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Research assistance
Portland Library staff are available to help with research assistance and referrals. Please refer to our hours and contact pages to plan your visit in person, or email us at pdxlib@uoregon.edu.
You may also direct research questions to subject specialist librarians at the UO Libraries in Eugene:
Architecture: Ed Teague or AAA Reference
Art, Art History, Digital Arts, Product Design: Cara List or AAA Reference
Journalism: Paul Frantz or General Reference
Law: Angus Nesbit or Stephanie Midkiff
For research in GIS or maps, review our research guide here.
For information about general research questions by email, instant messaging, or phone, see the the UO Libraries main Ask a Librarian page.
Research Resources
UO Libraries
The UO Libraries website contains links to a wide variety of resources including:
- the UO library catalog and other catalogs to find books, videos, etc,
- periodical indexes and databases (such as Avery) to find articles and more,
- and research guides for architecture, journalism/media, maps and GIS, and other topics.
Other Portland area libraries
Of particular note among Portland libraries are the nearby Portland State University Library and Central Library of the Multnomah County Library system.
UO students, faculty, and staff have borrowing privileges at PSU through the Orbis Cascade reciprocal agreement. Library cards for Multnomah County Library are free to residents of Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington or Hood River counties in Oregon, Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counites in Washington, and the cities of Woodland or Camas in Washington.
Maintained by: Karen Munro, kmunro@uoregon.edu