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Email science.reference[at]yale.edu

Phone 432-3439
Librarians may only be available by appointment at other science library locations.

Web Form Yale affiliates can submit a question with this web form.

Information
Reference service is intended to assist the academic research of students, faculty, and staff of Yale University. If you are not affiliated with Yale, we can reply to your question only if it concerns the University or some unique resource of the University Library: Please send an email to science dot reference at yale dot edu.

The Science Libraries Reference staff will attempt to respond to questions by the end of the following business day. A Reference Librarian is available at the Kline Science Library during regular business hours (Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.).

For questions requiring more than fifteen minutes of research, we request that you come to the library for assistance or schedule an appointment with a staff member either electronically or over the phone. To contact a subject specialist directly, please see the subject selector directory.