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Chat Reference is available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day of the week (Monday through Sunday) to Dominican University students, faculty, staff and alumni only.

Please email (reference@dom.edu) or call (708- 524-6875) the reference desk
if you have questions or problems with this service.


Check out the Class Pages created for specific library instruction classes. They serve as online handouts or guides to the information presented in a particular course by the Library faculty.

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Need help? A librarian is standing by to assist you now.  Librarians are available to help you 24 hours a day, even when our library is closed

Answers you can trust, now available any time night or day!


Have a question? Need an answer? Librarians are available whenever you need information — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Using our chat service you'll be connected to an experienced librarian who can help find the information you need. The librarian you work with may be as close as your own library or thousands of miles away, but wherever they are they’ll have the knowledge and tools to help you.




Subject Guides

See our Subject Guides for help starting your research.  Suggested databases, websites, books and journals included.