
Ask Academic is our new service. You may see a Ask Colorado logo when you click on the chat link above. Just select "UNT" from the drop down menu of colleges AND "Texas" (or "Other State") when it asks where you live. This partnership enables us to offer 24/7 chat service with a librarian.The service is now staffed by various university libraries as well as UNT
For e-mail use: General.Reference@unt.edu
Click here and choose ask a question to enter Chat
Email
If you have a question about a specific subject, please e-mail your librarian/ liaison listed on this page:
http://www.library.unt.edu/ris/librarians-by-discipline/
For general UNT libraries questions, e-mail the RIS department at General.Reference@unt.edu
Reference Desk and Phone
Stop by one of our reference desks, during operating hours, to get assistance in person.
Call us Toll-Free at (877) 872-0264
Reference or Help Desk specialty |
Phone |
Location of Reference Desk |
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WILLIS LIBRARY Humanities and Social Sciences ReferenceGeneralized assistance; specializes in Humanities and Social Science disciplines |
(940) 565-3245 | 1st floor of Willis Library |
Government Documents (legal, federal & state sources) |
(940) 565-2870 |
3rd floor of Willis Library |
Music Library For assistance with research and collections relating to music. |
(940) 565-2860 |
4th floor of Willis Library |
Rare Book and Texana Collection | (940) 565-2769 |
4th floor of Willis Library |
University of North Texas Archives | (940) 565-2766 | 4th floor of Willis Library |
Science and Technology Library for help in areas such as biology, environmental sciences, chemistry, mathematics, physics, library and information science, psychology, behavior, speech and hearing sciences, geography, children's literature, and education. |
(940) 565-4745 | 1st floor of Science and Technology Library |
Media Library for help with visual materials such as films |
(940)565-2486 | 1st floor of Chilton Hall |
Discovery Park Library* For help in areas such as computer science and engineering and now library science (Previously called Research Park Library) |
(940) 369-7200 |
Research Park Library, Room B112 |
Dallas Campus Library has a primarily electronic collection but can have materials delivered there |
(972) 780-3625 | Dallas Campus Library, Room 130 |
Appointment
Click here to fill out the Reference by Appointment form.
The
UNT Libraries provides the Reference by Appointment service for those
doing research on particularly difficult topics. Fill out the Reference by Appointment form to make an
appointment with a library liaison that represents a particular department who will arrange a time to work
with you one-on-one to help you with your research.