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Reference Chat

Library users can send online instant messages to Pitts Theology Library reference staff to receive library assistance at their point of need. This service will be available from 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

To chat with a librarian, users can simply add EmoryPittsRef to their buddy list on AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and MSN (MSN username: emorypittsref@hotmail.com) and send an IM.

Chat Reference is designed for quick questions such as: "What would be the best database to use for researching monasticism?" OR "Please refresh my memory on how to ask for 1st Timothy in ATLA" OR "I'm not getting good results in my search, how can I reframe the search terms to get more hits?"

Users may also chat from this webpage using the Meebo chat window below. (This functionality requires Flash Player.)

If a search is too complex, the Chat Librarian may refer or suggest an in-person or email consultation. We will be logging the chat interactions in order to improve service, but individual identities will be erased. And the Meebome widget is completely anonymous.