REFERENCE SERVICES

REFERENCE SERVICES

When you visit a hospital, bank, or any other public place you feel happy and comfortable when somebody is readily available to help or guide you. You can avail of the services easily and satisfactorily. Similarly reference services are provided in libraries to help the readers in making use of library facilities. For example the readers visiting a library may not know the location of different sections of the library, how to consult an OPAC and retrieve information from it, whether a particular journal or database is subscribed by the library or not. In such a situation, it is the duty of the library staff to help the readers by providing the relevant information. So, reference service is providing relevant and timely information to help the readers.