Request a Research Consultation

Librarians are available to help with any aspect of your research. Email us at refassist@library.illinois.edu. 

Research Services for People with Disabilities Policy

The Library's commitment to people with disabilities:

• Will not require documentation of disability
• Will provide service to the best of our ability
• Will provide research consultations appropriate to the each patrons’ needs, both academically and in terms of their disability
• Will provide consultation in a timely manner

Examples of what we can do:

• Reading book titles and table of contents for people with visual or mobility impairments
• Sighted assistance in navigating databases for people who use screenreaders
• Wayfinding to determine best routes into and out of buildings to access materials
• Research assistance in a quiet, reduced distraction environment
• Use of large screen monitors during research assistance
• And a lot more - contact John Laskowski jdlasko@illinois.edu with questions

We can help you find and retrieve materials from various libraries.

• If you need an item immediately, please go to an information or reference desk and talk to a library employee.
• If you have a couple of days, you can place a request through the Library Catalog which allows you to have the book delivered to any library on campus. You'll receive an email when the book is ready for pick up.
• If you need to create a proxy so that others can get your materials for you, or for other questions and requests, please contact Central Access Services at 217-333-8400 or email circlib@library.illinois.edu.

To use the HathiProxy service, which provides digital copies of in copyright materials that are contained in the HathiTrust Digital Library:

1. Be an Illinois faculty, student, or staff
2. Have a print disability (visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or learning disability that prevents you from effectively reading print materials)
3. Email John Laskowski at jdlasko@illinois.edu