Welcome to my Virtual Reference Desk. It is designed for answering reference questions asked in a Special Collections Library. Currently, it is designed for Young Research Library's Department of Special Collections.

You can click on any link listed under Quick Answers (left), and that link will take you directly to the appropriate destination.

Quick Links (left) opens a new page with links that fall under that category.

L.A. Special Colls (above) includes UCLA Digital Resources and those of other libraries and archives in the Los Angeles Area.

California Special Colls (above) includes statewide links to a variety of digital resources.

This is not an exhaustive list. It includes links that are frequently used, as well as links to the YRL Reference Site for General Reference Questions. Also included are links to sites that have their own exhaustive lists which are provided here when answers are not immediately available through this site.

James Fiala.
Copy Cataloger, YRL Special Collections and MLIS Graduate Student